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6 

BAPTIST  HISTORY 


OK 


THE  NORTH  PACIFIC  COAST 


i 


Rev.  J.  C.  Baker 


Baptist  History 


OF 


The  North  Pacific  Coast 

WITH  SPECIAL  REFERENCE 


TO 


WESTERN  WASHINGTON,  BRITISH 
COLUMBIA,  AND  ALASKA 


Rev.  J.  C.  BAKER 

Sometime  SuncUy-Khool  Mi«ion.ry  «d  Depodtay  of  the  Americu  B,pm 

baptel  Home  Mimon  Soaety.  Agent  of  Educrtional 

Initituboiu  in  the  Nortliwert.  Editor  of  the 

"  Bapdit  Beacon,"  and  Patlor 


i 

f 


PHILADELPHIA 

AMERICAN  Baptist  Publication  Society 

BOSTON!  ^, ••-»    1 


BOSTON 


CHICAGO 
TORONTO.  CAN. 


ST.  LOUIS 


251816 


Ciipyriulit  i,ia  i,y 
A    J    ROWLAND,  S«:re.ary 

Pub!i,h«,|  January.  i;i. 


1 

■.-> 

I 


BeWcation 


In  ftlciiiors  of  tbc  pioneer 

Baptists  of  tbe  Wortb 

pacific  Coast 


PREFACE 


i 


In  introducing  this  volume  to  the  Baptist*  of  America  there  is  little 
needed  to  ^  said.    The  author  ha,  undertaken  the  v  ork 
«,.,il'"'"         J"*  °^  the  importance  of  the  field  historically  covered 
which  .5  second  to  no  other  in  America,  if  in  the  world,  fn  its  ma 
terial  and  religious  possibilities.  '  ^ 

has  IZT'o  ^^TtJlr^"  l"^''  "'l''  ''^''^  °"'  denomination 
nas  grown  to  be  a  factor,  which  must  be  counted  in  every  ereat 

movement  for  the  betterment  of  mankind  on  the  Pacific  Co«t  and  to 
every  part  of  the  world  to  which  it  is  tributary 

it    Z-^A  ®*r*""  *^'  ^"""^  '=°^"*  *''«=  ""St  important  period  of 
'  T    ^?   »''«'°'''  d'^^'oP""'"*.  "amely,  laying  Vhe  foundatbne 

hood  of"  AmeriST"  ''.V^'' ''"'  '^"'  °'  *''*  ^'"*  BapS  broXr- 
rh.  K  .  ^'"*'""' fi^<=.  """'ons  strong,  are  turned  this  way  asking  for 
the^^history  of   this   important   and   far-reaching  period 'of   mission 

n.,mS'5?;i,^''"""  ^°'  "'"'■*'  y^""  I  •'^^•^  »>«en  solicited  by  a  large 
number  of  the  promment  members  of  the  Northwest  Baptist  Conten - 

c  etarv^o  do  , '''^^Z'  '"'  "'J^'^''^  ^PP°'"^^^  ^^  '  ^  "Seal 
work      tJ-  •  '^'*'l.  '  ^^O"*""*"-?  committee  to  aid  me  in   the 

r„H  p    This  committee  has  consiste.,  uniformly,  of  Rev    J    Cairn' 

K  ♦?'u*^^''  ^«""*«  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  the  time  covered 
by  this  history,  and  that  its  most  important  periS.tJe  author  wa^ 
closely  and  a  arge  part  of  the  time  officially  connect;d  with  the  work 
over  the  whole  field,  standing  shoulder  to  shouldS  with  these  nobe 
nZ  S'thrXis^t  "^  "'''  ^T'^'  '"^^  "^'^  yea7s  oft  ;"ot^^ 
XhVh:no?ed^:i'cS:;^^^^^^^^  »«-  been 

given  to  the  Christ  in  who^e^er:^ce'we  all'^harS'  ^''  P— -- 
PacificToar  h  has"'!l^'  °^   prominence  and  influence  all  along  the 
thf       X.      I:      ■        ^"^  'mpressed  upon  me  that  I  should  take  tin 
he  work:  that  it  was  needful  and  the  duty  of  some  one  to  wnte 

volume   coS?t J       f,T  «*?/"/•  ^°"'^  ^  P"''"^''*^^  '"  *  ^infr'*" 

vii 


VJll 


PREFACE 


'886,  as  a  member  of  tu^  u- 

Bri    i""  '  P"b''«hing  committee  of  th  J  n       '°"o""""''  "«>'  ^905 
Oregon  Amials,"  bringing  the  Ore°n    I-  ^  "'°"^  ^°^"™e  of  hij 
to  have  consoh-dated  all  his  unnnhr  kT*'"'    ^  "^^^  "'  "'e  an  efforf 

rte  part  of  the  h.-.^,,.    ,  ^,°'  ™  ^i"*""'  Baptis,  Convention 

Jx.^if^an.?.£S>:BAsi"i.Xorai€ 

em  Haho;  aSd  .1=  o^e?°"o ' ^iV ° '^'•™  W»*»P»n  and^h 
Idaho  °*';  r"  "»'  "l'"*-*?.  StS^  w"*l°"'  ^""■"'  CoI-mWa 

&;'.hrp:oSo:^£-ii^.x;^:--4Ss 

with  Brother  Mattoon  for  further  T^  *°  '^''«  "P  the  matter 

suiting  finally  in  a  contract  whhp'T^"**'°"'  ^^ich  I  did    Je 

to  m?'  T.'"^''^  '^'"^  annals  or  Si  tT'  j^f '°°"  ^"^  ^-'^00?- 
to  me  with  the  right  of  exclusive  Jf  7^  '^."*"'=*  w^'-e  turned  over 
my  volume   for  which  I  hat    ontScted"  '""*''  "'^  °^  *"«  --«   " 

S.//'"^  ^'■°"'*'-  Mattoon  a  rovaltl  nf  I  """""erate  the  grantor 
o  d  during  his  lifetime,  tSe  rS^o  //'"^'^^  ""^^  P^^  copy 

fore  the  expiration  of  eight  yeaTs  f7om  .h  f  '^  '''^  '''°»'d  die  be- 
,     The  annals  passed  into  mt  1,    T  ^^^  ''*'<^  «*  'ssue. 

already  the  main  bod?  of  mv^    ,^"^'  '"  November.  1907     j  u,. 

of  time  and  labor  t7reLTust"m^  written,  and  it  r;<,uir7d  months 

---rthP^ific^SaS-/^rr:Ka^^^S 


PREFACE  • 

■   nTtSn"'"'"'"'''  '"'°""'  "°'-''  ^"^'^  »°  -y-'^  «nd  the  denomi- 

The  annals  liad,  in  anticipation,  been  grafted  into  th^  .„•    .     r 

our  people  as  important  Baptist  hi  torv  of  .,  If  J    u  "''  °^ 

leave  a  noticeable  vacuum  in  the  nSve  if  W^      .    "u-'u'  "'  *° 

fully  accounted  for  in  this  voluL" ^ 'bl  l^si^tut ^'  '^  "°^ 

used^^n^s  ri^'sii^^^'zz:^'-^ '  '-- 

cially  obtain  the  early  hhtory  of  a  lare7numW    '/"'^    ?  "P^" 
extinct  churches.    The  history  of  most  of  th^i  °1  '"l^""  ^"^ 

written  before  the  annals  weS  turned  ovlt  m?"  ^'""'^^  '  ""'' 

The  author  is  also  indebted  to  Rev.  D    T    Pierre    n    n       u 
assigned  to  me  his  memoirs  and  historica   data  for  ..«'■  C-  "^^^ 

before  his  death.    Also  to  Rev    q    w    p  .'^  '"  ""^  *"''°''y 

and  I  am  writmg  it  out  that  the  memory  of  the  r^rH'c  T    ^    l ' 
honored  by  their  successors  as  worth^^^f  a  niL^^^"^  u'T  T^-^" 

any  have  escaped  the  author  who  should  havrbeen  named   be  sure 

To  the  pioneer  of  the  Northwest.     Phil,  i :  3. 

The  Author. 


Ii    t 


ft  ILM 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


:| 


Preface    

List  df  Portraits  . 

,  XIX 

Introhlction     

xxi 

Part  I.— Conventions 
I.  Organized    Effort.      1848-1876 
II.  Missionary  and  Education.\l  Society.     1876-1878   '      5 

III.  The  Society's  First  Year.     1878-1879  ,0 

IV.  The  Great  -Missionary  Revival.     1879-1880   j , 

V.  The  Plan  of  Co-operation.     1881 

VI.  A  Memorable  Year.     1882 
VII.  A  \ew  Era  in  the  Northwest.     1883 

VIII.  General  Satisfaction.     1884 

IX.  The  Attack  Upon  the  Office  of  the  Sl-perintendent.   1885      44 
X.  Disso^TioN  of  the  Convention  of  the  Xorth  Pacific  Coast. 

Xr.  Field  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association.    1887 6? 

XII.  Org.\niz.vtion  and  First  Meeting  of  the  Northwest  Bap- 
tist Convention.      1888   ^>"«in"tbT   MAP- 

XIII.  The  NoRTHWE.sT  Convention.     1889-1890 

XIV.  The  Northwest  Convention.     1891-1892  g, 

XV.  The  Northwest  Convention.     1893-1895    g^ 

XVI.  The  Northwest  Convention.     1896-1898 

XVII.  Twelfth  Year  of  the  Northwest  Convention.    1899 100 

XVIII.  Thirteenth  Year  of  the  Northwest  Convention.     1900.  .. .   103 

Part  II.— Puget  Sound  A.ssociation 
I.  Organization.     1871-1875 
II.  Enlargement.     1876-1878   "^ 

III.  Discouragements  and  a  New  Era.     1879-1882  ...         ,2 

IV.  A  New  Policy.    1883-1884  ■* 

V.  The  Puget  Sound  Association  in  1885.     1885-1888  1,1 

VI.  A  Glance  Both  Ways.     1871-1888 

xi 


xu 


TABLE   OF   CO.VTENTS 


PaKT    III— ClllRCHES    OF    THE    Vno^ 

THE    AORThWEST 
I.    MOL-.VD   Pra.KIE  ClIL-RCH 

I-  Salmon  Creek  Chirch i.^o 

•  The  PuvALLLp  Church        Uo 

J V.  Seattle  First  Church       Mo 

V.  Elma  Church  i^a 

VI.  FoRKST  Church  IS3 

VII.   OVSTERHLLE    Church  ' .' .' .' .' ." 153 

VII.  OLVMm  F,RST  Church  and'  CentrW  'r '^3 

I-V  H.^RMo^•v  Church  '''"  ^""^"   155 

X.  White  Ruer  Church'.' 160 

M.  Cextralia   Church    (ForvkpVJ  "r '^o 

XII.  CENTR..LU   (^So^.rJ)  ""'  Centerhu.,) ,,^ 

X  II.  Mountain  ViE^v  Church '.'.■ 163 

XIV.  BoiSFORT  Church  ...  164 

XV.  Skomockaw.av  Church    .'.■.' 164 

XVI.  Hopewell  Church  . .  165 

XV  II.  LaConner  Bethesda  Church       '^6 

XIX.  Second  Seattle  Church  '66 

XX.  Ne,v  Hope  Church  ..         ,.  i5g 

XXI.  First  Church,  Tacoma  .■.':: 170 

XXI  .  Seattl.  Scandinavian  Church  ■.■.■.■ ^."o 

XV  V  ^'"'^  ^"""^    .  181 

Vvvr"  ;  "'^  ^^"^^  Church  .  182 

XXVI.  Mount  Vernon  Church  ..::;; ^87 

XX  xLT'  ^''""''*^"^~  Church '^9 

™  ^^  C.AMAs  Church  ,89 

XXX.  p,,,,^^^^  ^^^^^^   ■■■.'.■ '9' 

™"^- Avon  Church   . .  ,93 

xxxvT'v'™^"  ^«--  ••■••■■■ '9^ 

XXXTV   T   ^  Scandinavian  . .  195 

^AXIX.  La  Center  ScANDiNAVMN 19s 

^   ^^K-OTA  Creek  Scandinavian  '.■.■.;; '95 

195 


TABLE   OF   COXTENTS  xiii 

XLI.  The  Houghton  Chirch  L- 

XLII.  The  Kirkland  First  Church   ,0,5 

XLIII.  Bertrand  Prairie  Church    u^e 

XLIV.  Vancouver,  Wash.,  First  Chi'rch  \\\'  ^^^ 

XLV.  Toledo  Church  

XLVI.  Lynden  Church 

100 

XLVII.  Tacoma  Central  Church 
XLVIII.  Vashon  Church 

igg 

XLIX.  Winlock  Church  ... 

200 

L.  Doc  Fish  Bay  Scandinavian  Church  ^oi 

LI.  Orting  Central  Church  

Lir.  Willapa  Church   ... 

,  ,,,      ,  202 

LlII.  Almira  Church   

202 

LIV.  Lynden  Swedish  Church  

LV.  Kent  Church    '_^\ 

LVI.  Seattle  Swedish  Church  '^"^ 

LVII.  Seattle  Norwegian  Danish  Church ^. 

LVIII.  Seattle,  Market  Street  Church _    206 

LIX.  Seattle,  North  Church 208 

LX.  Wright  Avenue,  Tacoma  Church '      210 

LXI.  Deming  Church  

LXII.  Lynden  Scandinavian  Church 211 

LXin.  Calvary  Church  of  Tacoma,  K  Street 211 

LXIV.  Beracha  Church  

LXV.  Custer  Little  Bethel  Church 
LXVL  Port   Townsend    Church 

LXVn.   ISSAQUAH    ChukcH ^'f 

LXVin.  Tacoma,  Fern  Hill  Church ^'! 

LXIX.  Ballard  Church  

LXX.  Fairhaven  Church  ^'^ 

LXXL  Blaine  Church  .'.'."."."".'.'.' ^'^ 

LXXIL  HoQuiAM  Church   ^^ 

LXXHL  South  Bend  Church ^^' 

^T^v^vv'  f,""""""^"  °«  N^^^'  WHATcoMSwEDisH  Church'.".".'.:"'  Z\ 
LXX  V.  MoNTESANo  Church    ■•    ^-^ 

LXXVL  Port  Angeles  Church    ";| 

LXXVn.  Castle  Rock  Church  ^^^ 

LXXVHLElma  Church  .".'.".".'.".'.'.'.'.'." .' ""^^ 

LXXrX.  Stanwood  Swedish  Church        ^^t 

LXXX.  New  Hope  Church  "'^ 

226 


XIV 

TABI-K   OF   COXTEIJTS 

Lxxxn'T'^'^^^^C"--'  

Lxxvn  ■  1     ""  '^"^"'•^"  ^"-- '-' 

i-xxx  V  b::;v^'^"  '"^■"^■"  *^«'"-)" ^--^ 

LXXVV   w  '""•""'  ^"^•'"-«   •  • .  ^-'7 

LXXXvT"  o::"""'  "  '-^""-  C"--' '. -8 

LXXXVH    P     '"■"  """'""^  ^"^••"•■H  •  •  •       ^^ 

Lxxv^s:n:''"""^^^°->  ••■■••■• ^^^ 

'^'■^-  '^"'^'""^K.v  Chupch   ..  2J,0 

^  •  thk  LVM.X  c„.«c„ ...:: ..,3 

^XCV.  Fkhmo..  CH.KCH    .,, 

Xcvm  ?™''  ^"^■''^"  ^36 

•  cv  n.  ^  ^^^.^^^^^  ^^^^^.^ ^^^ 

Y  Rochester  Chltrch  .  239 

U   T.COMA  S^VEmsH  Church' ••  ^39 

cm    '^'"'■^  ^""^-^  Ch..«ch   ..       240 

C".  Foster  SWE0,SH  CH.T.eH   : 24, 

C'V  Ska«t  S.-KD.SH  Chvrch  .    ^41 

Cy.  ,. ...CO  Church .41 

CV.  BcRTo.   Church    .42 

CV.  BKTH...V  Church  34. 

^vm.T.coMAGERM.^  Church..    243 

Cx    ;""''''  ^'^"'^''^^  Church   ^44 

•-^y.  WC.STI.E  Church  (Colored) ^45 

cSi::;::tr''^^""^''-<^--) "^ 

CXIV.  W„«,,p  Church    246 

^^^^^  Ha.  Church  :::::;::::: ^^^ 

CXVT     T       ^^"'«~^^«  Church   ..  246 

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^XX.  North  Bend  Church  ;■■■ 248 

249 


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CXXr.  Qlilcenf  Church    

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CXXII.  Ballard  Calvary  Church  2-0 

CXXIII.  South  Tacoma  Church  _-„ 

^  2.^0 

CXXIV.  Xew  Whatcom  Immanuel  Church   j-, 

CXXV.  Dryad  Church  

23 1 

CXXVI.  Ballard  Calvary  Church  2-1 

CXXVII.  Preston  Swedish  Church  .  ,., 

2jl 

CXXVIII.  Bellevue  First  Church  2S2 

CXXIX.  Clearwater  Church   253 

Part  IV.— Baptist  History  in  British  Columbia  (1874-1900) 

I.  Beginnings    

II.  The  Victoria  Church  260 

III.  The  C.^LVARV  Church  266 

IV.  The  New  Westminster  Church  2-0 

V.  The  Churches  of  Vancouver,  B.  C • 277 

1.  First  Church  ^ 277 

2.  Xanainio  Church    278 

3.  Emmanuel  Church   270 

4.  Chiliiwack  Church    279 

5.  Vancouver  Mount  Pleasant  Church 280 

6.  Mission  City  (B.  C.)   Church   280 

7.  Vancouver  Zion  Church  281 

8.  The  Rossland  Church   281 

9.  Nelson  Church  281 

10.  The  Chemainus  Church  282 

1 1.  The  First  Church  of  Kamloops  282 

12.  The  Saanich  Church   2H2 

Part  V.— Au.xiliary  Organizations 

Baptist  Young  People's  Union  of  Western  Washington  and 

British   Columbia    28- 

The  '•  Baptist  Beacon  "  288 

Women's  Foreign  Mission  Society: 

I.  Beginnings    206 

II.  Oregon   

III.  Eastern  Washington  and  Northern  Idaho 305 

IV.  Western  Washington  and  British  Columbia 308 

V.  Division   g 


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y.  Anti-Chinese  Fe^Z       '''"'°'^-^  .:.■;.• ?/ 

^  ^  SEATX.E  Chinese  Mission ::   '    J^' 

Home  FOR  THr /-„  ■■■330 

^HE  CHaoREN  or  FoRErnN  M.ss lovl. ^60 

.vilhSIONAHIES 

363 

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I  EDL-cnoN,,  Beginnings 

".  CoLF.  .  College  .  

"•  Grace  SEMIN.RV.: .' ■ ' '  '? 

^V.  Wh  Pacific  UniversiW:: '■'''' '^  ^ 

v;-  The  Seattle  Univer,„v        £ 

VI.  Unh-ersity  of  Seatt.         ^^ 

^^^-  Thomas  Mol'^T  ' ''' 

Cc.uMBir:'.^.^"  ™«  Baptist  Ed.cat  on"  Vn  '  BriV  "   ^  '^ 

V^ni-  Education  from  iSc^.^oo •;.■.•.•. •.•:■••-• ..^"""«  ,03 

405 

/•  Denominational  W'oric    r 

;•  Difficulties  OvERcorE     '"""''=  ^"=  ^^— ™n  ^^ 

ill-  Prospecting  •  •  •  409 

"^•WiDUAL  Influence;; '■'■'■■■■'■'■^'.''2 

^  A  Chief  Corner-stone  ;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;  ;;^ 

424 

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J- Following  THE  Star.. 

"•  The  Star  Shines  ..       

"^•^-  "Mission  STAR-XaiDEs-;;.;;;;;;;: ■-  ^ 

437 


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358 
360 
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Part  IX.— Personal  Sketches 

fAI.U 

Vincent  Snelling   , 

Rev.  C.  H.  Mattoon  , 

Rev.  E.  Curtiss  ^ 

Rev.  J.  C.  Richardson  ^^ 

Rev.  J.  T.   Huff ^!!"' ^!!!!!! '!!!!;;!  448 

Rev.  a.  J.  Hunsaker  

Rfv.  s.  E.  Stearns  

449 

Lemuel  J.  Holcate ,q 

Mrs.  a.  J.  Hanf(»o  

430 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Holcate  .,, 

45 1 

Judge  C.  H.  Hanford ^,, 

^  45  ■ 

Rev.  J.  A.  Wirth  

43^ 

Rev.  B.  N.  L.  Davis  

_  453 

Dea.  a.  W.  Kinney 

454 

Rev.  J.  VVichser  g 

Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  D.  D '  .g- 

Rev.  Roger  S.  Greene  g^ 

Rev.  Josiah  Harris  Teale  ^g2 

Rev.  Walter  Barss  g 

Rev.  B.  S.  MacLafferty  g 

Rev.  D.  D.  Proper g 

Rev.  George  Robert  Cairns  .gg 

Rev.  Sterling  Hill  ...  ^ 

.  407 

Appendix    

469 


LIST  OF  PORTRAITS 


\    ^''''  ■'•  ^-  B"'"''"  Prontisfiece 

Hon.  Ht'ury  li/'arren  ,„ 

Mr.  .•/.  II'.  Slanmird  -g 

Dea.  ./.  ir.  Kinney  ,_ 

Di-a.  R.  //.  Hsfey ,g 

Rev.  A.  IF.  Rider  2^ 

Rev.  B.  S.  MacUfferty.  D.  D 21 

Rex:  James  Sunderland,  D.  D 2, 

Rei:  C.  .4.  Cavender (;_ 

fudge  Roger  S.  Greene 5- 

Rev.  A.  B.  Banks.  D.  D (-,7 

Contin  Sheridan  Shank,  LL.  D -, 

Rev.  C.  A.  IVooddy.  D.  D -, 

/?«'.  W.  E.  Randall  7, 

Geo.  ir.  Foivler  

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Rev.  James  S.  Casta  , ,, 

kev.  Thomas  Harper  j  ,q 

Mrs.  Thomas  Harfer  ,  ,„ 

Rev.  J.  fl'ichser  

140 

Mrs.  J.  fl'ichser  j^^ 

Rev.  R.  Westou   

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Mrs.  A.  J.  Han  ford 

1 3^ 

Rev.  Joseph  W.  Beaten  ,-q 

Mr.  Alexander  Clyde  2-6 

Mrs.   Alexander  Clyde    ^.^ 

2->0 

^fr.  Caleb  Bishop ^ 

250 

Mrs.  William   Spofford    g 

Mr.  A.  J.  Clyde  ^ -^^  ^^^^^  ^  i!!^!  ^  ^ !!  !^ !!! !  ^^^  ^^ !!  ^ !  262 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Clyde , 

262 

Mrs.  C.  SpofFord  , 

262 

Dea.  Thomas  Houghton    ^^ 

Mrs.  Robert  Moran   _^^ 

200 

Mrs.  J.  L.  McNauahton   .. 

"  i.-GG 

Rev.  Robert  Lennie   

270 

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INTRODUCTION 


One  cannot   write  a  Ir"    o-v  of  the  Xorthwest   Baptist   Convention 
without  covcnng  tl«e  ear,     .istory  of  the  Baptists  in  Oregon  Northern 
Idaho.   \Vash,ngton.   and   Jritish   Columbia      The  early   life  o     the 
pioneer  Bapt.sts  of  the  North  Pacif.  Coast  was  so  interwoven?  their 
mals  and  struggles  were  an  experience  so  completely  shared  in    om- 
mon.  their  aims  and  efforts  were  so  united,  their  years  of  endeavor 
and  sacrifice  under  a  single  organization  were  so  fraternal.  amUhev 
became  so  nearly  one  body  in  the  Master's  service,  that  wJen  the 
time  came  to  establish  new  organizations  ,0  widen  the  r  tflueic' 
and  increase  the.r  power  at  home  and  abroad  in  spreading  the  go!pe 
learTT*  "T^  ^'^t  '''\^r'^^^«  "P  of  a  family  whifh  hadZn 
svmn.thv  *   ?"'  .^''T   ''^^   ^"   ^""^   ^y  <=°'"'»°"   ties   of   love 
to  h&h'       "i^'"'^r'P°"'  ^^  *''°^^  ""^•"b«"  were  going  ou 
to  bless  the  world  with  similar  families,  improved  by  providentia 
circumstances   demanding  their   activities,   and   by   increase   in     e 
ponsibihties  growing  out  of  the  rapidly  increasing  popuTaUon  ami 

h    Xthrst'''Th'''"'"^'','""p'"'^'  ^"^  commefciaVresores  o 
P.cifi!  r      !  l^   f '^'"*'    ^*P*'^*    Convention    of   the    North 

Pacific  Coast  was  the  family  out  of  which  has  grown  the  Baptist 

and  North  "^  ?,T"'  'J'  l'^''''  Convention  of  Efstern  Washington 
Tri  i  m""u  ^''^*'"«  ^^^  ^^Pt'^'  Convention  of  British  CoIumWa 
to  reco'rd     '''''"*  ^'^'"^  ''°"^'=""°"'  "''°"  •'-^-^  we  are  atui 

S    tt  r'Xr^'lifoX"  f  "^;'^^  '"^"  labo^d'y/^e  en'te^e 

of  hifdUt^-to  w"L°;r  "XV'mr-TaS  ir^i^ifT''" 

e^er  the  Spirit  leads  to  conquest  of  the  world  for  Christ.    The  Chris- 

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w.Jd  an    '^'"«'  ''"'■de  the  "«;?■    ,^^'^  *'^^^i^d  on  1  /  '"^  "^'"'•3'  the 
wiosetr"'  ''''^''"ff  aro  ,nH  ,f 'P'"^  '"  ^^e  oL  ?'  °'  °"  ^orse- 

y  "'^'•e   men   of   God.  I 


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INTRODUCTIOX 


XXIII 


k  mighty  in  the  Scriptures.  They  believed  they  had  a  mission  from 
God  to  preach  the  doctrines  and  ordinances  of  the  grace  of  God 
uccordmg  to  the  Scriptures,  with  neither  addition  nor  subtraction 
m  the.r  b.bhcal  mathematics.  They  were  intensely  biblical  in  their 
•  discourses  and  exhortations.  They  were  also  intensely  Baptist.  Many 
ol  them  were  Landmarkers.  but  they  were  intensely  spiritual.  They 
loved  the  Lord  Jesus.  They  sought  and  obtained  the  Spirit's  power 
Baptist  converts  and  Baptist  churches  were  multiplied  They  laid 
the  foundation  and  made  it  possible  for  us  to  enter  into  their  labors 
with  greater  opportunities  and  greatly  increased  facilities  to  eive 
expression  to  the  Christ  life  in  us,  as  they  did  to  the  Christ  life  in 
them.  Many  of  them  have  gone  to  their  reward,  but  some  remain- 
and  we  gladly  accord  this  tribute  of  love  to  their  memory  in  recogni- 
tion of  their  exalted  services.  * 

If  all  this  and  more  should  be  said  of  these  godly  men  what 
pen  can  do  justice  to  the  devoted,  consecrated,  burden-bearing  wives 
of  this  pioneer  band?  These  women  kept  the  house,  made  the 
garden,  milked  the  cows,  helped  to  pile  and  burn  the  Lrush.  plow 
the  held  raise  the  crop  care  for  the  children,  and  protect  them  from 
he  wild  animals  and  the  Inc'ians.  and  watched  with  longing  hearts 

endeavor  r.!     ^^^^^''/"'l  f^  ^^'^''  ^"""^  '^'  ^^'^^  °f  Christian 
Thp?.      K,  ^°'''^^^  ^°'  '^'"^   °"'^   ^y   ^"^h  devotion   as  this. 

These  noble  women  bore,  and  had  a  large  share  in  rearing,  the  men 

northZr   "')"r'''  ''''   '^^^"^^^   °^  °"'-   denominatio^n   on  li 
Zt  r     ■^°'  """''  *^""   ^  generation.     All   honor   to  their 

devotion,  all  praise  to  their  faith  and  courage  during  a  period  thai 
ned  men's  faith  and  tested  their  courage.  "^A  wom^an's'S^^ety  i„ 

the  fS.n^H/.  'T'T''  ^"'^  '^^  ^^'"■'y  ^'  constituent  members,  laid 
entu^rB^tL  •  ^/^^e'°-^^  ^"d  P^^P^nty  which  the  twen  ieth- 
century  Baptists  inherit  as  the  heirloom  from  these  mothers  in 
Israel,  the  pioneer  Baptist  women  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  Mai^y 
of  them  were  brilliant  stars  that  shone  with  a  radiance  at  o^ce 
.right  and  beautiful,  inspiring  courage  and  fidelity  in  all  with  whom 
hey  came  in  contact.     Many  are   living  who  have  grasped   them 

es  flowlnfo  thet  '''  '"""?"  °'  '-'^'^  ^''''  ChrisLn '^oman" 
ness  How  into  their  very  souls,  inspiring  to  loftier  impulses  and 
greater  consecration  to  the  Master's  service.  High  up  in  th"  ealaxv 
we  name  Mrs.  Ezra  Fisher,  Mrs.  G.  C.  Chandler   Mrs    Henrv  War 

mJ;   h"/  u   '!"'';  ^/^-  ''■  ''•  ^°"d-^"'  -d  others,  in  Oregon 
?    W   U,     ."Ir^^'^lv^."-  •^-  ^-  ^^''•^'''  Mrs.  Roger  S.  Green    Mrs" 
C   n   ,    \?'  ^^^t  ^^-  ^-  '^'"^'^•■'  ^"d  others,  in  Washington  •  Mr  " 

^hSt  ^:is^s^:,^r^"^^^°"' ''- ''--'  "-'^-' -d 
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CHAPTER  I 

ORGANIZED  EFFORT 
1848-1876 

First  Association.  Field  of  operation.  Statistlr.  <i.^^A  1 
Third  AssocUtion,  ,857.  First  Bajti.t  churcl.  n  Wa.hin««n  T.  A"""*""".  'Ssfi- 
sociation  in  Washington  Territory  First  «nir.lor«n!J.  Territory  First  As- 
Second  general  orga^ation.  Name  cSinged*  twi«  sScr/n  X"*  T  ""i 
pioneer  ministers.  Annual  meetings.  Fralernal  cLnerl^  nn  s  ^  '  Na'.'es<,f 
school  convention  organized.  '"ternal   co-operation.      Suspension.      Sunday- 

•^!!^  ?"«.  ^^?t'^.^  Association  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  was  or- 
ganized at  West  Union  Church,  Malatin  Plains,  Ore.,  June  1848  the 
year  before  the  exodus  from  the  East  to  the  gold  fields  of  California, 
taking  the  name  of  the  Willamette  Association.  Five  churches 
entered  into  the  organization,  representing  a  membership  of  eighty- 

in  t  Jw-V'  r'"v^?'''P  *"dj'«  fie'd  oi  .mmediate  operation  were 
n  the  Willamette  Valley,  yet  the  oversight  of  the  Baptist  interests  in 
the  whole  northwest  territory,  then  Oregon  Territory,  naturally  de- 
volved upon  this  organization,  and  its  minutes  show  that  the  hearts 
of  Its  leaders  were  large  enough  to  take  in  the  most  remote  Baptist 

hurlLT       T'  ?  '^'*  ^''?'  ^'•^-    ^"  '«56,  eight  years  later,^he 
churches  numbered   twenty-six,   with   a   total   membership  of  dght 

SmstrTh'  ''"■''"°r''  r'  "P°'**=^  °"^  '^""^^^d  ^"d  thirteen  bfp! 
tisms  for  the  year.  At  the  annual  meeting  that  year  the  Association 
was  divided  t.  form  the  Corvallis  Associltion.  a'nd  a  year  la°        Se 

sr  N^h  pSc  Sa^t'^^^" '''  °^^-'-^  ^^-  «^  ^^^ 

a^  A?sSro/rre'' Th'  ^'^  ''■''  '"^^^'"^  ^^  -llefto  o^ante 
an  Association  there.    This  meeting  was  called  in  Octoh«>r    iR-»r    ,f 

0  ympia  and  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  Puget  st/nd  Baptis 
.association,  with  a  total  membership  of  eighty-eight.     PrTor  to  th  s 
w-'rr   °^^f '^^*'°"  °f  Baptists  had  been  fomed  in  OrTon   whh 

In  S^tembe;  tZ'^'^'-TU    T""  S^^^'''"^°"  becameTffiiiatd 
was  formed  Tit    '  ^^^a        ^  ^'■^^°"  ^^P^'^*  General  Association  " 

poHtS  dfffereic.?'''?  ''  '^'  """""'  "'^^''"^  °^  ^^SS.  on  account  of 
poKt.cai  ditterences,  culminating   n  the  Civil  War     Tn  tB^«  o„«h, 

organization  was  effected  unde?  the  name  of  "The  RanSf  r         "i 
Association  of  Oregon."    This  name  rs'changid  in    C  to  '' Th 
Oregon   Baptist  State  Convention,"   and   aeain     in    i8,r     f«   "t^ 

'^his'^rrrTh"  °k'  ^^^^°"  and  WrshinS  T^^rit'ot"  ' 

This  marks  the  beginning  of  organized  work  in  western  Wash- 

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"A    THE   NOBtit    t. 

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'I""  earlv  „  ^  '  ""«'  brother  „<.?  °'''«''"  md  lie  T     ■^'"■-  " 

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CHAPTER  II 

MISSIONARY  AND  EDUCATIONAL  SOCIETY 
1876-1878 

Meet  at  Albany.  Name.  Field.  Comtitution.  Purpose.  Provide  Boards.  Great 
discouragement.  "  Nothing  can  be  done."  Hearts  burdened.  A  remnant  Assets 
Great  missionary  revival.  Inspiration.  Remarkable  tour.  Another  factor.  Another 
remarkable  tour.  Self-help  and  no  debt.  First  report  of  Board.  In  it  and  must  ao 
on.    Missionary  appointed. 

Fkom  1873  to  1876  there  seems  to  have  been  a  practical  suspen- 

;    sion  of  the  work  of  the  Oregon  and  Washington  Convention.    At  the 

*    end  of  a  meeting  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association,  held  at  Seattle 

in  1875,  the  Association  passed  a  resolution  severing  its  connection 

with  the  Oregon  Convention.    This  practically  broke  up  that  organi- 

;    zation,  no  annual  meetings  being  held  thereafter.     At  the  annual 

meeting  of  the  Willamette  Association,  held  in  Portland,  June  23, 

1876,  the  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  old  Convention 

consulted  togetlier  and  brought  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the 

delegates  in  attendance  upon  the  Association.    In  committee  of  the 

whole,  after  full  discussion,  they  were  urged  by  the  brethren  present 

to  take  some  action,  and  the  following  resolution  was  passed :  "  That 

we,  at  an  informal  meeting  at  Portland,  request  that  the  Executive 

I     Committee  of  the   Oregon   and   Washington   Convention,   and   the 

'V'     Oregon  Sunday-school  Convention,  call  those  bodies  together  at  such 

time  as  they  think  most  prudent." 

This  committee  called  a  meeting  at  Albany,  Ore.,  June  25,  1877. 
At  this  meeting  it  was  determined  to  reorganize  the  Conventic 
under  the  name  of  "  The  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational  Society," 
Its  field  of  operations  to  be  Oregon,  Washington,  and  Idaho  Terri- 
tories, and  British  Columbia.  The  following  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  draft  a  constitution:  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Pacific  agent  of  the 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  chairman;  Dea.  A.  W.  Kinney 
of  Salem;  Hon.  W.  C.  Johnson,  of  Oregon  City;  Hon.  B.  F.  Dorris! 
of  Eugene  City;  Hon.  R.  Thompson,  of  Albanv;  Rev.  T-  T.  Huff,  of 
Oregon  City;  Rev.  G  J.  Burchett,  of  Astoria;  Rev.  R.  C.  Hill,  M.  D 
of  Albany;  and  Rev.  R.  W.  Rice,  of  Portland.  This  committee  pre- 
pared a  constitution  which  was  adopted,  the  purpose  of  the  society 
being  expressed  as  follows:  "The  object  of  the  societv  shall  be  *o 
promote,  foster,  and  sustain  the  missionary  and  educational  work 
of  Baptists  on  this  field.  It  shall  seek  to  unite  our  entire  denomination 
m  sustaining  missionaries,  aiding  feeble  churches,  promoting  Sundav- 
school  work,  and  building  up  the  cause  of  Christian  education." 

The   constitution   provides   for   a   Board   of   Missions   to   have 
charge  01  ilie  missionary  work  of  the  society,  including  the  raising 

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^"•«=«.  and  prSr   "°'»entions?nH       '■^'  ^'"•^h  shoul,     ""'""f'' 
meeting     4f»"'*'  ^  Program  fn        '"s^tutes,  as  th     "^  ^'"'"ange  i 

business.  '"^^'^  ^or  ^omen's  work  ^"""^  ^°'-  ^oreSn  t-^"""^ 

At  the  time  nf  .,  ^'  ^  part  of  thl^  ^^'^sions 

i^°^''e.Se:"'/>'  '"tense  anSv^"""^  ''"SeStvM'^^"^''  ^^ 
'^^''""s  on  Xh  T"'^*"^  for  tJe  t  ^'"""'"S  out  of  ^h  "l"  ''^""ess 
"°"  for  a  To '      "'^"'d  be  reared  7u'^  ''"''  «"ipturaJ  .     •  "'^'^^  that 
'^^'"'■"ff  milS^  """P-H  and  £     "'''"'^tureof  cL'•^'"S'°'foun 
;r'tb   the/r  ,!if::^'-    >^o  wonder  ?h?  .^^"-^^^   the  p!?.  °"'  ^°  the 
^^^tern  brethS'    ?   """"'""s   and  tf-""^  ^-andful  of  r  ^./''^  P"re 
'J'^^ith   wi  h    M    "-^^^  ."-eat  ceL  '"ability     ^.^"^^  People, 

heartened.  Tru!'!u''"P°'-tance  St'.'  °^  ^"'erican  Sf^P'-f^^  their 
words  of  the  LoVV'' "'^^^  ^boseJh!"  ''^'^-  ^h^uj,  ^^"^  ^apt/.t 
Sood  pJeasi,r»  .         •'^^us;  "Fpa..        "°  '■ememberp^       .  become   dis- 

to  join  them       ^"'^>'°"  the  w"  J°''  ''"'^  Cfc    i?  '"^  be/ie.ed    he 

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share  of  his  time  to  the  upper  coast.  This  constituted  tlie  mi=sionarv 
force  of  our  general  societies  on  the  upper  coast,  when  the  Missionary 
and  Educational  Society  was  organized  in  the  summrr  of  1877. 

This  organizatioii  may  be  fairly  regarded  as  the  beginning  of  the 
great  missionary  revival  that  within  five  years  swept  over  the  whole 
territory  named  in  the  constitution,  including  over  ninety  per  cent, 
of  the  churches  as  regular  contributors  to  home  missions,  and  over 
fifty  per  cent,  as  contributors  to  foreign  missions.  Much  of  the 
inspiration  in  starting  this  marvelous  work  came  from  the  American 
Baptist  Publication  Society,  which  was  pushing  the  Sunday-school 
\.ork  over  all  the  field.  In  the  summer  of  1875,  Rev.  J.  c'  Baker, 
Sunday-school  missionary  of  the  society,  made  a  reinarkahle  tour 
of  the  field  in  the  interest  of  Sunday-schools,  which  Rev.  D.  J. 
Pierce,  then  pastor  at  Portland,  planned,  and  of  which  he  writes  as 
follows : 

The  Sunday-school  missionary  wrote  me  at  Portland,  asking  if  I  would 
arrange  a  thirty  days  trip  for  him  through  the  Northwest,  desiring  to 
touch  as  many  towns  as  possible  in  the  entire  region.  Mr.  Pierce  accord- 
ingly arranged: 

I.  A  trip  from  Portland,  south  to  Oregon  City,  Salem,  Albany,  and 
Kugene,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  and  return.  2.  East,  to  The 
Dalles  and  Walla  Walla,  three  hundred  miles  and  return.  3  North  to 
Vancouver,  Tacoma  Olynipia.  and  Seattle  in  Washington,  and  Victoria. 
B.  C.,  three  hunded  and  fifty  miles  and  return.  4.  West  to  Astoria,  one 
hundred  miles  and  return. 

The    Sunday-school  missionary   arrived    in    Portland    by   steamer   at 

thp  ptc  ^R^r  H,!^°T"^,-  "^'l*  P^*^?""  *°°^  ^'^  ^''■«"'y  ♦"  his  study  in 
the  First  Baptist  Church  where  the  entire  trip  was  tra.  d  out  and  accepted 
.nnd  the  missionary  started  the  same  day.  making  the  entire  schedule  in 
hiry  days.  Returning  he  visited  the  Willamette  Association  at  The 
X-illes;  struggled  with  a  $1  -500  debt,  which  he  wiped  out;  and  dedicated  the 
house  of  worship  free.  During  this  trip  the  Sunday-school  missionarv 
was  enthusiastically  received  on  ail  parts  of  the  field,  and  a  new  interest 
was  awakened  in  the  Sunday-school  work.  Still,  while  the  Sunday- 
«hoo  work  was  made  the  prominent  feature,  missions  home  and  foreign. 
Christian  education,  and  church  support,  were  talked  about,  preached 
about  prayed  over  in  families,  churches.  Associations,  ever  wJ^iere.  to 
pave  the  way  for  the  reorganization  of  the  general  work. 

.Another  important  factor  in  inspiring  this  remarkable  missionarv 
revival  came  from  the  Women's  Foreign  Missionarv  Societv  of 
California.  In  the  summer  of  1877  this  societv  sent  Mrs.  J.  C  Baker 
as  Its  representative  to  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  in  the  "interest  of 
women  s  work  among  women  in  heathen  lands.  She  made  a  tour 
ot  the  North  Coast  in  company  with  her  husband,  equallv  remarkable 
in  time  consumed,  places,  churches,  and  Associations '  visited,  and 
more  remarkable  in  the  inspiration  and  interest  awakened  over  the 
Whole  field  than  the  tour  of  her  husband  the  previous  year  The 
time  seemed  ripe  for  such  a  work.  The  Holy  Spirit  seemed  to  have 
prepared  the  way  for  the  coming  of  this  messenger  of  the  I^rd 
biie  was  accompanied  by  the  consecrated  Mrs.  T.  T,  Huft  in  much 


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°^  her  work  /„  Or  '""""^  ^OAST 

<:<">ail,  Mrs.  L   n  r  i  '     ""•  Mrs.  m    p    „''        "  ■  Kiimev,  Mr. 
Mannard  Jlrr  <;.    F  '-""""■"W.  Mr.  T  u,   J*""'  Mr,.  F   o    u 

W.ri  .'/""■  M"  Jaw"  .?"«»"•  I>y  m"  B   ,*^  *"'•  Mrs. 

consecrat*.^  ,       ^""er,  Mrs.  J.  M  vvoii  '  ^"inie  Pruett   \t      % 

-•■«an,zed.  twelve  ZTj    ,  "'"^  Meeting  held     T   ^P'** '"^"•■f«ted 
was  set  on  fire  bv  ^h^     •'■'?'"  ^""ned,  f„d  .t    ^^r^  <^'^c'w  were  re 

SpTit,  without  Who,.  J  ^'■**^  missionarv  !'  ,  "''•  ^s  they  did 
'l^'^  not  have  seen  i?  .?"'"^  «"d  ^iZceT'"'"^  *°  ^^e  hJJ 
)vhere  others  sawTa^^/'^'''  ^'''^'■'^  others  s"  w"?  '''^°''^^  'workers 
^or  themselves  Jd"Jt  was  from  hLT^.^u'''""^'  o""  success 
^^'••''er  has  vis  ted  1^''°'"   »°  '"ipartUo.?*^  **'"'* '"^pSon 

,    ^  The  Missionary  a"  dFH     "'"'^  «%  years  „^J"^"^«tations  of 
feature  of  its  n„i-       °  ^<l"cationaI  SaUL         "  '^e  ministry 

The.  Missio  " Vo  7  :'\  "  ^-elot;"7s:?ft  f '"P^*^^  ^^  a  main 
l^^'ng  the  city  afte'r  fh  "'  ^"*  ""eeW  Sj^'P  ^nd  no  debt" 
;"  their  p,anofVork^'';f;:  'Pr'"^"^"*   a^ted  1"  .^'"^"y-    hefore 

8,r;°.P^>'  them  VVewi.T' °"'^  ^'"P'oyEonV^'  ^'''  ^«'^'e 
;|77.  The  Convention  al-r  ^°"^''^^t  no  debS  -  tu-"'  ^•*'  ^e  have 
^877,  when  this  wa    "   ^^"""'^^to  meet  in  M.iw  ^'"'  ^as  in  June 

paces  are  caHmg  for  heJn     iv^"^"!  '^"^-  "The 

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MISSIOVARY    AND   EDUCATIONAI.    SOCIETY  9 

ZLlT%t  mol-r''"'   /^"'f'    '^    "^"    ^^    ^^^8-'    ='«="d    in    thdr 
tying      It  settled  any  doubt  or  hesitation   about  co-operation    and 

said.     Ue  are  m  it.    We  have  assumed  the  responsibility.    x\ow  we 
have  only  to  be  strong  and  quit  us  like  men.     There  i/no  ba  king 
K.-  u ^  l^  ^"^"^  ^^'"^'"'  ^o""  November,  1877,  an  editorial  was 
pubhshed  by  the  president  of  the  Board,  reflecting  the  senSment  o 
the  Convention  and  the  purpose  o.*  the  Board.    Rev.  J.  C  Richardson 

actp';rd"theTan''TH''"".''.'"'"'^""y  "^^  '^'^  ConvinL    andtS 
accepted  the  cal .    The  article  says:  "  Now,  brethren  of  the  churches 

we  have  a  missionary.  God  has  opened  the  way  again  for  Baptises 
God T/  r"  ^r'"'  ""^^'°""y  work.  While' wf  have  been '^^le 
God  has  been  enlarging  our  field.    Instead  of  Oregon  and  Wrshine 

instead  of  one  missionary  we  ought  to  have  three.     Some  sav  that 

?n!r  ^"^'T  ^"1."°'  ""PP"''  """^  '"^'^  °"  this  grearfidd  but  the 
Board  says  they  w.l -the  Board  trusts  them  to  do  it,  and  w"  1  be 
greatly  disappointed  if  they  do  not.    This  work  is  of  th^  Lord    Ls 

Snvert^  17^1'  \?°""^  ^*P'''*'  ^^"'^  '^  ^^e  word  of  God; 
converts  under  his  preaching  must  come  into  the  church  by  way  of 

SrmeetiZ  »l  L  "  '"°""''r  T'*'"«^'  ^«'''«  ^''"'•^hes  where  he 
no  be  the  Siv  Ih^  P«majjentb^  helped.  The  revival  meeting  will 
not  be  the  only  thing  sought,  but  in  all  the  elements  of  church 
structure,  growth  and  work,  there  will  be  instruction  and  encourage 
mem  when  needed.  Let  the  watchword  be  '  Onward.'  Let  us  no  v 
S^SMn/h"^^  *°'"  °"'"  "»"'°""y:  ^d  when  he  comes  among  ym' 
ortLTeM  l,'*Y  7P'y-''^"ded.  No  matter  how  poor  the  fhurch 
Ws  supjort"       '         ''^"'  ^°  ^^''  >°"  ""  '°  '^^'P  ^''^  Board  in 


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CHAPTER  III 
''''  'OCiETV's  F;rst  Ve,,, 

O  .  ^  "-'  ^'ose  Of  .-  «  ""'  "•'-•  "  « 

October  jt    ,o-o  "'  hrst  year  n  „ 

°1  '^'^  tifne  to  work  t       ^  '""""^^  genera/  Li  J""''  '''<=  Board  ao 

P«r  s  of  the  fieid.     T^  fV^     °"''>'  ''""'ed  into  th- f  ^•^'    P^'''    for 
Pcnses  paid,  ^„^        '''^  treasurer  reported  «?         ''■*='«"ry  fron, '» 

fo  its  credr  TK  '"''''"'"cn  to  pav ?m       "*  ""^"^  P"W.shed  1^    ^*''^" 


'ember,  1878  • 


'  ory  and  purpose 


THE   SOCIETY  S    FIRST    YEAR 


II 


rcn.a.innij  the  same.  To  some  extent,  however,  this  ci.anged  the 
purpose  of  the  society,  as  was  feared  by  several  of  the  leadine 
sp.nts  of  the  Convention.  We  copy  from  an  editorial  in  the  Baptist 
Beacon  of  November,  ,878,  an  article  touching  this  change  wh  ch 
.cem,  very  important  to  a  lucid  understanding  of  this  very  important 
in.tia!  peruKl  of  the  organized  work  on  this  great  field.       ' 

WHAT    IS    IT.    AND    HOW    IS    IT    TO    BR    CARWF.D    KORVVARD:- 

Ue    had   siipposed    we   had    written   and   explained    the   ixirDose   of 

The  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational  Society."  i,r the  Bf a  T  until 

all  were  wel   posted  «  to  its  object  and  plan  of  work    but  U  ai  rars  wi 

S.  r.it^g-'^n'i'air  n^The''^wo^\"Jrth'l"'"Tt^ 

as  stated  in  i„  Constitution!  Art  de     I    read,  as  folow.     "Th  '""V-"'; 

Irl  m"   n  ^a'  ""^P'!"'  *''"'■  °f  "^«  »^'='e»*  i»  nrtotnterfe  e  vWth    he 
uork  of  any  Association  or  church.     We  wish  the  co-o ncration  of  Ihl 

Conventions  and   local   Associations    but  to  seek    Jhh   r^'^i.°i    ^*^'5 

"est  to  the  Falouse  country  on  the  east   there  ha«  !»«.  k,,*^. 

rk'''"nV'?n\°h'e  1T  ?"'  ^^'^'iP^  -  "1^'*  on  tV'par^o^  o'  '  Z\l?^Ts 
^^0Tk.  and  m  the  way  to  carry  it  forward.    This  has  come  frL  all  parts 


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r'  '"^  «^"t  field   as  V  ""^""^   -"-^ST 

have  labored   <,nl,^'   ^^.  ''^ve  Jettert  A  ^^  ^""^  both  caDiM         V""""  work 
work,  and  J,a  J"*""*  '"  the  hfX*  (  *""  "«"arly  eVerv  fi  L^'"'   faithful 

''^PS  n  the  field"'   '^''"'  ^^Pr,sslf7o''lu'"«  ^"^  fault  fwth"fh°^  '^'^^ 
of  »h>^^  ''^^^  two  grand  n,  '"""'■"'  ^'^d  t'^T'  but 

C^"-st„\  &  -^  -o^uT^^Tli"  ^''^"••-  '^"e  first  is 

|T«in;;;^^,"^^e^^^^^^^^  or   even 

''"«'  the  man  u,h     u  ^''servations  all     "  *  ^3''"re.     tL  „  ".^  '^ore  of 

«Jf-heIp.  irL^'f  ^'J^'ng  to  do  onTh./'*M''  °^  facts     M^^  °1  o""-  People 
fnd  resources  to'^rr'" V^"  V  w&  ^°''^  P««fic  cC'^'^J  **'*^  '^a"': 


t'ii^e^'owr*^^^^^  r»!"'^'''"^e 'can's  ^°''''»' "^^"Jol 

^^e  instah.-i;*       ,  Position  to  nut  r«  '"'*•    We 

"the  one  S-eat  d'^ffi°^'"'y  P'an  heretofor      .  ''  ^''"^  "'"e 

fhis  class,  we  cLn  *  ^^^^nging  of  the  nt  J?*''''"/"e"t  work  n/ "i  P^°P'e  to 

"me  t)..  changed 


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As  feared  and  expressed  in  this  article,  only  one  of  the  men 
who  were  known  to  have  plans  and  purposes  of  large  benefactions 
for  the  permanent  work  of  the  society  adhered  to  his  purpose,  and 
he  with  a  much  smaller  sum  than  before  contemplated.  Yet  it  creates 
no  division  of  forces,  only  regret  that  the  society  could  not  be  made 
permanent  and  the  greater  purpose  accomplished. 


CHAPTER  IV 
"o  ^Ctu.nt'o?"'r'°"  ^'^e  great  „,-    •  "' 

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Resolved,  Jhit  this  Convention  recognizes  with  gratitude  the  efforts 
put  forUi  m  the  past,  and  at  present  being  put  forth  by  the  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  to  supply  the  spiritual  destitution  of  this 
neld. 

iiesolved  That  we  rejoice  in  the  harmonious  relations  existing  be- 
tween the  Missionary  Board  and  this  society,  and  that  we  invite  the 
society  to  increase  the  amount  appropriated  to  this  tield  till  it  «hall  at 
least  equal  the  amount  expended  by  our  Board. 

The  Convention  also  expressed  its  conviction  that  one  great 
need  in  our  educational  work  is  a  fund  of  $20,000  to  endow  a  chair  of 
theology  so  that  our  young  men  may  have  some  help  at  home  in 
preparing  for  the  ministry. 

The  Board  says: 

We  are  happy  to  record  an  increasing  confidence  and  interest  on 
the  r  -t  of  our  denommation  m  the  cause  of  home  missions.  Scattered 
as  we  are.  over  an  immense  range  of  territory,  comprehending  within  our 
bounds  nearly  four  times  as  much  of  the  earth's  surface  as  if  covered  < 
all  New  England,  and  enjoying  as  we  do.  but  slight  means  of  communi- 
cating with  each  other,  we  could  hardly  expect  thit.  within  the  two  ye^rs 
which  have  e  apsed  since  the  organization  of  this  body,  all  our  people 
would  yield  It  their  enthusiastic  support.  We  are  assumed  that,  as  our 
membership  comes  more  and  more  to  see  how  exceptional  is  the  position 
we  occupy,  and  that  ^ye  have  in  this  organizaUon  a  convenient  and 
efficient  means  of  carrying  the  gospel  to  the  thousands  who  are  flocking 
to  our  coast,  they  will  more  and  more  unite  heart  and  hand  in  its  support 

In  outlining  the  policy  for  the  year,  the  Board  added  to  the  duties 
of  the  general  missionary  that  of  looking  after  the  finances  of  the 
Convention.  Altogether,  the  Convention  was  inspiring  and  the 
delegates  went  back  to  their  fields  full  of  hope  for  the  future. 
QQ  '^D^'^^  meeting  of  the  Convention  at  Salem,  Ore.,  October  28 
1880,  Rev.  A.  S.  Coats,  secretary  of  the  Board,  writing  the  report^ 

,..„.i"  PT"*"*'"«  o"^a""H|l!  ""^PO"'  ^^e  have  words  of  cheer,  and  only 
TcrfL^Jj^''^'  '.°  °^"-  ^^^  ""issionary  work  of  the  Baptists  of  the 
tl  Tif*  "  "o.'°n»er  an  experiment.  It  is  a  success,  and  has  come  to 
stay.  The  question  no  longer  is.  "  Shall  we.  as  Baptist  peoole  ar^e  and 
do  our  part  toward  evangelizing  the  vast  territory  wrcalfoSr  own  >"  for 
wfth  otw*''*'  ^"^  midst  of  that  great  work;  and,  in  comparing  ourselves 

foremost  in  Z'w^rr'"i^  •  u  "' -^^  1"  ^'  ''V'^'^^  '«  concerned,  to  stand 
loremost  m  the  work     Neither  is  the  question  any  longer  in  regard  to 

tj'^T  ^"In'^thods  of  carrying  on  the  work,  for  the  pas  thr4  years 
demonstrne  the  fact  that,  as  a  denomination,  we  have  solved  this 
lin/JT-    ^''^°"'^  question  is:  "Shall  we,  as  a  denomination   abng  thi 

t"on  do  Jr*  '"•'k"7J'' .5"^  ^K  T^"*  °^  '^"^  machinery  in  active  ope"! 
ation.  do  all  we  should  do.  all  that  we  can  do.  toward  bringinir  our 
mcreasmg  population  to  Christ?"  No  one  can  look  over  the  work  that 
ou  r.T^!;'"'  cheered  and  supported  by  the  prayers  and  the  money  o 
will  Tettisf'/cl^riransttd.'  '"'  "°^  ''^'''^^^  ^'^^*  *^'^  ""«*-"  ''- 
uI,nI'',^-.^°^''*'  ^''led  in  the  support  of  eleven  missionaries,  seven  of 
\vhom  are  now  upon  the  field,  three  in  Washington,  three  in  Or--on  and 
the  general  missionary  dividing  his  time  on  the  whole  field     They  report 


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one  thousand  seven  hu„H    .  °'''"''  "^''''''^  ^O^ST 

feJigious  conver«f-  "*'°   ''""dred  Ha   ^^^   seven   hunS     ''°°''s  sold 
t'^o.hundred  a"d^^"  »*o  ''""dred  ai/»f^-''"-«e  addr-ssl  ^"^  .seventy 

questing  Rev    n    f  '1  '^^^  also  voted  . 

aoi/ars  additional  ♦'   '^aho,  and   Rr,v  L^PTopriate   to   „,•    • 

e"^    State   AfSnf  ''^*^'>'  one  doHri'^'.CoIumba    at  ?h"'°"   «'ork  i„ 

•^f'ssion  Society  shafi     ™'"'°nary   J -h ^ •'^S'^^ded  "r  rL^  ""ssionary 

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quartcny  report  and  remittances  to  the  Home  Mission  Society,  and  to  be 
authorized  by  the  Convention  in  case  receipts  at  the  end  of  any  quarter 
are  less  than  the  portion  of  the  appropriation  for  that  quarter,  to  borrow 
an  amount  sufficient  to  make  up  the  deficienc>. 

4.  Appointments  and  appropriations  to  be  made  chiefly  at  the  beginning 
of  thv-  year    and  modihed  as  experience  and  receipts  suggeit 

i;.  .  he  Home  Mission  Society  to  be  responsible  for  no  absolute  amount 
l)Ut  '-lereiy  tor  three  times  the  amount  actually  paid  into  the  treasury 
from  the  btate,  and  all  appointments  of  missionaries  to  be  made  with 
Ihis  understanding. 

6.  The  Convention  to  superintend  the  work  in  said  district  select 
fields,  nominate  missionaries,  name  their  salaries,  and  determine  the  time  of 

;      labor.    The  Home  Mission  Society  to  appoint  and  pay  those  so  nominated 
so  far  as  they  approve  such  nominations  and  terms 

7.  Reports  of  all  missionaries  to  be  made  in  duplicate  to  the  society 
and  Convention  quarterly.  i>w^ici> 

8.  The  Home  Mission  Society  to  appoint  at  its  option  an  Advisory 
Committee  of  three  brethren,  residents  of  the  di.strict,  who  shall  be  entitled 
to  a  seat  in  the  Convention  and  its  Board  during  any  and  all  of  its 
fhe'samr"'"  '''      "  ^^^  P"^''e8«=  "^  voting  unless  members  of 

fnr  ^:s^'\  '''?"  '°  ^°  '"i°  *^'i4^i  "'^  beginning  of  the  Convention  year 
for  1880,  to  be  renewed,  modified,  or  terminated  yearly,  accordinir  to 
mutual  agreement.  «.uiu"in5    10 

To  some  brethren  this  plan  seemed  to  be  somewhat  ironclad- 
but  the  plan  was  adopted,  and  worked  without  the  friction  feared- 
and  very  little  necessity  was  found  for  either  changing  or  modifying 
It.     The  plan  of  co-operation  adopted  gave  a  new  impulse  to  the 
Home  Mission  Department  of  the  Convention  work ;  but  it  wrought 
into  the  work  of  home  missions,  notwithstanding  the  effort  made 
by  those  who  directed  the  work  to  prevent  it,  a  spirit  of  commercial- 
ism which  heretofore  had  been  unknown  in  it.    Heretofore  the  appeal 
for  money  had  been  made  entirely  to  the  Christ  life  of  God's  people 
in  Christ's  behalf.     Now.  while  this  was  not  omitted,  yet  there  was 
coupled  with  it  the  influence  or  motive  of  ^  commercial  transaction 
that  of  investing  one  dollar  to  get  back  three  dollars:  or,  one  thou- 
sand dollars  to  bring  to  the  work  three  thousand  dollars.    This  effect 
could  not  be  prevented  nor  eliminated:  and,  to  the  extent  it  pre- 
vailed, would  prevent  the  full  development  of  the  spirit  of  benevo- 
ence,  and  possibly,  in  the  end,  dry  up  its  source;  on  the  principle  that 
the  value  of  money,  given  to  the  Lord's  work,  depends  on  the  motive 
m  the  heart  of  the  giver. 

During  the  period  of  the  independent  work  of  the  Convention  the 
tollowing  growth  is  shown:  Namely,  in  membership,  from  1877,  when 
he  entire  membership  was  about  two  thousand  and  fifty  to  three 
thousand  one  hundred  and  ninety-one  reported  in  1880.  In  contribu- 
tions to  home  mission  work,  from  two  sources  on  the  field,  the  amount 
not  reported,  but  not  aggregating  more  than  $150  to  $2,609.76  all  ex- 
penses paid,  and  $711.89  in  the  treasury.  The  gifts  to  foreign  mis- 
sions increased  the  same  year,  from  three  sources  of  contributions  .0 
tar  as  appears,  and  not  exceeding  $125  to  $339.15  from  the  churches. 


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*  o]Jections  had  Jilf#.    ■      u   "^^^o^ds.  -'^lery,  the  amount 

bi't  nut  least   a  m^  amount  of  which  w      ''^"^^olences  of  no 

The  period  -Jose.  «  -.u  or^anicaJIy 

^I'^-   Baptift    church  Tr'?f  ^^'^^'"3^  °'ad  '^^^''f  »'  which  had 
"Pal,  Miss  M    L    vv      ^°'^^^'    ^V.    T     1^^        ""   ^'^rted   in 

^r  denomination  as  /r     ^'  ^^'  "nce'pas"ed     ?    '^'''"'   P^n 
pledges  largely  "y,  \  ^T''  *<=«demy.  ^p]Z,  k"L\"'^  f-^nd?  of 
accommodate  onThu'    °  ?^^  ^°'"-  ^"""^s  to  Z  .t'^  ^'^  '^'^'  and 

:  °^-   ^.ose    days    :  "^  ^^^^  ^^^  ^--^^^^^^^^^^^ 

"'-t  of  dest'i:^' P'/"^  ^"?  'fforts'the'?  Va^  lo?"'"'^'  ^^-^'nc  S 
ward  the  work  a'  T.  ^^^''^^'^  to  supply  3'"°  ^'"^  ^«wn  except 
eastern  Oregon  Ini  '  ""  '^^  ^here  wefe  rennr. '!J'^"'  *°  ^^^'-'-y  foj- 
eighty-seven  Se^bers  cf?  ^^'''"^0"  b^J/^^^^  "orthern  /daho. 
three;  Puget  SounW  a      '^^"'' ^^nde  Associ^HV,         ""*   ''""dred   p^h 

At   the   same   tfm/^  ^^"^  °"e  hundred  LT  •   "  Washington %„,» 

"?eans  to  carry  /orwaTdThe  wnT  ^'"'^  '»^*  source  came°r'"1    *"° 
The  appeals  from  these  ^^Z'^'  ^"*^  't  came  w^I,;„  T^  '*'8:ely  the 
^apt,st  Beacon,  reached  th'""'*^  ^''^^''  Pubhshe^  o^^  ^"'^  ^'^^ly. 
sionary  enthusi;sm  f„  {^   ^  '"^'"''^"  of  everv  1     instantly  in  the 
;be  Missiona^'rard"w;r:"ii''"*'°-  ^°  t?e  w,t    'Jh'^P'""^  ™'- 
for  men  and  means     tT         ^'*^  °"  'beir  knees  hJf     ^  members  of 
beginning  of  its  wo^k  to  T  '^'  P°"^>^  ^^  "heVotrT,^^'  P'eading 
field  before  sending  1.''*'^  '"  ^^P'oy  everv  ,f  •,  J'"™  ^he  early 
'o  take  up  work  who  had  h  '''!["  '"'^     Man^^^^^'^^We  man  o„  the 
'"   western   Oregon^ ''^^ich'"    '''''*'*^"'^^  ^"r  y^^^  ^ 


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trom  fields  at  a  greater  distance.  Many  of  these  men  of  God  who 
themselves  were  doing  efJcctive  work  with  the  small  churches,  receiv- 
mg  from  one  to  two  or  three  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  their  services 
became  regular  and  liberal  contributors  to  the  general  work,  and  led 
their  people  to  become  contributors  too. 

Many  of  these  men  were  Undmarkers,  but  they  became  filled  with 
a  missionary  spirit.  Indeed,  some  of  the  most  efficient  and  devoted 
men  on  the  Board  for  many  years  were  Landmarkers.  Notable  among 
these  men  were  Dea.  A.  W.  Stannard.  of  Brownsville;  Dea.  Daniel 
Hurst,  Rev.  J.  C.  Richardson,  general  missionary,  and  Rev.  A 
J.  Hunsaker,  of  McMinnville,  Ore.;  Hon.  Rufus  Thompson,  of 
Albany,  and  Hon.  B.  F.  Dorris,  of  Eugene.  The  great  missionary 
revival  leveled  up  and  leveled  down  extreme  religious  and  political 
views  until  they  were  no  longer  a  bar  to  Christian  unity  and  effort 
in  church  and  denominational  work.  This  condition  prevailed  up  to 
the  time  of  the  division  of  the  field  into  different  conventions 

Distance  and  expense  of  travel  made  it  necessary  to  have  the 
members  of  the  Mission  Board  so  located  that  they  could  be  broucht 
together  often  for  efficient  service.  This  was  the  reason  why  the 
Board  was  composed  mostly  of  persons  within  easy  reach  of  Port- 
land, Salem  Albany,  and  McMinnville,  Ore.,  then  centers  of  travel. 
The  Board  held  quarterly  meetings  at  different  places,  and  in  most 
cases  held  public  missionary  services  with  the  church  where  it  met 
These  services  were  usually  well  attended,  were  full  of  the  missionary 
>pirit,  and  aided  in  promoting  the  "  great  missionary  revival." 

The  machinery  for  the  work  cost  comparatively  nothing.  There 
were  no  paid  agents  for  collecting  money.  The  general  missionaries 
were  instructed  to  take  collections  where  they  held  meetings,  but  not 
to  make  it  the  prominent  feature  of  their  work.  Most  of  the  pastors 
were  reached  through  the  Board,  and  through  them  the  churches  re- 
sponded with  liberal  contributions.  The  appeal  was  constantly  to  the 
Christ  hfe  m  Gods  people,  and  inspired  sympathy  and  prayer,  and 
liberal  contnbut...ns  that  the  same  Christ  life  might  be  strengthened 
and  developed  among  their  brethren  in  destitute  fields,  to  be  used  for 
the  Master  s  glory  in  leading  others  to  Christ. 

To  these  devoted  brethren  and  sisters  who  performed  this  joyful 
service  for  the  Master,  this  was  what  was  meant  by  developing  self- 
help.  It  meant  not  simply  supporting  pastors  and  paying  missionaries 
to  build  up  churches  and  the  denomination,  or  the  great  missionary 
soc.et.es  but  developing  the  Christ  life  among  the  churches  out  of 
which  all  these  organizations  must  grow,  and  through  which  the  lost 
and  perishing  at  noma  and  abroad  must  be  reached  and  saved  This 
spirit  was  what  inspired  the  intelligent  women  of  those  days  to  per- 
torm  a  work  of  remarkable  interest  in  developing  the  foreign  mis- 
sionary spirit  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  In  almost  every  public 
meeting,  in  Associations  and  Conventions,  the  highest  spiritual  pulse 
was  reached  in  the  women's  meetings.    This  was  not  simply  because 


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B'^''TIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    Vo» 

,  ''°"«   PACIFIC   COAST 

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CHAPTER  V 


THE  PLAN  OF  CO-OPERATION 
1881 

Fir«l  year  under  cooperation.  Rapid  progress.  Transfer  of  miiiionaries.  Eight- 
tei  missionaries.  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns.  Treasurer's  report.  Men  at  v  ork.  StatUtici. 
Important   table.     A  great   loss.      Vast  field,      immrnsc   resources.      Sclfbclp. 

Under  tlie  plan  of  co-operation  with  the  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  the  Convention  made  rapid  progress  during  the  first 
year.  All  missionaries  under  appointment  by  the  American  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society  were  transferred  to  the  Convention;  and  all 
missionaries  under  the  Convention  were  transferred  to  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  and  received  appointment  under  the  plan  of  co- 
operation. At  the  close  of  the  first  year  there  were  under  appoint- 
ment eighteen  missionaries  who  had  served  all  or  part  of  the  year, 
and  appointments  were  recommended  for  three  other  fields.  Rev.  A. 
J.  Huiisaker.  who  had  been  appointed  the  previous  year  as  general 
missionary  and  financial  secretary,  reported  a  very  successful  year's 
work.  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns,  who  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  suc- 
cessful missionaries  on  the  borders,  was  planting,  sowing,  organizing, 
and  developing  new  fields,  and  doing  a  work  that  must  weave  the 
remembrance  of  his  self-denying  eflforts  into  the  structure  of  many 
churches  in  eastern  Oregon,  eastern  Washington,  and  western  Idaho. 
The  treasurer's  report  shows  $2,918.49  collected  during  the  year, 
an  increase  over  last  year's  receipts  of  $448.17.  There  was  cash 
on  hand  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  of  $711.81,  making  $3,630.38  for 
the  current  expenses  of  the  year. 

Of  the  missionaries  under  appointment  during  the  year,  two 
were  Sunday-school  colporter  missionaries  in  co-operation  with  the 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society;  two  were  Chinese  mission- 
aries, Rev.  Dong  Gong  and  Rev.  Fung  Chak;  and  there  was  one 
Scandinavian  general  missionary.  Rev.  O.  Okerson,  with  headquarters 
at  Portland;  Rev.  A.  D.  McMichael  was  serving  as  colporter  in 
eastern  Washington  and  Oregon,  and  northern  Idaho;  Rev.  B.  S.  Mc- 
Lafiferty  represented  the  cause  of  foreign  missions  on  the  field,  and 
reported  as  raised  on  the  field  during  the  vear  $400.  The  Woman's 
i-oreign  Missionary  Society  reported  a  prosperous  year,  with  receipts 
ot  ?402.io.     Total  for  foreign  missions,  $802.10. 

The  following  summary  appears  in  the  Convention  minutes  of 
that  year : 

Number  of  .Associations   „ 

Churches    ^ 

Ximiber  of  churches  contributing  to '  home '  mission "  work .' .' ."     86 

Aii?sionancs  under  appointment   10 

i  otal  membership   in   churches '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.[  !3,486 

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and  wise  aif,,  '„!!    2      '  ''wiping  over  a  ri.«  "  ^^ep  piety  fo. 

<^onvention.    Brother"^^'"'  ''""'»"   '«   'he  m^s?^; ''^'''  '"'^  ^'"  'c^^ 
e^eatJy  lamented  anrf       ""'^  ''^"  »'  his  posf  i'^   h    ""•'   ^"^"^  "^  the 

'^.•^3^'  and  hand  alwavf  k"'^'   ''^^'  «f  our  de'e'    IT.''"  "'«='"«^v  o 
e'ected  by  the  L,  J^^     '^''"''^  with  her  LIk      .  *'''  ^'■°«her,   whose 

'■"  5,"4?'<fer  •" "" ""  '°"'''°"o/':;t  „;"„;:•/»''■  ■- 

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CHAPTER  VI 

A  MEMORABLE  YEAR 
1882 

A  memorable  yeav.  Outgrnwing  plans.  Superintendent  of  missions.  Rev.  J.  C. 
Baker.  Liberating  general  missions.  Scope  of  church  work  enlarging.  Marked  dis- 
content. Educational.  Church  edifice  work.  Colfax  Building  enlarged.  Self-help. 
No  debt.  Solicitors'  union.  Comprehensive  views.  Duty.  Four  objects.  Beacon  to 
the  rescue. 

The  year  1882  was  a  trying  one  for  the  Baptists  of  the  North  Pa- 
cific Coast.  If  ever  God's  people  settled  down  to  hard  work,  they  did 
it  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  from  1877  to  1886,  and  the  year  1882  was 
no  exception,  but  probably  among  the  most  arduous  of  all,  requiring 
the  whole  force  at  work  with  one  heart  and  mind  to  meet  fast  accumu- 
lating responsibilities.  Under  the  plan  of  co-operation  with  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  the  work  had  grown  until 
the  society  found  it  necessary  to  have  a  representative  of  its  own  on 
the  field;  and  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  who  had  served  as  president 
of  the  Mission  Board  and  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Convention 
since  1877,  was  appointed  superintendent  of  missions  for  the  Pacific 
Coast,  including  California.  Nevada.  Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  and 
British  Columbia.  His  appointment  had  been  sanctioned  by  the  Con- 
vention Boards  of  California  and  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  The 
Society  required  that  one-sixth  of  his  salary  and  expenses  should  be 
borne  by  each  of  the  Convention  Boards. 

The  Mission  Board  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  Convention  had 
found  it  necessary,  tne  year  before,  to  place  part  of  the  financial 
responsibility  upon  the  general  missionaries;  but  now,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  New  York  Board,  they  made  the  superintendent  of  missions 
financial  and  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Convention  Board,  thus 
giving  the  general  missionary  liberty  to  devote  his  whole  time  to 
the  field  in  strictly  mission  work.  This  involved  such  a  radical  change 
of  operating  forces,  and  apparently  such  an  additional  expense  in  col- 
lecting funds  for  the  work,  that  it  required  careful  and  prayerful  con- 
sideration by  the  brethren  and  churches.  They  considered  it,  and 
with  one  consent  fell  into  line  and  gave  it  their  hearty  support.  One 
fortunate  thing  about  those  days  was  the  fact  that  the  mission  work 
was  so  conducted  that  every  pastor  and  every  church  alike,  whether 
mission  church  or  self-supporting,  had  both  an  interest  in  all  ad- 
vance movements  of  the  Convention  and  a  voice  in  determining  them. 
Thus  the  whole  body  moved  together  in  this  new  departure  and 
gladly  met  its  requirements. 

Then  ton  the  churches  and  the  denomination  were  growing  very 
rapidly.    New  church  edifices  were  being  erected.    Collections  for  ail 

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f'«  work.  which7a3  "'^owingoutof  a4L T     "  ^^'^«'"n&ton 
i'^^.Kar;  and  yet  the  pr'^."^  """^h  anxSv  "    r'/!'^ '"^^pSS 
exclamation;  "BehijH     k"'^  ^^S^"  "'e  record.?  l''^  ^"^''d  during 

tor  home  missions  •  anH  fi,"  '"'"'^'amation.   The  fieW  h  J    •  ^""^  '''ere  was 
?oT  ^^^^'  ^«ve  W':'?''^?  *<>«  balance  brou2r''^' ^^-'35.60 

^^^aS^iS^iSrSe;;^-^^^ 

- « -  oj^rr^cone.  h„i,.,  ,,^  j^ '"  ^^'^--  ^- 

vemion,  an  addit^J^f  .J^'  ^^ven,  another  JS";'^^  b'>th.    Under 

3f.a  cost  of  $1200  tn  ^^'■'°"  «'so  built  am.  f^**/™'"  the  Home 

P'-'t'sh  Columbia   «^«^'  ^'■°'"  western   W.cu'       Washington   anW 
$3,i3S.6o.     Tru  V  S  ^^5;  from  Orego^  $r^l'''^S-'°".  $''975     from 

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appointing  solicitors  at  first  in  eacli  of  the  Associations  to  collect 
funds  for  mission  work,  and  in  each  church  to  solicit  for  the  Baptist 
Beacon.  The  plan  was  so  useful  that  it  soon  came  into  use  in  each 
church  appointing  their  solicitor,  who  was  selected  with  reference  to 
appointed  at  the  associational  meetings,  the  delegates  from  each 
church  appointing  their  solicitor,  who  was  selected  with  reference  to 
knowledge  of  the  work  and  interest  in  it.  These  solicitors  were  no 
small  factor  in  developing  self-help.  Often,  in  general  gatherings, 
they  came  together  to  compare  notes,  to  consult  upon  .ethods,  and 
to  pray  with  each  other,  and  they  were  considered  an  indispensable 
agency  in  unifying  the  work.  They  served  to  keep  many  individuals 
and  churches  in  line  with  the  work,  a  thing  very  much  needed  in 
those  earlier  days. 

The  year  1882  wa  also  a  memorable  year  for  the  Convention 
of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  in  several  other  respects :  First,  as  already 
indicated,  on  account  of  the  rapid  development  of  the  country.  We 
quote  from  the  report  of  the  Mission  Board  of  that  year  to  show 
how  comprehensive  was  its  view  of  the  field  it  was  occupying,  and 
also  to  show  the  intense  pressure  under  which  it  was  laboring: 

In  presenting  this,  our  fifth  annual  report,  we  can  only  make  a  brief 
survey  of  the  field  which  the  dear  Lord  has  given  us  to  occupy 

We  speak  first  of  the  field  itself.  Our  field  embraces  Oregon,  Washing- 
ton Territory,  northwestern  Idaho,  and  part  of  British  Columbia.  In 
area,  it  is  equal  to  all  the  New  England  and  .Middle  States  combined ;  and 
never,  we  believe,  in  the  history  of  these  States,  was  there  a  more  imper- 
ative demand  for  home  mission  work  or  a  more  hopeful  field  to  occupy 
than  that  which  God  has  given  to  us  on  this  North  Pacific  Coast.  Our 
held  is  capable  of  sustaining  as  dense  a  population  as  any  of  the  New 
England  States. 

Its  mineral  and  agricultural  resources  and  climate  invite  settlers  as  the 
i\ew  England  and  Middle  States  never  did.  In  one  respect  the  States 
named  had  the  advantage  of  us.  namely:  They  had  the  commerce  of  the 
Old  World  by  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  This  has  aided  them  in  building  up 
large  cities  and  manufacturing  towns;  and  made  them  centers  of  commer- 
cial life  and  immense  capital,  of  which  we  are  all  proud,  and  from  which 
we  would  subtract  not  a  dollar,  nor  withhold  the  credit  due  to  "our 
fathers  for  their  wise  forecast  and  enterprise  in  building  up  such 
monuments  to  their  praise. 

But  we  present  for  the  prayerful  consideration  of  Christian  people  the 
fact  that  our  country  is  peculiarly  situated  ,is  regards  the  commerce  of 
the  world.  If  its  eastern  shores  are  bathed  with  the  water's  of  the 
Atlantic,  which  is  dotted  with  sails  of  vessels  and  clouded  with  smoke 
of  steamers  freighted  with  the  commerce  of  Europe  and  .\frica  in  natural 
channels,  so  its  western  shores  are  bathed  with  the  waters  of  the  Pacific 
w-hich  begins  to  be  dotted  with  sails  of  vessels  and  clouded  with  the  smoke 
of  steamers  freighted  with  the  commerce  of  .\sia  and  Australia:  in 
natural  channels  so  rapidly  growing  that  we  mav  anticipate  the  time  when 
(  ^°"\"\«'"<=«  °'  the  Pacific  will  bear  a  favorable  comparison  with  th.it 
!  *D  Atlantic,  and  when  large  cities  and  manufacturing  towns  shall  dot 
the  i:acific,  as  they  do  now  the  Atlantic  slope.  We  believe  this  is  inevit- 
able if  the  world  and  the  United  States  continue  as  now  expected  North 
America  is  inviting  the  world  to  make  homes  upon  her  domain,  and  the 
people   .ire   coming— rnwiHg.'     The    march    is    westward    i.v    the    tens   of 


til 


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"""".ands;  n„  ,„         ^  ""  '^""'C  COAST 

^W.ifthisi,,,,.  ^""extent  of  its 

P"=  the  wav  f™  ,£  <"?  ""'"e  as  the  m,,*"^  "P«  'his  jrS, 

First   To         k  •'   '>  as  p/ain 

--""fti?h<?^^^^^^^^^^^^  "^  the  Lord  r 

and  Drearh         ",'  »"  "iste-s  of  »^    V"^  P^op'e  are  tr.  k        -^""s  Ciirist  in 

ai-'es  to  preach  ,r"'^  °"f  and  suDDnr/        ""'  """th  ^^"ndation  of 

g^34.iK.t;hffc^„»-r;h'"''''''^»s^^^ 


parsonages'. 

fne  new  Held      F;;;f;.u,"  "P^n  the  vvav'^f  '"  ^""''  ''"uses  of'/"  ^"^n'ent, 


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27 


REPORT  OF  DtLEGATE   TO  JLTllLEE   MEETINGS 

7a  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast: 

Your  delegate,  appointed  to  attend  the  May  meeting  in  New  York  and 
represent  the  work  of  our  Convention,  would  most  respectfully  submit  the 
following  report : 

1.  Your  representative  agreed  with  your  committee,  appointed  to  raise 
the  funds  to  defray  tlic  expense  of  the  journey,  to  make  the  trip,  if  the 
commiftt  v.ould  provide  $300.  Thi';  tlic  committee  provided,  and  the 
journey  oi  about  nine  thousand  miles  was  made  at  an  expense  of  nearly 
$400.  1  he  remaining  $100  having  been  provided  from  lectures  in  different 
States  and  supply  of  churches  as  opportunity  offered. 

2.  Your  representative  delivered  lectures  upon  "  The  great  Northwest 
as  a  field  for  ministerial  and  missionary  effort,"  in  different  places  in  the 
States  of  New  York,  Michigan,  Illinois,  and  Iowa.  The  most  prominent 
among  the  places  where  lectures  were  delivered  should  be  named:  Morgan 
Park,  Chicago,  111.,  before  the  students  of  our  Theological  Seminary,  also 
before  the  stuiicnts  of  Rochester  Theological  Seminary,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
The  subject  treated  at  these  places  was  "The  great  Northwest  as  a  field 
for  nnnistenal  effort."  A  deep  interest  was  awakened  in  both  these 
schools,  among  both  professors  and  students,  in  our  field  and  work,  both 
missionary  and  educational.  We  believe  it  is  not  too  much  to  expect  that 
our  visit  to  these  schools  will  result  in  permanent  interest  in  this  great 
country,  and  the  settlement  of  some  of  their  best  students  upon  our  field 
m  the  coming  years,  in  New  York  before  the  Jubilee  meetings  of  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  and  before  the  American  Baptist 
PubHcation  Society,  your  representative  was  most  cord;  "-  received,  and 
before  the  Home  Mission  Society  was  asked  by  unanimi.  voice  of  the 
crowded  house  to  return  to  the  platform  and  continue  his  address  after 
the  time  allotted  had  expired  and  your  representative  had  gone  to  his  seat. 
The  occasion  of  this  was  doubtless  the  fact  that  this  great  and  important 
and  promising  field  was  never  before  represented  in  the  meetings  of  the 
society,  and  the  further  reason  that  the  facts  stated  by  your  representative, 
touching  the  material  resources,  climate,  mission  work,  and  educational 
interests,  with  t'  ;  probabilities  before  this  great  and  rapidly  growing 
country,  were  bo,  1  new  and  marvelous. 

The  apparent  result  of  the  visit  of  your  representative  at  these  meetings 
was  the  assurance  of  the  representatives  of  both  societies,  and  of  many 
prominent  laymen,  of  an  interest  in  our  field  and  purpose  to  help  our 
work,  never  before  experienced  by  them.  This,  we  feel  confident,  is  true 
as  touching  our  educational  and  mission  work. 

In  other  places  and  States  where  your  representative  spoke  of  this 
g:rcat  field  and  its  resources,  of  its  superior  advantages,  inviting  immigra- 
tion and  settlement,  of  its  superior  climate  and  healthfulness,  the  greatest 
interest  was  manifested;  and  it  would  not  be  exaggeration  to  say  that 
hundreds  of  persons  were  put  on  the  track  of  such  information  as  they 
desired  regarding  this  country  to  which  they  expressed  a  purpose  to 
emigrate  sooner  or  later. 

Your  representative  is  not  forgetful  of  the  great  privilege  your  ap- 
pointment offered  him  to  renew  old  acquaintances  in  the  East  and  make 
new  ones,  as  well,  to  visit  friends  and  see  something  of  the  growth 
and  development  of  the  East,  to  come  in  contact  with  leading  spirits  in  our 
denominational  life  and  work. 

He  hopes  also  that  his  going  may  have  resulted  in  strengthening  the 
ties  of  Christian  love  and  interest  that  bind  us  together  as  one  common 
brotherhood  in  our  common  work  under  the  one  head,  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord,  „  ^  .1 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.   C.   B.\KER. 


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/or  the  Pacific  Coilt  .^  d     "'^  P°^'"<>n  of  su'?,-      "'^"-  o^^"  on  the 

«^|f r  the  Mission  BolrdT^^:'-  ^"^  »^k ing up  fh.  ^'  T''^''^'  '^^^S^ 
f"d  of  Cahfomia  lZt°^  '^'  Conventio,fs  "^f  J'  v°"l'"  -^"'j-  i  J^ 
,1°^  «  charge  oAneThoT'''^f  '^'  appoin ^eVt  Tr"''  Pacfic  Coast 
'"ent  of  the  work  T^  ,:  '"^  '^"^'^^^^  it  n^ces'arl ?  '^''r''^^^  "^'h 
Board  by  appointin  Jth,  .  ^^  '^'^^  ""ade  i„  S!  v'\/'""  *''«  enlarge- 
financial  s./retaryVLT'T"'^'"'  of  mi  tis  !?''"  Convention 

^ention  of  the  Xorth  pl    «  ^;^«^°«n'Z''ng  the  LhT\  ^'  ^   fraternal 
ffnt  to  many  of  th  *  ''"'^  ^^'"'0"^  ^Ct  u^n     ""'  ^°^'^'>'  from  the  r 

^»:^S^^s^=  S- -sir 

"' '>3>.  o?fe  "«*  ''MM   -V??,  ;'"  ^'""SX'ff''  I'tasrffo. 


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39 


Columbia  are  no  small  part  of  our  continent.    The  full  shore  line  itself 
of  this  land  surface  is  ten  thousand  two  hundred  and  four  miles." 

Whether  the  eflFort  at  "  denominational  propagandism  "  by  "  The  Bap- 
tist Convention  for  the  North  Pacific  Coast"  has  been  effective  or  not, 
let  the  facts  speak.  When  we  organized  our  Convention  under  its  present 
constitution,  in  June,  1877,  we  had  on  this  field  about  seventy-five  churches 
and  three  thousand  members;  now  we  have  over  one  hundred  churches 
and  over  four  thousand  members.  Then  we  had  no  Baptist  paper  pub- 
lished on  this  great  field ;  now  we  have  one  taken  by  most  of  our  families. 
Then  we  had  no  academy;  now  we  have  one  flourishing  academy,  with 
a  good  building  paid  for,  and  over  ninety  pupils  enrolled  last  term.  Then 
we  had  a  dilapidated  old  college  building,  with  the  school  run  down  and 
Its  patrons  discouraged;  now  we  are  just  completing  one  of  the  finest  and 
most  commodious  buildings  in  the  State,  at  a  cost  of  over  twenty-three 
thousand  dollars,  with  provision  made  for  the  full  payment  of  its  con- 
struction. Then  we  had  pastors  settled  in  five  county  seats ;  now  we  have 
twelve.  Then  we  had  si.x  men  giving  their  undivided  time  to  the  ministry ; 
now  we  have  twenty-five.  During  the  same  time  we  have  built,  or  hav-. 
in  process  of  building  and  nearly  completed,  thirteen  houses  of  worship. 
Then  we  had  only  two  missionaries,  and  they,  supported  by  the  Home 
Mission  Society ;  now  we  have  eighteen,  and  the  Convention  pays  one- 
third  of  the  whole  expense,  besides  aiding  the  Publication  Society  in 
supporting  a  Sunday-school  missionary  and  colporter.  Then  but  three  at 
farthest  of  our  churches  were  paying  to  home  missions ;  now  nearly 
ninety  are  represented  in  the  yearly  report  of  our  treasurer,  in  the  sum 
of  nearly  four  thousand  dollars.  Then  there  were  only  two  or  three 
churches  paying  yearly  to  foreign  missions ;  now  there  are  nearly  fifty 
represented  in  the  yearly  offerings.  Then  we  were  doing  almost  nothing 
for  missions;  the  last  year  we  paid  over  $4,500  to  home  and  foreign 
missions;  now  we  submit,  that,  while  this  showing  is  not  all  we  could 
desire,  or  all  that  is  needed,  still  it  is  effectual  "  denominational  propa- 
gandism.'' 

No.  2.  The  next  "  discovery "  the  editor  of  the  Herald  makes,  is 
that  the  "centralization  of  power"  in  the  Willamette  Valley  is  dangerous 
to  Washington  Territory.    Here  is  what  he  says: 

"  Puget  Sound  puts  in  a  claim  which  it  feels  oftentimes  is  not  heard ; 
but,  for  absorption  in  the  Convention,  agreeable  as  it  is,  it  maintains  that 
'Western  as  well  as  eastern  Washington  would  be  aided  more  liberally, 
irrespective  of  plans  of  co-operation  by  the  Board  in  New  York.  Its  relative 
weakness  in  church  life  does  not  satisfy  it  that  the  country  that  is  to  be  a 
terminus  to  the  Northern  Pacific  or  Canadian  Railroad  lines,  humming  with 
the  commerce  of  centuries  ahead,  should  be  so  sadly  unoccupied  with 
home  missionary  work.  Willamette  Valley,  sure  to  be  the  center  of  affairs 
as  now,  for  a  long  time  with  Portland's  preeminence,  replies  that 
eastern  Oregon  at  least  has  had  large  appropriations  from  New  York. 
But  this  does  not  satisfy  Puget  Sound." 

All  this!  and  yet  eight  of  the  meeting-houses  built  are  in  Washington 
Territory,  three  on  Puget  Sound,  and  five  in  eastern  Washington,  and  of 
the  amount  appropriated  to  the  North  Pacific  Coast  for  building  purposes 
by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  under  direction  of  our  Board,  $2,450  has 
been  appropriated  to  six  of  these  churches,  and  six  hundred  dollars 
loaned  to  two  of  them,  and  every  one  of_them  aided  save  one,  all  by  the 
hearty  recommendation  of  the  Mission  Board  of  the  Convention;  while  a 
single  donation  of  five  hundred  dollars  is  the  sum  total  paid  to  Oregon 
churches  from  the  same  source.  In  the  support  of  missionaries  also, 
\yashington  has  by  far  the  preeminence.  Not  counting  our  general  mis- 
sionaries, who  belong  to  all  parts  of  the  field  alike,  we  have  the  following 


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BAPTIST    IIISTORV   OF   thp    v.» 

THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


•<=  strong  „'?Kf?r,:f5«=«>ve  servi^^^^^^ 


'"c  ratio  of  api 


not  suffered  by  the  "nu^  P/ot>abiIity  is  that  wt  k'^^"  "°t  •'een  partial 


nine   thousand   dnii,,?  _   '  .."  on  the 


m  -New  York     tj,     ?P^'^at'on  contemnla*„;i  i      V^^'orma.     We  dcitX  -t 

turn  of  two  dollars   for  onr    ."'*'''   ^""^nients    contTni'".  ^°'"  '^'"'^■•'blc 
oest  a  premium  on  Ji(  ■  ? "^^  appears  to  us  tr,  h  *^°"*'n«ent  upon   a   r». 

"legitimate "  mean*   S.  k^"  steadily  increas  no-    ■      *^*  "^^  entered  into 


irt^f^^  as  far  af  o^lj-|:{r^_t"e  our  workin'?.!  '„V.';°"|d  be  re- 

t  Northwest 

sources."  **"  '''''"'' 


".'"-  't^s'iimate  hiif  r,^_  ^  "  •""  evidence  n/^♦  _  i  v  ° '■'  or  t 
tion.  We  sMhi^w  ^^nerous  and  commenfl'oKi  '/"'^^  '''^t  our  cc 
tracted,  and  so    L         '""*''°"'  "^  t^e  aSH>?  every  poin? 

reliable  sources. 


CHAPTER  VII 


A  NEW  ERA  IN  THE  NORTHWEST 
1883 

Northern  Pacific  Kailway  opened.  Initial  action.  .Marks  an  era  in  Christian  effort. 
One  held.  One  work.  Problem  o{  separate  Conventions.  The  broad  field.  Timely 
appeal.  How  difficulties  were  overcome.  Historical  statement.  Three  years  in- 
dependent. Three  years  co-opernting  with  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Socieiy. 
Marvelous  record.     Outgrowing.     Agencies.      Forecast. 

The  year  following  the  opening  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway, 
namely,  1883,  seems  to  have  been  the  most  important  year  of  organ- 
ized work  among  Baptists  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  Extensive 
quotations  are  given  from  the  Baptist  Beacon  and  the  minutes  of 
that  year  because  it  was  a  crucial  period  in  the  history  of  the  field 
covered  by  this  Convention.  The  initial  official  action  for  the  year 
was  taken  at  the  April  meeting  of  the  Convention  Board. 

Editorial  from  the  Baptist  Beacon  for  September,  1883,  Rev.  J. 
C.  Baker,  editor: 

COMPLETION    OF   THE   "NORTHERN    P.^CIFIC " 

Soon  after  this  issue  of  our  paper  reaches  our  subscribers  (Sept. 
8),  the  formal  opening  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  will  have 
taken  place,  under  direction  of  Hon.  Henry  Villard,  with  fully  four 
hundred  and  fifty  guests,  prominent  men  and  capitalists  of  our  own 
country  and  of  England  and  Germany.  This  marks  an  era  in  our  coun- 
try, but  especially  upon  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  Already  we  begin  to 
feci  the  influence  of  the  connection  with  the  East  in  all  commercial 
and  business  pursuits.  We  really  feel  as  if  we  are  a  part  of  a  great 
country,  and  united  by  the  closest  business  ties.  We  feel  no  longer 
isolated,  or  small,  or  dependent — so  really  it  puts  us  into  the  great 
whole  and  makes  us  contributors  to  its  growth.  We  rejoice  in  this,  and 
are  proud  of  the  day  which  to  us  is  little  less  than  the  opening  of  the 
Central  Pacific  was  to  California,  fourteen  years  ago.  It  is  now  for  us  to 
prove  ourselves  capable  of  appreciating  and  using  the  new  forces  put  into 
our  bands  and  worthy  of  the  strategic  position  we  hold  in  our  great 
country. 

No  less  does  this  mark  an  era  in  Christian  work  and  denominational 
effort.  Everything  will  be  ciianged.  Wider  and  more  comprehensive  plans 
must  be  laid  to  meet  the  exigencies  of  our  mission  work.  If  ever  in  our 
history  we  needed  wise  forecast,  it  is  now.  .\t  our  coming  Convention  in 
October  we  must  settle  some  important  questions,  forced  upon  us  by  the 
new  impetus  given  to  immigration  and  business,  and  the  settlement  of  this 
new  country  by  the  completion  of  this  great  enterprise.  Among  these 
questions  are  the  following: 

First,  and  most  important.  Whether  we  can  rise  above  every  com- 
mercial jealousy  fostered  in  diflforent  sections  of  this  large  field  covered 
by  our  Convention,  and,  filled  with  a  high  and  ChristUke  aim,  regard  the 
work  on  every  part  of  the  field  as  one,  and  so  carry  it  forward. 

_  Secondly.  Whether  we  can  rise  above  every  personal  feeling  and 
prejudice  and  lay  our  best  self  upon  the  altar  of  God  to  accomplish  his 
purposes,  waiting  for  our  reward  until  he  savs,  "  Well  done." 

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o  help  u.  to   become  hrml,  compact"c§  T^lett^'wiS^Se"  Z^i 

amfned.      Whether    »h„    r    ^'P'"'""  «'  every  one  shn.VuK^  one  has  an 
"North  Pacific  Cn«^>^    Convention    shall    comhiu^    .1^  ^  ""*''.<"y  "- 

"sued  the  foJlo«.f„g  app„|.         "'"  «•«  super,„i„deM  of  missi„s 
From  ,h,  B„,„,,  a„„,,  j^^  ^  _^^^  _^^ 

O  r  ^""^   "'"""^  OF   YEARS 


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33 


Methods  of  work  are  fair  subjects  for  diKUssion.  It  would  be  strange, 
indeed,  if  upon  all  this  great  field  we  should  not  have  differences  of 
opinion  concerning  plans  and  methods  of  work,  both  for  the  present  and 
for  the  tuture.  Nor  should  there  be  any  abridgement  of  the  right  of 
discussing  plans  in  open  Convention. 

Our  work  has  outp^rown  our  present  plans.  The  Board  has  anticipated 
this  result  if  the  blessing  of  God  continued  upon  our  work,  and  expecting 
It  would,  has  already  taken  the  initial  step  to  nrovide  for  it  by  dividing  the 
field  into  "mission  districts,"  each  to  have  a  general  missionary,  and  in 
an  important  sense  control  of  its  own  work.  This  step  was  taken  in 
January  last.  It  was  thought  that  it  would  serve  to  develop  both  the 
work  and  workers  in  each  of  the  districts,  and  the  better  lit  all  for  inde- 
pendent work  when  the  time  should  conic  for  separate  Conventions,  as 
come  it  will.  Now  this  plan  of  work,  in  some  dertnite  form,  will  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Convention  by  the  Board ;  probably  modified  from  their  own 
hrst  thought  about  it.  But  it  will  be  so  presented  that  it  will  be  exceed- 
ingly important  that  every  part  of  the  field  be  represented  in  the  discus- 
sion and  final  settlement  of  the  plans  for  coming  years. 

t*'  *''^'  '^'■^'•i''en  come  from  .ill  parts  of  the  held.  Let  eastern 
Washington  and  Idaho,  eastern  Oregon  and  southern  Oregon,  Coos  Bay 
and  western  Oregon,  western  Washington  and  British  Columbia  be  repre- 
sented. If  you  can  do  nothing  more,  send  a  committee  to  represent  your 
field.  None  of  us  can  do  it  so  well  as  those  who  are  on  the  held. 
Let  those  who  cannot  come  help  defray  the  expenses  of  those  who  do  come 
from  the  most  distant  parts  of  our  great  field.  We  need  the  united  wis- 
dom of  our  brethren,  and  especially  the  wisdom  that  comes  in  answer  to 
prayer,  to  aid  us  in  settling  the  questions  at  issue,  which  are:  Shall  we 
continue  our  Convention  with  its  present  area?  or  shall  we  divide  up  into 
separate  Conventions?  or  shall  we  adopt  a  definite  plan  of  work  for  two 
or  three  years,  having  in  view  the  better  development  of  each  "mission 
district  ?  and  set  the  time  when  we  will  come  together  and  form 
separate  Conventions?  The  importance  of  these  questions  every  one  will 
see.  and  we  hope  every  church  will  send  one  or  more  delegates  to  heln 
settle  them.  ' 

For  a  comprehensive  view  of  the  manner  in  which  these  early 
workers  met  great  and  threatening  difficulties,  and  by  God's  help 
overcame  them,  a  quotation  is  given  from  the  report  of  the  Convention 
Board  as  published  in  the  Baptist  Beacon  for  November,  1883. 

REPORT   OF    THE    MISSION    BOARD,  OCTOBER   2S,    l88.^ 

Tn  the  Baptist  Contention  for  the  Xorth  Pacific  Coast: 

Your  Mission  Board  beg  leave  to  present  the  following  report  of  our 
home  mission  work  to  October,  1883 : 

Historical  Statevicnt 

The  old  Oregon  and  Washington  Territorv  Convention  was  re- 
organized by  delegates  called  together  for  the  purpose  by  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  old  Convention  at  Albany,  Ore.,  June  26,  1877  The  new 
organization  took  the  name  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational 
bociety.  Its  field  of  operation  was  enlarged  to  embrace  Oregon,  Washing- 
ton, Idaho,  and  Bntish  Columbia. 

The  object  of  the  new  organization  was  to  promote  and  foster  mis- 
sions, Chrisnan  education,  and  Sunday-schools.  It  was  designed  to  make 
the  society  permanent,  to  prosecute  the  work  as  God  opened  the  wav 


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niS^aS'^S'^.^J  j^?5;Cl:-  -[J  "«her  ,,c„cic.  of  our  dc 
,     At  the  third  annual  meeLi  nf  V      ^^  "^'^  "'«  •'i-''' 
the  name  of  the  society  t^.hegaD.i.trnn*^"*^  "  ,*»*  ^°««d  to  change 
Coa„.    ncluding  ,he  «n,e  terri.orr  VVh^?e^h?."°r.'°'  ""J  ^''''^  ^'»"^' 
acter  of  the  work,  still  it  wa.  evident  to  all    ^  t"^  ""'  "'"'"?«  "«  ^^ar- 
^^""""»"«  was  changed,  and  that    twa.  nnll  "*  P"''P°«  °"  permanent 
growth  when  each  separate  State  or  Trr^i?  ,?  ^  *,  ,■»"""«"  of  time  and 
yention.  and  should  have  it      Th?.  ex^r.atL *?''''  '«"""«  "*  own  Con- 
in  view  by  this  Board  in  all  its  Sl/n^.'    ''°!?u'""  ^'««="  "<«?»  constantly 
standing  that  whenever    he    hu  ch?    of  »„"v%  ''/"  ""??'  ^''^i  «he  unde  - 
he.r  desire  to  form  a   Conventbn  of  fh  ^  ^""'^  or  Territory  expressed 
liberty  to  do  so,  and  should  have  rheh«r, J  °*"'   'u^'>'   *"'  "t   perfect 
Th      H^^Sf"''""  '■"  •«•'  »«'on  sympathy  and  full  approval 

organize^eparYte"cU'enZnrhas"^        '*'*'   "  .'"   •"<=   P^0P*r  time   to 
b?  no  effort   to  restrain   , he   libeny' of  *thf  I-h'.f^''"'  ^^''  "^"^  "hluld 

J'K°^;;'st,3.^onve^i^on'o;^e?'S:v^„x/-^ 

pledges  of  nearly  three  hundred  dolLsanH  ?u  °^'*'''"'  ^"''  additional 
which  w;e  started  our  missionary  oSinn^  a1'  u-"*  "^'^  ^«is  "Pon 
sionary  Hoard  was  constituted  wL^ff.tT.'-  n"^*  ""»  meeting  a  Mis- 
position  of  general  mis  ionaj.  which  wa^  'L^u^'  ^-  ^  Ri'^hafdson  tlfe 
work  began.  *'  "^"'"'  *as  hnally  accepted,  and  so  our 

the  fi^e'd^'iUThV^^ublicroniSt^r/^V^'-'"^  '"--"-'es  upon 
mission  work  of  any  kind  being  d,^^eSy  our  „-nl '"''  "l*'  ^"  «"«»>* 
VVe  carried  forward  our  work  iJnon  =«  ;L  2^°^'?  °"  'his  great  field 
with  the  following  results  Whole  numLcr'nf".^-"*  '''^'?  ^°^  '^ree  yea  s! 
years  of  service  performed    ij    rhnrrT.,     °'  m'"'onaries  employed,  12' 


,$4,684.50 


r«i?'  ,"^°""'»ons  for  the  work 

Co  ected  from  Oregon    

"coIuVbir.   ""'""    Washington    and    British 

476.00 

Expenditures  Same  Period 

expense  general  missionary 

r  ^rl^oS^^?  J^r^'Hdingone:  ^•°''-- 

learned  over  to  co-operatmn  258.52 

i-  otal    expenditures    '       '  423.91 


$5,707.19 


15,707.19 


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i<  .'".  ?,"■•*''"■'■;, .'*''^'  *:*=  entered  into  co-operation  with  the  American 
Uaotist  Jlonie  Miision  Society,  we  agreeing  to  accept  their  miiiionariei. 
and  they  our».  who  were  in  service  at  that  time.  At  this  time  we  haci 
nine  men  under  appointment,  and  the  Home  Mission  Society  had  four.  Uy 
the  plan  adopted,  the  Home  Mission  Society  was  to  pay  two-thirds  of  the 
salary  of  mis.M..narics.  and  our  Convention  one-third,  all  missionaries  to 
V  "'•■S;"""<;"'1''<1  hy  our  U.^rd,  and  to  be  commissioned  by  the  New 
York  Board,  and  were  to  report  in  duplicate  to  each  Board  quarterly, 
under  this  plan  of  co;operation,  wc  have  worked  harmoniously  for  three 
years,  the  Home  Misiion  Society  having  honored  all  recommendations  of 
^/,L  ?v'u  1  '''*  following  results  have  been  reached  under  this  plan  of 
w™-H  \.  number  of  missionaries  employed.  36;  years  of  service  per- 
formed. 51:  number  of  churches  supplied,  59;  out-stations  supplied.  100; 
churches  constituted,  16;  Sunday-schools  organized,  56;  estimated  number 
of  conversions,  359;  number  of  baptisms,  .114;  houses  of  worship  builded, 
IL  ,.^  *  following  IS  the  exhibit  of  finances  of  the  Convention  for 
tne  same  period : 

Collecliont 
Total  collections  from  October,  1880,  to  October, 
1883.  including  $4-'3-9«  carried  over  from  Oc- 
tober,   ■    .-(O •/;  --.  -- 

Collected  f     m  Oregon   ...:'.  l! !  i!  l!  i:.: !  [i  1. 1 ! '  $587040  ^'^'^o 

Collected   fi,.m  western  Washington  and   British 

Columbia    _jj(p  gj, 

Collected  from  eastern  Washington  and  Idaho  . '.       644^90  $6,995.90 

Expenditures  to  October  i,  iHtls 
Paid  on  account  of  missionaries,  in  co-operation 

with  the  Home  Mission  $6,063  34 

Paid    on    account   of    missionaries    still    serving 

independently,    or    in    co-operation    with    the 

Publication  Society   (Book  Fund)    4J391 

Paid    on    account    of    Convention    and     Board 

"P*"''^    508,65  $6.g.j5.90 

Statement  of  ExpenJilures 
Under  co-operation  with  Home  Missionary  Society. 

Total  paid  missionaries   from  October,   1880,  to 

October,  1^83   $22  n^d  Ha 

Total  paid  in  Oregon   '.  $9,;8267  ' 

total  paid  in  west  Washington  and  British  Co- 
lumbia    ■,  goQ  f). 

Total  paid  in  eastern  Washington  and  Idaho!!!;     8!342.8i.  $220^4  <!2 
Of  this  amount  the  Convention  has  paid  its  pro 

rata  on   (up  to  October  30,   1883)    20.236.28 

The  Convention  owes  pro  rata  on 1.788  24  $22  024  « 

Amount  due  New  York.  October  30  'w6  o« 

Cash  and  pledges  on  hand  October  30,  1883  •  •  •  •  596.08 

Risumi 
Total  collections  from  October,  1877,  to  October, 

1883  £11 1 1-1  d' 

Total  collection  ■  in  Oregon   $10,806  36 

Total    collections    in    western    Washington    and 

British  Columbia   1,005.65 

I  otal  collections  in  eastern  Washington  and  Idaho       845.44 

Total  collections  for  Rook  Fund  476  00  $13  133  4"; 


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T  .  ,        J  ,  Expense  Resume 

Tota   pa.d  from  October.  ,877.  to  October.  ,883- 
Total  paid  missionaries  ^ 

Total  paid  expense  of  Convention' ." ^^'^f^^' 

i-  otal  paid  by  Convention  ^°7-  '7  $26,500.78 

Total  paid  by  Home  Mission  Socieiy !!'!°^^ 

P  ^  13.797.69  $26,500.78 

spirit  'Cs  S:in'Tr2il!  ^LZnZtiL'''''''°''l^''^'  °^  »"«  missionary 
of  profound  gratitude  to  ourhelvlni^  5*.u°"'  <=t,"'"^''"  ^s  to  be  cause 
ninety  per  cent  of  our  churches  havfl^  ^^"'"-  ^o""  four  yearrnearlv 
members  to  the  work  The  gifts  of  ,^.n"" /*P'".«"'^«J  '"  'he  gifts  of  is 
been  generous,  and  in  no  small  nnn,^^"*^''^  °"''  ^''^"'ren  and  sisters  have 
callmg  for  our  most  hea^t^raise     ^"  °^  "^"  self-denying  to  an  Ixtent 

rXid^e^'^'n^ssTv^nS^;  Cd ^tre'^rha's^^b  '""  ^9-\oPPosition.  but 

praise  God  for  what  he  hath  wrouS,t   atSr^'"'  ^'^  ''^^«>  every "S  ?o 
gel.ty  and  forecast  has  not  ay^|''Syrr  ^^ J^^^^^ 

„.  THE  PAST  YEAR 

are  S'S^  Jd'''„7;i,!'"  Wo"  o„,  abili.y.    The  calls  for  help 

sionaTiL^'tJp%SdVhe'gostTfl^?^i^^     dearth.    Though  our  mis- 
vers.on^of  souls  there  ^^s^^^^l^^ ^^^M^  ^^ £ 

in  w«S\lS|[o""o  sicu"rff^r*^;^'"  ^.?^^^  ''^  •>«"  »  Movement 
The  efTect  of  the  movement  his  been  th.o?*  ^"^"^^  independent  Zrk 
butions  from  that  source  whfch  in  f^*"  ^''"°"  """  absence  of  contri- 
3"' »««"'-y..was  a  sourc'e  of  g5;at%X'';'tn"ti'*£''*T'*  <=ondif-on'of 

deTre^IXW^  Pu^e't^^^ V  ^""^^^^^^^^^^  Th^'Bo'aS  hal'^^^ 

the  ch„,,h;°!';;he  Puget  s^^^^^^^^^  the  exp^resJe'd  "^^    of 

to  sr„^  °ht '»'!!'  Import,  that  allTarts  ofV":id"^!?'  ^'T  *''«  fi"»"<='^' 
to  stand  by  the  Convention  until  th^  ?r  ,  .        ■     ^"^  ""''er  obligations 

rassment.  and  until,  by  mutual  arrangemei^rti  e  Jiv.-:-"'^'*'  ^^^"^  ^""bar! 
Thac.  f  ""  ""gcineni,  ti.e  division  occurs 

dented' a"x&ty^"rBoVrd  "r^i'^V^^^  '"^^  <='o-d  one  of  unprece 

SlerT/.^V''  ''"lyour  missiona?L^i:i/  oT[h°'  '»^>1o"«  effoTby 
latter,  of  great  sacrifice.  ""<«r«es    and,  on  the  part  of  some  of  the 


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THE  FUTURE 

At  different  periods  during  the  progress  of  our  work  it  lias  outgrown 
our  plans.  At  first  we  expended  most  of  our  effort  in  general  missionary 
work.  To  awaken  interest  in  missions,  to  encourage  the  feeble  churches 
by  visits  and  meetings  he  d  by  our  missionaries,  to  develop  resources  and 
open  new  fields,  marked  the  first  period  of  our  history.  Within  two  years 
the  work  outgrew  this  plan,  anc  we  were  obliged  to  inaugurate  the  work 
Of  sustaining  missionary  pastors  and  itinerant  missionaries,  one  general 
missionary  Having  oversight  of  the  whole  field,  and  the  general  cor- 
respondence being  conducted  largely  by  the  officers  of  the  Board.  This 
de'vme  to  h  '^*'''  *"""  o"'8r'"«w  <'ie  t'^e  any  unpaid  agency  could 

nr„  B"I*"i*'"i5'lu"'""*'"y  ^}^''^  '^^''W-  '"  "'hich  the  general  mission- 
ary was  made  both  corr      ending  and  financial  secretary,  and  instructed 

work  n/t?"n '  T%*u  ^  l^"  *^''^  '5  P"^^'''"  »•'«  necessary  clerical 
worK  of  the  Board.  This  plan  was  adopted  because  we  felt  that  the 
time  had  not  yet  come  to  employ  a  paid  agency.  It  was  found,  however, 
within  the  year,  that  it  was  impossible  lor  our  general  missionary  to  do 
the  work  of  corresponding  and  financial  secretary  and  general  missionary 
th^'fidd  ^"^  '"'***''  '"^^''^  ^*"'  ^'^  °*"  strength  or  the  demands  of 
Meanwhile  the  Home  Mission  Society  had  appointed  Rev.  J  C 
Baker  superintendent  of  missions  for  the  coast,  to  have  charge  of  their 
work,  pvmg  one-half  his  time  to  the  field  covered  by  the  North  Pacific 
Coast  Convention,  and  one-half  his  time  to  the  field  covered  by  the 
Lalifomia  Convention.  Our  terms  of  co-operation  with  the  Home  Mission 
society,  through  whose  generous  aid  we  had  been  enabled  to  enlarge  our 
*°  J  }°  t*"-  ."?  "tent,  were  such  that  we  could  avail  ourselves  of  the 
needed  clerical  help  by  appointing  their  superintendent  our  corresponding 
and  hnancial  secretary,  and  so  relieve  our  general  missionary  to  pursue 
that  work  unembarrassed.  This  method  was  adopted,  and  to  the  present 
time  has  been  working  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board 

In  January  last  it  had  become  evident  to  the  Board  that  another  step 
in  advance  was  demanded.  The  extent  of  the  field  and  its  rapid  growth 
rendered  it  quite  impossible  to  aid  and  develop  all  sections  of  the  great 
held  as  seemed  to  our  general  missionary  and  the  Board  necessary. 
Upon  recommendation  of  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  it  was  voted 
to  divide  the  field  into  mission  districts,  and  the  superintendent  was 
instructed  to  enter  into  correspondence  with  reference  to  supplying  each 
district  with  a  general  missionary  as  soon  as  men  could  be  found 
and  funds  would  justify.  It  was  thought  the  plan  would  have  a  tendency 
to  develop  both  resources  and  workers  in  each  separate  district,  and 
where  it  was  needed,  a  district  mission  committee  might  co-operate  with 
the  Board,  thus  preparing  the  way  for  enlargement  and  for  final  separate 
work  which  the  Board  recognized  as  not  far  in  the  future.  This  purpose 
of  the  Board  has  been  kept  steadily  in  mind,  though  up  to  the  present 
time  we  have  not  been  able  to  carry  it  into  practical  application  We 
engaged  one  missionary  for  the  Puget  Sound  district,  namely,  Rev.  J.  A 
Wirth.  but  he  finally  declined  the  work.  ^ 

Add  to  this  another  important  item  to  which  the  attention  of  the 
Board  had  never  been  called  until  within  the  past  year,  and  you  will 
see  that  radical  changes  are  still  needed  to  meet  the  demands  upon  us.  It 
is  this :  The  largest  per  cent  of  the  money  collected  to  carry  forward 
the  work  comes  from  the  Oregon  churches,  namely,  about  eighty  per 
cent,  and  the  largest  per  cent  is  expended  in  the  territories,  namely 
about  seventy  per  cent.  The  Boar'*  has  considered  the  work  one,  and  has 
been  equal  y  interested  in  all  parts  of  the  field.  Men  have  been  available 
for  the  fields  we  have  occupied,  and  the  territories  have  shared  largely 


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o^n^woK^r^uSS^TIre^bKro"-^;  for  enlargement  of  its 
largement  and  continue  ev^n  the  or«-^-"?^^  ^^  "°'  ^""'*^'  "'  *'"■ 
fore  we  have  asked  the  Home  ]&•"?„  Socf/tJ".  ""=,/"''*?"*?•  There- 
divided  into  three  mission  dTstrictsnLfivn^  ^°  ^"°*  **'*'  '^^'^  to  be 
ton.  and  British  Columbia  and^alt'.r^  w K-^"*'^"'  *«s'«''"  Washing- 
and  to  adopt  the  f^Zw^  plan  for  futS«^"^^°"  and  northern  Idaho, 
recommend  for  the  consideration  of'the'convlnSn*'"'''  *'  "°""^  '^"^ 

furthe?TnCit''^of'°or':?rk"ut„^"th  *'^  """^'7  t^  '"^^  «'•» 
Pacific  Railway,  rendering  nece^sarv  ^^r^J""-  °P^"'"f  °^  *''«  Northern 
stations  to  meel  the  wanfs  of  the  incoS  fid^^f  • '*^  ^""^"  °f  '"'^*'°" 
m  the  territories,  where  the  larl«t  nTrf*^*  *  °^  immigration,  especially- 
expended;  and  *"'  ^"^  °^  o"""  "oney  has  always  been 

basis' ofTo^Srftio^n"''  '"''""^  ''^  "«'   ^''^^  demands  on   the   present 

Home'Miss?orSocLy";°uVerjht^^  '^^  -An'erican  Baptist 

enabled  to  reach  such  results  in  the  L^.^fhl  co-operation  we  have  been 
western  Washington  and  Bridsh  Cohlh^I"  ^?"'  *°  ^"°*  ""^  ^'>'^  '" 
and  northern  IdfhoV  to  be  ou  nnH.?^  ^'  ^"'^T.'"  ^^^t'^''"  Washington 
pointment  which  shal  have  control  nfoff^'^^u  ^°^l'^.  °^  ^'^^i''  °*"  ^P- 
under  the  superviston  of  your  SuierintenH'^n.'''  fV^"'-'  ^"pective  fields 
mg  to  this  Convention  aCally  a  sSmmlf^^^^  of  ^1^'^.*'°"^  =  they  report- 
time  as  they  themselves  th^U  aL^  summary  of  their  work  unt  1   such 

vention  or  honL^^nVofti'Zr:'  X'nl  Turt^her'"  ^  ""^^^'^  ^- 

sion  S?ciet>rinTiew'of"th?inX"*  '^^  ^•""'""  ^^P'-^t  Home  Mis- 
ditional  missionaries  that  tL  wf  /"^  '^^'"^"•'^*  "P°"  «"«■  ^eld  for  ad- 
one  for  workirSreVi  three  ?o  on/ i^^'^'T'^'^^.^  Z'°  ^^'*  °^  t^"  »« 
Columbia;  and  four  f^one  in  caster? W.vt'"  Washington  and  British 
lieving  it  to  be  the  least  nn«iM»  It »"  VV  ashmgton  and  western  Idaho,  be- 

great^orthwestTand'lrfSher  rsk'*"''  ^'"  ""'"'  '^^  '^'"^^'^^  °f  "'is 

of  -he  S^Vrimtilnf'of  MrslK^^^^^^^^^^  this  Convention  on  account 
to  each  of  the  other  districts  ^  °''*'*^°"'  *"^  one-fourth 

rend'er^7d'by7he  Home'^Missbn  sSt  ^PP^^'^'^ti?'?    of    the    generous    aid 

house,    their    corre^p^nS  "eS  frv  "an/".^'^  "^"^^^ 

Vork  Board,  our  mo^rnyrnTafSgratitufe' '  '""    ''    '""^    ^'^- 

«EPO»T  OF  SUPERINTENBEKT  OK  MISSIONS  ON  HIS  METHOO  OK  OPHIUTIKG 

10  the  Baptist  Convention  for  the  North  Pacific  Coast- 

siona^rwo'rrar-Jlia;  Tte  ^AVeS^'^LSi^^H^o^^VSl"  '"  ^%"^  ^- 
^o^kfnruS  77^1?^'^^?^  o^T5re^'S.lra7e 
That  reports  are  S  °n  dupTfcate  ?L%".1"°.'  ^'  '"dependent  bodie.. 
andthattheworkdoneisregardedlna™^^^^  7H*  '"  duplicate. 

foTStee's^^  ^-'^  Pu^ose^o^%rcie^nc^  Td  ZUloS  Sts 

agenda  "SyS,"h°ave^&o ^wn^'^enV""-*!'':^^  °'  '^  ^'^P^-  °^  the 

field  whom  they  appoint  and  dI,,>Z/'^c"^"*-*'^^         ^»^"t  upon   the 

ether  agents  em?fo°ed  arc  bv  Tr  n.^-^"''":,"''"''""'  °f  ^i\s.\om.    All 

.[jiojea  arc  Dv  3  oar  niutiun  and  recoiiiniendation,  includ- 


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ing  general  missionary,  missionary  pastors,  itinerant  missionaries,  or  dis- 
trict missionaries.  ,.  ,,      ,       TT  AC-     • 

In  the  appointment  of  their  agent  upon  the  field,  the  Home  Mission 
Society  instructed  him  to  maintain  the  closest  possible  relations  with  the 
Convention  and  its  Mission  Board ;  to  co-operate  with  them  in  the  most 
intimate  and  fraternal  manner  possible;  to  consult  and  obtain  the  com- 
bined wisdom  of  the  Board  upon  plans  of  work  and  methods  of  raising 
money,  and  in  every  legitimate  way  to  aid  the  Convention  in  carrying 
forward  the  great  work  upon  their  field  in  which  the  Convention  and  so- 
ciety are  alike  interested. 

Accepting  this  as  the  intention  of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  your 
Board  have  met  them  upon  this  common  ground  of  identity  of  interest 
and  appointed  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  as  corresponding  secretary 
of  the  Board,  and  also  made  him  financial  secretary  of  the  Board,  which 
relieves  your  general  missionary  to  pursue  the  especial  work  of  that 
office. 

The  work  of  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  for  the  Board,  is  to 
conduct  correspondence,  raise  money,  plan  work,  visit  different  sections 
of  the  field,  and  report  to  the  Board  their  wants. 

The  general  missionary  of  your  Convention  is,  as  the  title  indicates,  a 
man  of  all  work;  and  yet,  like  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  he  has  a 
distinctive  field  of  operations  which  ought  to  be  defined  in  the  mind  of  all 
supporters  of  our  mission  work.  His  work  may  be  reduced  to  three 
kinds :  first,  opening  new  fields ;  second,  building  houses  of  worship ;  third. 
opening  the  way  for  the  settlement  of  pastors. 

1  The  work  to  be  done  under  the  first  head.  Take  a  specific  field 
for  example:  Say,  Sprague,  W.  T.  The  Board  wish  to  open  that 
field.  They  send  their  general  missionary  to  do  it.  His  work  is  to 
get  the  Baptists  together;  organize  a  church  and  Sunday-school;  begin 
the  enterprise  of  building  a  house  of  worship;  see  what  can  be  done  for 
support  of  pastor;  hold  the  field,  cnrrying  forward  the  whole  work  until 
a  pastor  is  secured  and  on  the  field,  and  the  work  turned  oyer  to  him. 
While  doing  this  he  can  be  doing  some  other  work  also.  This  is  only  a 
specimen  of  many  fields  widelv  separated  calling  for  help  now. 

2.  Take  a  case  under  the  second  head,  and  they  are  frequent.  A  house 
of  worship  could  often  be  builded,  sometimes  where  a  church  is.  at  other 
times  where  no  church  is  organized,  if  there  were  an  efficient  man  to  lead 
the  enterprise.  We  have  found  several  of  this  kind  within  the  past  few- 
months,  where  offers  of  lots  and  help  to  build  a  house  of  worship  have 
been  proffered  the  Baptists  or  are  open  to  us.  Here  is  work  to  employ  a 
general  missionary  for  your  Board,  send  him  to  such  an  open  field  and 
let  him  take  hold  of  the  enterprise  and  stick  to  it  until  it  is  complete  and 
provision  made  for  preaching  the  gospel  in  it.  Many  such  openings  are 
ready  for  us  to-day,  and  we  cannot  take  them  up.  In  some  cases  they  are 
so  located  that  a  general  missionary  could  carry  on  two  building  enterprises 
at  the  same  time.  This  kind  of  work  alone  would  employ  three  men  on 
our  great  field  for  the  next  ten  years. 

3.  Take  a  case  under  the  third  head.  Here  is  a  church  or  churches  in 
a  given  district  destitute  of  a  pastor,  and  circumstances  not  favorable  to 
the  settlement  of  one.  It  may  be  troubles,  or  depletion  by  removals,  or 
other  causes.  The  field  is  important.  The  Board  desire  to  do  something 
for  it.  But  what  and  how  are  the  questions?  We  say,  send  a  general 
missionary  to  do  any  kind  of  work  needing  to  be  done  to  put  this  church 
on  its  feet  and  open  the  way  for  them  to  settle  a  pastor;  or  in  case  of 
more  than  one  church,  then  open  the  way  to  group  the  interests  in  the 
settlement  of  a  pastor ;  send  the  general  missionary  to  such  a  field  to  stay 
until  he  has  succeeded  or  declares  the  field  hopeless.  All  other  work  a 
gener.l1  missionary  would  do.  not  included  in  these  thinifs,  would  be 
incidental. 


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the  fill7^!  L°nt^'%'^yi!nS^r^,t'^^-i^^^^  ^ot,,t  over 

doing  permanent  work  on  some  parf  of  the  field  is  I„  thVh'  ''""•^'  ''"1 
our  work  on  the  upper  coast    it  was   n«.i.«irJ  «     "  *"'  begmnmg  of 

locahue..  and  when  our  generil  missio^arTis  senHL  a  fielS  it*'«hn,.H 
mean  somethmg  permanent  on  that  field  I  .hink  fhjf?f  fL  '  •  *"°"'^ 
viction  of  your  Board.  ""  "  *"*  «row«ng  con- 


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GENERAL  SATISFACTION 
1884 

General  satisfaction  apparent.    Preparing  for  a  brotherly  dissolution.     Legal  advice 
sought.     Report  of  western  district.     Report  of  eastern  district. 

The  history  of  1884  is  not  marked  with  such  intense  interest  and 
such  far-reaching  results  as  that  of  1883  and  1885.    It  was  a  year  of 
apparent  general  satisfaction  prevailing  in  the  conduct  of  the  work 
by  the  General  Convention.     The  plan,  formulated  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Missions  and  recommended  to  the  Convention  Board,  of 
dividing  the  field  into  three  districts,  each  appointing  a  committee  of 
its  own  to  have  charge  of  the  work  on  its  field,  was  adopted  by  the 
Convention.    Through  the  recommendation  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Missions,  the  New  York  Board  had  sanctioned  the  division  and  the 
appointment   of    a    general    missionary    for    each    district    as    soon 
as  suitable  men  could  be  obtained.    Each  district  was  to  report  an- 
nually  to   the  Convention   in   duplicate,   until   the   time   arrived   to 
organize  separate  Conventions.    Oregon  remained  under  the  control 
of  the  General  Convention.    The  New  York  Board  was  not  willing, 
at  this  time,  to  take  up  co-operative  work  with  the  western  Wash- 
ington or  eastern  Washington  districts  independently  of  the  Con- 
vention, the  constituency  of  neither  numbering  a  thousand  church- 
members.    Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven  was  recommended  and  commissioned  as 
general  missionary  for  the  eastern  district.     Rev.  J.  A.  Wirth  was 
recommended  as  general   missionary   for  the   western   district,   and 
was  accepted,  but  for  personal  reasons  did  not  take  up  the  work. 
The  committee  in  charge,  however,  rendered  efficient  service.    Every- 
thing seemed  to  be  tending  to  a  time,  not  remote,  when  the  North 
Pacific  Coast  Convention  would  come  together  in  a  brotherly.  Christ- 
like spirit,  dissolve  the  Convention,  dispose  of  its  legal  holdings,  and 
assure  the  organization  of  three  Conventions,  with  the  life,  sympathy, 
and  power  of  the  whole  absorbed  by  each  and  .stimulating  each.    The 
Superintendent  of  Missions  was  using  his  utmost  endeavors  to  pave 
the  way  for  the  New  York  Board  to  give  its  sanction  whenever  the 
change  was  made.    With  this  end  in  view,  early  in  the  session  of  1884, 
the  following  motion  was  passed :  "  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker  moved  that  a 
committee  be  appointed  to  investigate  and  report  to  the  Convention, 
next  year,  what  legal  steps  are  necessary  to  reduce  the  area  of  the 
Convention   to   the    State   of   Oregon   and   to   change   its   name    if 
necessary." 

The  Executive  Committee  for  the  Fuget  Sound  district  says  this 
in  its  report  to  the  Puget  Sound  Association : 

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rendered  in  sustaining  pasfoM  and  in  buifd^n^'^h  ^°'  'H  «<=""°"^  ^'^ 
past  year,  and  express  our  desire  fnin*'"*^  ''°""»  °^  worship,  the 
of_   co-operation    and"the"%tiiriu«h^r^  ^n"?  I""!""  ^L*''!.  P-""'  P' 


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of    co-operation    and    the    still    fnwh.,  '■"''"""^""  °'  the  present  f 
our  field.  *""    ^""''"^    enlargement    of    the    work 

They  also  passed  the  following  resolution: 

faithful  tSs'^'Ve'^f  f  C  "Baker 'aTfccffi^'r"^*"  ^''^  ''^''---  -0 
Missions  of  the  American  Baotfst  Hnm.  m  ''•  ^"c'*  Superintendent  of 
ciation  during  the  past  year  aKatw2^L^'!f'^^^  Society  in  this  Asso- 
•n  capacity  and  experience  for  that  positio'f  *"■"  "  P''"''*^'^  ^^^''^'^d 

to  ti^'j^ir  ^r^;^;;;:  rs.''"'"  °^^"^  *'^  ^^^-^^ 

i"!^.  year  witn  the  following  statement: 
To  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast: 

grcaP'and^\"manent  growth 'S„"""*  >"^-  ^°'?^^'^  '°  secure  a 
Washington  and  BrUsha,TuLradurin°."';h'''''T    ''"°*"    ^^    *«tern 

Home  MisTion  Sociel'y^'"'  P°''*=^  °"  ^''^  P^"  °f  the  American  Baptist 
wise^an?limet'ai;i.^"'''°P'"'"'  °^  °"^  «-«  resources  encouraged  by 
field.^\oTayTheJff;e*sev^nl^'n"°*  ^•''"^'«=  ''°'"^  missionary  on  our 

of  oJi^^ia^lSo^"'*  P''"''  ^^'^^^  ^°  °"^  permanent  improvements  a  value 
There  has  been  a  general  advance  all  along  the  line. 


Executive  Committee  of  the  Puget  Sound 
Association.  Western  District: 


Rev.  D  J.  Pierce.  C/ia.mfl,^ 
)  Judge  R.  S.  Green, 
I  Rev.  J.  A  WiRTH, 

Rev.  B.  N.  L.  Davis, 
'  Geo.  W.  Traver. 

the  Convention  of  the  Wk  P    -c  ?  '  '""I  "  "  ""tmaed  until 

became  n^essary   n  ,ha°  dis^L  t?"'  T  '"''■°'"''-    '^'■'»  '=°''™ 
Associations,  an'd  "o'cLt'n"  '  ,^,S  I  s'^r'n'^re^rr 

=;-ronT^:So^?-.^^^^^^^^^^ 

thirteen  chnrche.  ta  ,b.  Wd   T.h    "T  ""''"  >PP»'"'"»"1.  «"d 
n,e,n.ets.    The/„po^.-eS;  a°„VX  tlS  ^^l^^ 


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general  missionary,  Rev.  S.  VV.  Beaven,  both  in  raising  funds  and 
in  aiding  feeble  churches.  There  was  a  struggle  in  this  district  such 
as  was  not  felt  in  either  of  the  other  districts.  They  had  never  asked 
for  independent  work.  The  country  was  new,  the  people  were  poor, 
the  times  were  hard.    They  say  in  their  report: 

Under  the  disttict  plan  of  co-operation  with  the  Home  Mission 
Society,  which  at  the  suggestion  of  your  body  we  adopted,  we  have  not 
been  able  to  carry  on  our  work  as  successfully  as  we  had  hoped.  The 
terms  made  us  were  liberal,  and  we  are  grateful  for  them;  but,  with  our 
church  building,  our  church  debts,  and  the  hard  times,  we  have  not 
been  able  to  raise  our  pro  rata. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  however,  or  soon  after,  their  pro  rata  was 
provided;  and  they  continued  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven  as  their  general 
missionary ;  and,  by  his  wise  and  godly  counsel  and  untiring  efifort,  he 
soon  implanted  in  them  a  faith  and  courage  that  has  never  ceased 
to  grow. 

In  their  report  to  the  General  Convention,  the  Convention  Board 
of  eastern  Washington  and  western  Idaho  make  the  following  men- 
tion of  conditions  apparent  under  the  new  plan  of  work: 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  MISSIONS 

Your  Board  feel  that  in  making  our  report,  it  is  due  the  Superintend- 
ent of  missions,  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  and  the  Home  Mission  Society,  to  state 
that  we  arc  heartily  in  accord  with  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  in  his 
plans  of  work  in  opening  up  new  fields  of  labor  and  supplying  the  fields 
already  under  the  fostering  care  of  the  society,  and  while  his  labors  have 
been  arduous,  he  has  been  indefatigable  in  his  efforts  to  meet  the  pressing 
needs  of  the  various  fields  under  the  supervision  of  this  Convention.  We 
most  heartily  bespeak  for  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  the  continued 
cordial,  prayerful,  and  hearty  interest  and  co-operation  in  his  work, 
heretofore  so  generally  accorded  him. 

THE  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Each  year  we  are  brought  under  new  obligations  to  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  for  its  generous  help  in  prosecuting  our  work,  and  we  hereby 
express  our  acknowledgment  to  the  society,  and  to  Rev.  H.  L.  Morehouse, 
the  corresponding  secretary  of  the  society,  for  the  deep  and  helpful 
interest  they  have  taken  in  both  our  missionary  and  church  edifice  work. 
We  recommend  that  suitable  expression  of  our  appreciation  of  the  work 
of  the  society  be  prepared  by  the  Convention  and  transmitted  to  tin- 
society  officially  signed. 

We  also  recommend  that  the  society  be  asked  to  contmue  its  co- 
operation with  the  Convention,  and  that  a  statement  of  our  utter 
inability  to  supply  the  pressing  needs  of  the  field  be  made,  and  the  society 
asked  to  increase  its  expenditures  upon  the  field  as  soon  as  the  condition 
of  its  treasury  will  justify.  ^  j.       ^       ■ 

Rev.  J.  F.  Baker,  Correspondtng  Secretary. 

All   the  conditions  taken  into   consideration,   the  work   of  the 
year  appears  to  have  been  both  satisfactory  and  hopeful. 


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THE  ATTACK  UPON  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE 

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of  events  occurring  S^  he  annual  2  J'"  '^  P^P"^'  for  the  reco  d 
tist  Convention  held  in  PonZd  .7,^^^"^  °/  '^'  ^°''^  P^^'fi'^  B«P- 
them;  and  it  would  be^2e  difficuit^L,.^^  '^  ?«^«^"'»  '"  ^vrite  of 
matter  of  record.  As  such  thev  are  hLn,  ?  *''""'  ^■"'"  "^^^  "o* 
the  historical  account  of  the  rhrJ  n  '"^'°"^>  events,  and  belong  to 

of  the  Convention  of\h  North  Pact' CoaS"''"'^^^™^^'"^-' 
venfon,  the  Convention  of  Weftern  VV.  .,  '  T'  '^'  ^'''«°"  C^"' 
lumbia,  and  the  Convention  of  F,l^^^t'"?°"  *"''  ^^''^h  Co- 
Idaho.     The  territory  oJ  these  Conv?nr    ^""""^'O"  «nd   Western 

Convention  of  the  NmhPacSc?oasand"'thr  '"  'T''''  ^^  ^''^ 
m  this  meeting,  but  the  ConvenHnn    ''f^^'^y  «'*^™  «»  represented 

Western  Idaho  was  represented  o.^vK  ^"''"'L"  ^^'ashington  and 
present.  Rev.  C.  H.  Ma  tlr  th.^R  \'*P°u''  ''*^*"«f  "°  ^Je'^Kates 
Pacific  Coast,  gives  a  full  "cToumtd!^^^^^^^  «>f  the  North 

Co„ve„,,„  in  his  "  BaptisrAri.roVS  ^n  "  Vof  iT'"^  °' ?^ 
In   closing  his   article,   he   savs     "  T»,»  ,     \      ^'  PP-  351-362- 

was  to  spread  consteri^atfon  through  alltr'n^V'"  ""^  '^^'''^ 
State  and  almost  to  paralvze  all  imml^-  •  ?^P'"*  '"^"'^^  of  the 

The  inconsistency  of  th  ^^hol'  aS^  activity  in  mission  work." 
what  was  actually  done  ""'"  ^PP"*"  ^™'"  '''«  ""ecord  of 

for  ':Teln'Te^t;eTrst1r^^^^^^^  ^''^  ^°"-^"^  conditions 
General  Convention  ^hi^^^Sn^r trSedTe^tk^t  ^'on.^  ''' 
The  Baptist  Conveution  of  the  North  PaciHc  Coast- 

the  churches  of  our  Convention  **  '''"""«  t*"^'  ^^as  come  upon 

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MISSIONARIES 

The  following  brethren  have  been  under  employ  during  a  portion 
or  all  of  the  year,  and  have  performed  faithful  and  acceptable  service, 
namely:  Rev.  A.  M.  Russell  at  Ashland  and  Kfedford;  Rev.  E.  C.  Hamil- 
ton at  Roseburg;  Rev.  C.  P.  Baily  at  Summer  and  Marshfield;  Rev.  G.  W. 
Black  at  Gardner  and  Elkton;  Rev.  C.  M.  Hill  at  Eugene;  Rev.  T.  G. 
Bro^nson  at  Albany ;  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett  at  McMinnvitle  and  Dayton ; 
Rev.  VV.  E.  McCutcheon  at  Carlton  and  Mount  Olive  churches;  Rev.  C. 
W.  Rees  at  Forest  Grove,  Hillsboro,  and  Washington  County ;  Rev.  Tong 
Tsin  Chung,  Chinese  missionary  at  Portland;  Rev.  C.  H.  Hobart  at  East 
Portland  and  Mount  Tabor ;  Rev.  O.  D.  Taylor  at  The  Dalles ;  Rev.  W.  H. 
Pruett  at  Weston,  Centerville,  and  Milton ;  Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy  at  Pendle- 
ton ;  Rev.  G.  T.  Ellis  at  La  Grande  and  Union  County. 

The  following  table  shows  in  part  the  work  done  by  these  men  during 
the  year: 

Weeks  of  labor  performed 575 

Number  of  sermons  preached i486 

Number  of  churches  supplied    22 

Number  of  outstations  supplied   aS 

Number  of  prayer  meetings  held    685 

Number  of  religious  visits  made  2,988 

Number  received  by  baptism    114 

Number  received  by  letter  86 

Number  of  members  in  mission  churches   825 

Number  of  churches  organized    2 

Number  of  Sunday-schools  organized   2 

Value  of  church  property  $32,800.00 

Paid  for  home  missions  $390-35 

Paid  for  foreign  missions  wS-67 

Paid  for  Publication  Society  $43-72 

Paid  for  educational  purposes   $33-6o 

Paid  for  other  benevolent  purposes  $121.70 

Paid  for  building  and  repairs  $4,903.00 

Number  of  Sunday-schools  under  their  care 22 

Number  of  pupils  enrolled  1,323 

Number  of  teachers  102 

Contribution  for  school  expenses  $407.11 

Contribution  for  other  objects  $47-87 

These  mission  churches  have  their  work  welt  organized  as  a  rule, 
and  are  being  led  by  their  pastors  into  an  intelligent  activity  in  the 
various  departments  of  our  denominational  work. 

FINANCES  AND  DESTITUTION 

Early  in  the  year  it  became  evident  that  our  scale  of  expenditures 
was  too  large  to  be  carried  through  the  year,  and  we  have  made  every 
eflFort  to  reduce  expenses.  In  case  of  fields  vacated,  we  have  not  filled  the 
vacancies  on  this  account,  and  in  case  of  new  fields  calling  for  aid  we 
have  not  dared  to  open  them  from  the  same  cause. 

THE  HOME  MISSION  SOQETY 

The  great  financial  strain  upon  the  Home  Mission  Society  rendered 
retrenchment  necessary,  which  was  announced  by  the  chief  secretary. 
Rev.  H.  L.  Morehouse,  D.  D.,  in  April.  After  the  anniversaries  at  Sar- 
atoga in  May.  it  was  decided  that  thirty  per  cent  from  the  appropriations 
of  last  year  must  be  made  upon  our  field.    The  Superintendent  of  Mis- 


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barrasjing  the  Convention     To  , hi.     '7*  "'""Kht.  without  greativ   em 

*ssocrAiio.v  '"'  ^^  ""IS' 

Sound  ror/d7Si„d"/"lj™,f",''»™  rtnd.r.d  Ih,  «ork  on  P«„, 

in/,  ^'f  '^enty.four  churcht,  TourV^rn   ^^''"u*'^'!?"«  occupied.    To  Hnv 
pS^„^*^*'>"*  regularly  I'uJS"  '""'''''  ^''"^"*-  *'-•  "lissionarS. 

appointment  of  the  I-xecutiv°"comm^  ^*'^"    ''^'''"^    «'apsed    Mnce    the 
recommended.     All  but  Rev   A  B  bIS^'k   "•''*^^"  commission,  l,a"e  been 

FdifiTp^°t'*"-  ^'"°«nting  in  ail  to  $7  nV"*r-r  '''P°'"**'^  ''>•  '^e  Home 
Kdihce  Fund,  $i.7to;  loan  $;on  ,  ♦  ?  i^^"  ^^*«  secured  from  Churrh 
Assocation  has  raised  about  fc  B?  he  "«^.«/'\^'0-««.  of  whS  h^ 
in  permanent  mprovement  «ri«^'  •  ^  'i*.^*^  ^"'s  there  have  been  <,Jr„r,A 
ed.fices.  the  comjlerrej^^vf  t^J'^of  "aioSf  *' V^l-^^'^"  of  sevTn'chu  c'h 
of  ten  new  stations  where  the  gospeT  !„.„,"''  ^'i'  ,'"'=«f"'^'-  occupat  on 

eJRht-two  members    to^lichThou'dT  ^HU^^/"  ^^''h  ^^e  hundred  and 
eight  received  by  baptism    twemvhvt  ''^'^■'^  *"  ""=  Pi-esent  ti.,  e  fortv 
church  which  failed  to  reiwrt Tn  tim^.  f  P^"'""  • ''"*'  '«««<■■  and  DakoH 


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year's  »EP0«T  of  the  CONVfeNTION  OF  EASTERN    WASHINGTON  AND  NORTHERN 

IDAHO 

The  following  reiwrt  is  for  the  year  ending  October  i,  1885 : 

Weeks  of  labor  perfor—d,  four  hundred  and  fifteen;  sermons 
preached,  nine  hundred  and  puc;  churches  state<lly  supplied,  nine;  averaue 
attendance  on  Sabbath,  six  hundred  and  eighty-one ;  outstations  supplied, 
six;  prayer  meetings  attended,  five  hundred  and  eighty-one;  persons  or 
families  religiously  visited,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-four- 
received  by  baptism,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five;  received  by  letter  and 
experience  »ixty-»ix ;  whole  number  of  members,  tivc  hundred  ind  ninetv- 
one;  the  Lords  Supper  administered,  thirty;  churches  organized,  four; 
Bibles  and  Testaments  distributed,  forty-three ;  tracts,  pages  distributed 
eight  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty-six;  salary  received  from  the 
field,  |2,7so;  salary  received  from  the  Home  Mission  Society.  $S.3Qi  • 
meeting-houses  finished  this  year,  two;  paid  for  building  and  repairing 
meeting-houses  during  year,  $2,615;  value  of  church  property.  $23,900; 
debt  on  church  property,  $3,526;  paid  for  Home  Mission  Society,  $007 
paid  for  foreign  missions,  $125;  paid  for  Publication  Society.  $77;  paidfor 
education.  $300;  paid  for  other  benevolent  objects,  $140. 

REPORT   OF   OUR    SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 

Number  of  schools,  ten ;  number  of  pupils  enrolled,  six  hundred  and 
sixty-nine ;  number  of  teachers,  fifty-nine;  number  of  volumes  in  library 
SIX  hundred  and  eighty-three;  number  of  papers  per  Sabbath,  five  hun- 
dred; contributions  for  school  expenses,  $175-53;  contributions  for  other 
objects,  $29.30.  T  u  n 

J.  I".  Baker,  Secretary  of  Convention. 

We  quote  from  the  report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  who 
had  divided  his  time  among  the  three  districts  as  their  needs  seemed 
to  demand: 

REPORT    OF    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    MISSIONS 

To  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast: 

Dear  Brethren  :  I  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  r^sumi  of  the 
work  of  the  year : 

J^^  y^l""  ,*'«|»n  *i'h  an  expenditure  by  the  Home  Mission  Society 

upon  our  whole  field  of  $18,090  per  year;  of  this  amount  $7,300  was  for 
Oregon  $6,675  was  for  eastern  Washington  and  northern  Idaho,  and 
$4,125  for  western  Washington  and  British  Columbia.  To  carry  this 
expenditure  for  the  year  would  require  to  be  raised  in  Oregon,  besides  the 

f„''rn"„"o„''i„  wi,^°"\!ru°"'*^  P^°  •■*?^  °^  $2,433.33;  in  eastern  Wash- 
in^on  and  northern  Idaho,  $1,338.20;  m  western  Washington  and  British 
Columbia,  $1,031.25;  making  a  total  of  $4,802.78  to  be  raised  for  the  year 
t,...uVV\l^  *•'*  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  country,  and  the 
further  fact  that  our  college  must  come  before  the  churches  for  several 
thousand  dollars  during  the  year,  it  was  easy  for  me  to  see  that  so  laree 
a  sum  for  home  missions  could  not  be  expected  for  the  year 
„*  ^u  u*  sanje  time,  to  a^sy  one  studying  the  condition  of  the  treasury 
of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  it  was  evident  that  retrenchment  upon  a 
*\jj  *""**  '^°"^^  ''*^°'''  *^^  y'^""  *as  far  advanced 
Add  to  this  the  fact  that  we  had  under  emplov  upon  the  whole  field 
twenty-nine  men.  that  fourteen  new  commissions  had  been  issued  to  as 
many  men  the  previous  year,  and  that  one-half  or  more  of  our  mission- 


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4^         BAPTIST    HISTORy   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

•riM  were  induced  to  come  to  this  field  under  promise  of    ood  lalariet 

.T;v:?.Vre'i*„.Tr;j»ext  •"'^""'"''"•'  '--»  «»•"  »-«--'"«  <>'  •he'^lT/r: 

But  God  his  greatly  helped  us.     When  w.       ve  stood  in  dismay 

he  has  opened  up  a  highway  and  thrown  along  its  t.„ok  theXht  of  divine 

truth  and  hath  imparted  strength  to  go  forward,  ami  we  close  Xviar 

tTJ'y«?*'ThrdificTt"oV*''"  ""•  •?'"  f.ared.by  man7du?ik'g  mosH 
British  rni„mh:>«r^  '"  °?«,°.?  \?.  *''0'S9i ;  in  west  Washington  and 
Butthl7,rt'J^K=  tl"  Washington  and  northern  Idaho  ISSogc" 
DernSnemlv  from X' fi 'i  J^.T'  '" '""»<^-♦'«•^^«  »»^«  ""'y  l""  'women 
RLiT^^r  ^  °"  u*  ''*.'*^'  *''°"K*'  .*«  ''av'  "'"«  'es»  under  appointment 
Only  two  new  men  have  been  commissioned  during  the  year,  against  four- 

ItSlion^nSSnr  ""'       °''  "'"'"""'  '°^"  •"'  ""^^  "  *•""  ^""■ 

va„J«!?«iMI°J!"'*  '"'■  discouragement,  the  year  has  been  one  of  real  ad- 
vancement  m  all  permanent  growth  beyond  any  year  of  our  history  as  a 
Convention.  Our  mission  churches  have  been  bfessed  wih  larger  ingather- 
fa?  t  'l^lVJ^"";  °'  °"'  •"1"°"  '=•'"'■'=''"  have  become  sefTsaS  so 
ItLl  '"^  !.*  *°  ""y  'h*""  •**"  *«'■'«  without  aid;  all  our  mifsion 
churches  are  doing  more  toward  the  support  of  their  pastors  and  askiW 
less  from  the  society;  nearly  all  our  mission  churches  ire  grow"ng  " ti  ? 

t^J'al'*w"ork'"w'heS'on:  of  th*  "'^  ''r'l  '''  ''<'P««'»entf;°fTeLmlna" 
tionai  worK.  When  one  of  these  churches  .comes  self-sustainini?  it 
wil  be  found  m  hearty  and  helpful  accord  with  the  grea  enterprisef  in 
which   we.  as  a   denomination,  are   engaged.     The  List   vear  hTr  nmh 

tft^herruTn'  '"'''^'^'^  '"""^'?'  ■""•"  «"y  previous  year' in  our  his'tory 
If  there  IS  a  decrease  in  some  missionary  receipts,  it  is  more  than  made 

Realfv^the  lea'i^hV  »]'"^volences  and.to  W  wo'rkof  OirTsti^'n  edtKaTfon 
Keally,  the  year  has  been  crowned  with  success  of  the  best  possible  twe 
for  the  future  intelligent  occupancy  of  this  great  Northwest  ^ 

or,„J;-  '^^  V'  ,■  "'°''*  *°''''  *"'•  '""'■e  "'en.  but  how?  That  the  field  is 
growing  and  making  greater  demands  upon  us  is  evident  To  all  Yea? 
w^„rl"^"l'i?  •""«•■  be  increasingly  ,o  if  we  are  faithful  We  can  do  mo« 
lZu°"  'k'.'^.I'^  ^^"^  '='""'"«  ?■"'•  than  ever  before  with  the  fo^c^ we 
now  have,  but  this  is  not  enough.  We  must  bring  several  new  men  to  Zl 
help  of  the  present  faithful  corps.    It  can  be  done.    Thfs  S  this  C^n 

J.  C.  Baker,  Superintendent  of  Musions. 

nieetlgT*'  '^"'^  *'''"  ^'""'"''  °^  ^'""""^  operating  conjointly  in  this 

First,  a  faction  that  was  not  pleased  with  the  Superintendent  of 

Missions,   ostensibly  because  he   would   not   take  sides  with    some 

excluded    members    of   two   of   the   mission   churches   against   the 

intendrt  V  m'!w  T^  '^^''  '"i^*'"""^  P^^to.s.  since  the  super- 
intendent held  that  the  action  of  a  mission  church  was  final  the 
same  as  that  of  any  other  church,  until  it  was  proved  in  error  through 
ordmarj-  and  accepted  denominational  precedent"! 

nnH  u^l^f^^'  ^^''}-  '""/  u™"  '•'"  viewpoint  to  have  been  an  unwise 
and  unsafe  proceedmg  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Puget  Sound 

i'Zf 'Tr,/T'*'"!"«^  *°  '^'  Convention  from  the  discontented 
element  of  that  Association,  a  trouble  which  they  had  taken  to  that 
Association  for  adjustment  the  previous  year,  and  through  which 


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they  succeeded  in  having;  the  delegates  who 


-ijn.   ly  accredited 


to  the  Association  by  one  of  the  mission     'lurcl  .»,  vi«..    .  c  First 


1  a;>'f-.  Tb  in  i   ••  tv.si   ry 


Tacoma  Church,  rejected,  an  account  of  wh. 
of  that  church  in  this  volume. 

Thirdly,  there  had  always  been  a  f  w  (  f  ti  "  <  )W  Landm:!)  >  ' 
brethren  who  lud  kept  up  a  passive  opii  •  'i  lo  fl.r  n.;''^o'i3  of  tie 
mission  work,  partly  because  of  their  ctin.i.ii  n  .  '"'  p»i,li,  peril  v'>, 
because  most  of  the  churches  of  their  *.-•<! n  had  '  >  "n  'u  ecu;  •  i  / .  au'^nt 
in  the  missionary  net  and  were  earnest  ^ni  ,i.>rtv.  ,  of  .u  Cm  vtutii  n's 
missionary  work.  Just  at  this  time  too,  t»ier;  h.i.i  -or  ii-  'ipon  '.he 
field  several  men  of  extreme  Landmark  vievsa,  vL..  »vcr  .^r.ly  de- 
claring their  opposition  to  the  whole  plan  ot  nv  .  ia-y  vsork  So 
far  as  this  element  was  present,  it  affiliated  wiih  f       ■.'let  t^vc 

These  three  elements  made  a  strong,  and  not  less  strange,  com- 
bination, as  unexpected  by  the  Convention  Board  and  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Missions  as  the  results  of  the  action  of  the  elements 
were  to  themselves  afterward.  The  first  move  made  by  the  combina- 
tion was  to  strike  out  a  complimentary  passage  in  the  report  of  the 
Convention  Board,  referring  to  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Superintendent  of 
Missions.  The  passage  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Reports  of 
Boards.  Thi*  committee  made  the  following  report,  which  was 
adopted  by  the  Convention,  and  appears  in  the  minutes: 


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REFOIT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON   REPORTS  OF  BOARDS 

Your  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  reports  of  the  Missionary 
Board  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  and  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Puget  Sound  Baptist  Association,  would  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following 
recommendations,  viz. : 

1.  That  the  part  of  the  report  of  the  Oregon  Board,  which  reads  as 
follows :  "  We  desire  also  to  express  our  high  appreciation  of  the  prompt 
and  vigorous  efforts  made  in  behalf  of  our  work,  by  their  Superintendent 
of  Missions,  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  and  also  for  the  faithful  and  efficient 
manner  in  which  he  has  served  as  corresponding  and  financial  secretary  of 
this  Board,"  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  "  We  desire  also  to  ex- 
press our  high  appreciation  of  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  Rev.  J.  C. 
Baker,  for  the  faithful  and  efficient  manner  in  which  he  has  served  as 
corresponding  and  financial  secretary  of  this,  the  Oregon  Board  for  the 
conventional  year." 

2.  That  the  part  of  the  report  of  the  Puget  Sound  Board  which  reads 
as  follows:  "Influenced,  we  believe,  by  our  Superintendent  of  Missions," 
be  stricken  out. 

3.  Your  committee  would  further  recommend  that  as  one  of  the 
principal  questions  involved  in  the  afternoon  discussion,  is  the  advi.s- 
ability  of  .naintaining  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Missions,  that  the 
Convention  name  an  hour  in  which  this  subject  may  be  considered  upon 
its  own  merits.  G.  J.  Burchett,  Chairman. 

The  next  move  was  as  follows: 

The  following  resolutions  were  introduced  by  Bro.  J.  N.  Pearcy : 

Whereas,  The  present  plan  of  co-operation  with  the  Home  Mission 
Society  has  expired ;  and  as  the  Home  Mission  Society  is  laboring  under 


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50         BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

our  midst  has  increr^^?!  thl  h  ffi  '.f**/*    '^*  stringency  of  the  times  in 
our   work-  and  as  the  hIm   hf  k'*^  "^  raising  the  money  demanded  for 

After  discussion  by   Brethren   Rugg,   Barbour    \hcJj>ff^rt„     t„ 
Taylor,    Brownson.    Pearcy     Baker    Tnlmnr.     h^k   I    ^^"^L  Traver, 
resolutions  were  adopted  '    ^''''"^"'    "<>''art.    and    others,    the 

Adjourned  after  prayer  by  Doctor  Tolman. 

The  next  move  in  this  connection  was  the  following: 

to  chlJ^'woTof  rTj"  C  "^ZTt  S'un"  K'r%^"°'";\T  *•»''  ^«=f"<^"" 
to  report  the  following:  '       S"P«""'endent  of  Missions,  beg  leave 

relatSn?o?Re?jT'Baktt'ti:]fr"''  "'?'^"^  it  probable  that  the 
Missions,  will  soon  terminSe   and""'  ^<'"^^"'«'".  ^s  Superimendent  of 

efficiJJt''wor1f  in^oSiSL'l^d  ftren^fn"'- "  l^^'J  ^''  •*^°"«=  ^^'thful  and 
within  our  bounds MhLreforTbeTt^*^*"'"^  "'*^  denominational  interests 

nestn'l"s1rtt'dis\haTge"rthe^ZesTf'hS'^^^  "]  ''■•'  "t^''^^  »"d  "'" 
^«o/wd.  That  we  expend  tnBrrfth/rR  u^"  ''"i:'"«  **'°"  ^ea". 

srb."ci^ -•--*'""' "«^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

Rev.  a.  B.  Banks, 

riJ^-  S-  Anderson,  D.  D.. 
J-    N.    Pearcy, 

Committee. 
Mor^h1>'ii',''ofth"'A.VH.  IHT"  "  ''"""  '  """  "  "'■  H-  <■■ 

REPORT  OF  THE    COMMITTEE  ON    DIVISION   OF   CONVENTION   FIELD 

funyX'or?fi"arthe"y°hrTal?eVo;?hrS"  f'^.i^^''^  -fect- 
for  counsel.     Mr.   Willis    after   htarfncr     %  .7"  °^  Williams  &  Willis 


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^n6^r%l'l'!^j;Z'^^^^^^  ^?  -'^'P-dent  Conventions, 

of  its  business,  property  etc  anri^he  Z.^i*'^""  P/^P"  t'^e  to  dispose 
mend  that  the  three  districts  ornr^ J  J ■"°''''*'"  We  therefore  recom- 
may  seem  to  the^mort  suitable  ^11°^'"*=''';?:°"''  ""^«='  '"""^  "»■""  as 
shall  take  the  mZ  oTttSL'i  Semfon''''  "''  °"*=  °'  '"^^  "'''"''' 

the  ^venTo"'"^?  U^^e"' No^tf^pSToi'^lt!  '^'  ""'^'T  ^-^'^  °^ 
tain  the  amount  of  lewcies  Md  ,urh  nth-?**  ^  instructed  to  ascer- 
the  said  Convention  a^  o  talfe  =,?i  Ji.?^"  Property  as  may  belong  to 
distribution  of  ";rCp";r^t;;'atn,!f„%^xl'  a^nS^n^.^^ti^T^ofXrd^^  '^  ^"^' 

Respectfully  submitted, 

D.  W.  C.  Britt,  Chairman. 

w«  *  '^! J"'°"^  ^«t«  mentioned,  will  show  how  little  ^ound    he?e 
sentalwe!'"'  '""'^  "^*^"  ^''^  "^"^^  ^^-'-  Society'afd  S  repr" 
From  the  Home  Mission  Monthly  for  April,  1885: 

OUR    WORK    AND    OUR    WANTS    IN    THE    NORTH     PACIFIC    FIELD 

5y  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker.  Salem,  Ore.,  .Superintendent  of  Missions 

foiiowinnrrntsii'?fnj'r^tkr;;i'v  Lfd^^d  ■^•^^'^  i?  ^^^^  ■'  "^^ 

year  ending  with  October  "li  ^  ^^^  ''"""»  ^^^  Convention 

of  m'issTonarle's  ^'d"'in°ie"^rfcStf'Luts"t'^'  '^^'^  '"  ^''^  -PP°" 
acknowledged  and  appreciated  and  th.»r^K  °^  *«>»hip,  is  everywhere 
lamented  and  grieved^'^^rt  ^alit'^^^^f  lartrard^in^Vlfe^iSl^^- 

The'BS;d'S.urhZ^'3rnetli;f„n;i""l?S  '^^^  'V  '  "k^"-''^ 
on  as  many  important  fields  Tx  of  Hp  J^f^  •  **  '"^"  '^^''^  ''«''  P"* 
other  two  at  points  not  less  im^?tanf      tS*  '"  '•""•'"y-seats,  and  the 

towns  and  cities  are  respectiveiraWlow.    oL*?^^^  ""^  '^'"^  ^'^ht 

Roseburg;  one  thousand  five  Ji„nHi],T^r°"^  thousand  two  hundred  at 
three  thous^d  afSnv  one  ,hSn iSf "T*' .^'i**  ^'S'^  University; 
Indian  reservation  adding ;' New  Westminster 'b'^c'  fh^e^'l""'  ""." 
with  insane  asylum,  penitent  ary.  etc  wCr"  Bm  Ro^^rt  I  *  *''°"?^"«'' 
finally  ocate;  Victoria  B  C  Jitu  \^  lu  '^^'^■^ooen  Lennie  is  to 
provincial  capitaL     A? ' these  are  countv ^I'I«""T^    P^P^'^tio"   and   the 

large  or  larger  salary  and  so  have  mv»,i  luf  *"^  .."*'   "PO"   as 

across  the  continent  (less  what  thTRolrH  «P^"'!, "'[""^'"^  *  JO"'"«=y 
expenses),  would  hLe  "een  the  „/«»*  °  ,1^  them   as   traveling 

and  the  Board  itself  would  have  ^SteM"^'  f**  ^oth  your  agent 
criticism  by  the  s<x:iety  and  the  dennS*^-  '''^'n^^^'ves  to  the  severest 
by  occupancy,  thesffields  denommat.on.  upon  failure  to  possess, 

with'frIXn''/\o IWo'Sou's a^nrSe",  "^  ""T-  *''°"^^"'»'  -0""ty-seat. 
closH  for  want  of  a  nastor  Th;,?(>,,.,iP°P"'*^^  "°^  '"'*  '»«  house 
population  of  two  ^<^^:  ^^  S^l^'l^^  ^^S^rTi^  I 


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house  la-d,  is  still  without  a  man  to  take  uo  the  work     That  v^yr^w.  r,. 

to  the  work'on  mv  'fiel^for^f' "''°"  ^'  ^'^'^  ^'^^'^  *°  ''^'^  contributions 

hrge«?a?sec7et"t"*;hatln"'^  '"^  ^'''^  '^  ^"  ^^^  ^""^  y""  «"•  «"d  from 
I  am  Hnincr  *^7?*"y' "at  your  eyes  are  never  upon  it  or  upon  the  work 

Sits  tSs;l?f=.HSs 

which  I  tLnW  r;nH  on^  Aif     *''029<5S  more  than  the  previous  year,  for 
where  tn  innl  f         **  **''*'  courage.    For  many  months  I  have  not  kAown 


From  the  Home  Mission  Monthly  for  November.  188:; 
oefore  the  Portland  meeting: 


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NORTH    P.XIFIC    COAST 

By  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Superintendent  of  Missions 

The  buildiiiB  of  church  edifices  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  has  been 
one  of  the  prime  sources  of  growth  and  strength  to  our  denomination. 
The  number  has  been  increased  nearly  threefold  in  eight  years.  In  187; 
there  were  but  twenty-two  houses  of  worship  belonging  to  our  churches. 
Now  we  have  sixty,  valued  at  $225,000  (including  lots),  furnishing  ten 
thousand  sittings.  The  Home  Mission  Society  has  aided  in  building 
twenty-six  of  these  houses,  valued  at  $76,400,  and  furnishing  four 
thousand  sittings.  To  secure  this  property  the  sc>.iety  has  donated  $8,725, 
an  average  of  $33.>5"  per  church.  In  most  of  these  houses  we  have 
good  pastors,  preaching  to  good  congregations,  with  Sunday-schools,  and 
there  is  prospect  of  building  permanent  and  self-sustaining  churches  at 
nearly  every  point.  We  have  fifty  houseless  Baptist  churches  in  this  field. 
Not  one  of  them  can  ever  become  strong  or  self-sustaining  without  a 
house  of  its  own.  Churches  waste  one-half  their  labor  while  boarding  out, 
or  renting,  or  holding  service  in  a  schoolhouse. 

In  all  southern  Oregon  we  have  had  two  houses  of  worship.  The  area 
is  one  hundred  and  twenty-live  by  two  hundred  miles,  with  a  railroad 
running  through  its  center,  soon  to  be  connected  with  San  Francisco. 
From  Medford,  a  town  of  one  year's  growth,  with  six  hundred  people, 
where  a  Baptist  church  has  recently  been  organized,  while  I  write  the  crv 
comes  for  help  to  build  a  church.  This  is  the  second  town  in  the  famous 
Rogue  River  Valley.  To  build  now  means  permanent  work,  and  a  self- 
sustaining  church  not  many  years  hence.    This  is  but  one  of  many. 

Victoria,  British  Columbia,  with  a  claim  to  fourteen  thousand  popula- 
tion, is  now  building  with  promise  of  $500  from  the  society.  The  pastor 
writes:  "  We  can  go  ahead  if  we  can  have  that  amount  promised.  If  not, 
we  cannot."  They  are  going  ahead;  who  will  furnish  the  $5'^?  A 
Rochester  graduate  of  fine  abilities  and  good  business  hsbits  is  lea  ..g  the 
enterprise.  A  revival  has  recently  occurred  and  twciity  added — more 
would  have  come  in  had  they  a  house  of  their  own. 

So  at  New  Westminster.  They  worship  in  the  courthouse,  with  li- 
ability to  constant  interruption.  A  revival  here  too,  under  a  Baptist 
evangelist,  held  in  the  M.  E.  church,  because  the  Baptists  had  none,  left 
fruit  ungathered,  and  sheaves  went  into  other  barns  because  the  Baptists 
had  no  garner.  Here  too  we  have  a  good  man,  watching  also  the  ter- 
minus of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad.  But  they  cannot  go  ahead  without 
help.  From  three  to  five  hundred  each  would  secure  ten  new  houses  on 
this  field,  where  greatly  needed,  within  twelve  months.  Puget  Sound, 
eastern  Oregon,  western  Oregon,  southern  Oregon,  eastern  Washington, 
and  northern  Idaho,  all  make  their  plea,  and  each  presses  its  case  with 
almost  irresistible  arguments. 

From  the  Home  Mission  Monthly  for  May,  1886: 

NORTH    PAaPIC    COAST 

Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Superintendent  of  Missions 

The  year  ending  April  i,  1886,  will  be  marked  as  a  year  of  great  trinl 
to  the  mission  work  of  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  on 
the  North  Pacific  Coast. 

I.  A  trial  of  faith.  At  the  beginning  of  the  year,  "  Retrenchment  of 
thirty  per  cent"  was  announced  as  nece.esary  i-i  i!.e  expenditures  upon 
the  fields,  caused  by  the  great  debt  upoi  the  society.  This  too,  when 
there  was  an  immediate  and  almost  imperative  call  for  the  enlargement 
of  our  work  fifty  per  cent. 


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i'^cr".siig7emLt<^Z"\'"l^^^^^  °"^  P^ople-     An  ever- 

hungry  thousands  calC  LtWead  K/^  from   which   to   feed  the 
a  probability  that  somf  myfonarfes   w^uW   have  J^^^^^ 
others  suffer  a  reduction  in  their  a?reLvl„^  1°  ''*.  dismissed  and 
nvely  test  the  spirit  of  self-deLTanrc^n^rra^tirnrde^rl^^^^^^^^^ 

.liability  to  carry  out  plaTl?readv  laidTo  .Tr.^Pfi"'"*  i}°  "«=^  ^^'^'s-  "nd 
points  and  in  various  districttrit.J  *"^«"K"»en  the  work  at  various 
neglected,  the  restless  to  fee!  r^oreunea^v'T'  'V^^^  '^^'  '^^y  *«^'-<^ 
tactics,  the  faultfinders  to  (Trot  -^nrp^r;, »  ?'"'''"°"s  to  change  their 
these  resulted  in  challenJfn/f hr^  „'^  "  ,  ""'^P^"*^"-  ^he  fusion  of  all 
vailing  for  many  years  inthV^5or^^,h^n""'',"'^■'■"^  '^'  -"^'hods  pre 
a  demand  for  a  radical  change  °"'*^  '"  *''^  K""*^'  ^^"t.  and 

work^'^'GoJ  ha1^grTa!ly'*;,Ji;'erJr\rhe';";°'hrv"'^''  '/'^''r'^  '"  "- 
given  strength  and  courage  to  Koforw.r,?  ^-^''''^  ^^'•'"^  !"  ^^ar,  he  has 
have  become  self-susta'nfng  so  fa?  at  least  a.'f^  ""^  ™i«*ion  churches 
without  aid  from  the  society  all  nnrmffc,.  u°  "^"^  «"  '^eir  work 
for  the  support  of  the  pas  or's'and  asWng  "'s  "from  th"/'  '^l  ^'''"^  .'»<'^« 
our  mission  churches  are  Krowins  infn  a  J^^  I  ^^^  society;  nearly  all 
up  almost  all  departmentf  of  denom?n^M^^1  benevolence,  and  are  taking 
frequent,  and  many  sou"shai  been  won  t^^l:'?^  r^'^f^^^  have  been 
manent  growth,  the  vtlr  h^^hZTL^l  }°  Christ  In  all  healthful,  per- 
of  the  pist;  and  the  fact  th J  h^J^'"''-^'*- ^^  °".^  °^  ^^^  "'ost  prosperous 
under  discu  sion  will  result  in  m^.  T'^'.T"  P^'"'=*P'«.  «nd  methods  are 
established  methods  of  the  society's  work!^^'      appreciation  of  the  long 

THE    COMING    YEAR 

^^<^oV::,''Z)J'nLltl^^^  open  fields  are 

pressing.     Year  by  year  this  must  L  in.r»J' •     i   ""s. /o""  a'd  are  more 

the  money  into  the  treasury  to  cLrv^t  f.^  *•"=  denomination  would  put 
Either  we  must  stop  nrayiL  "  Th/ k  naHnl"*^  *"^°"'  embarrassment, 
these  open  fields  or'^sS  fhe  reproach^ ofHic?'"^  °l  T-  ""«*  «^"t«=^ 
commanded,  "  Go  ye, "  an'/has  safj:  "S,  I'am'Sy^u*"  '""  ^^''^  '''' 

FOREIGN    POPULATION 

fifty  ThLsaTi^nhtfthe^e"  at  beK'-  ^-'f-  ^o^^t  numbers  nearly 
fifteen  thousand.  These  are  widelv  .rl'l^^rf  ^"^  1^"  Scandinavians  about 
of  them  are  settled  in  the  rural^d  strkt,  i^f^"  ''""^  ^  i'''«^  P"  ""^ 
times  they  are  fo-nd  sca"tered  amnni  fh  '   ^f*""^  "^^  "^omes.     Many 

frequently  in  settlements  Kefr  owl,  borEt ''°P"''''°" '  "^"^  •""'"^ 
removed  from  the  Americin^Jftllmi^T  '  ''0'^o?"ng  on  or  some  distance 

other  times  en^gh  ^o  Sc  f  100^™"""!"'"  ""'^.^  ^'''  ^'»'"i"«.  at 

the  same   settlement  whlre  thevrni^n^'f^'"'"'  ""  ^^  ^atl^ered  from 

f>e  settlers.    In  these  sSeVel^^  SZr^^^'Sis  t^^^ 


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it  does  not  make  so  much  difference  who  they  are,  or  what  faith,  if  they 
come  to  visit  them  and  do  them  good.  Itinerant  missionaries  among  this 
class  are  very  much  needed.  For  Baptists  there  is  a  demand  for  at  least 
two  missionaries  of  this  i<ind  to-day,  and  with  such  help  the  foundation 
might  be  laid  for  many  prosperous  Baptist  churches  in  the  future,  as 
there  is  little  doubt  but  this  quiet,  industrious,  and  frugal  people,  will  grow- 
to  be  thriving,  intelligent,  and  wealthy  communities. 

In  some  of  the  larger  towns  and  cities  there  is  a  larger  number  of  these 
people  settled.  But  these  hard  times,  rendering  it  difficult  to  find  employ- 
ment, are  sending  still  larger  numbers  of  them  out  to  take  up  homes  on 
the  unoccupied  territory  offered  them  by  the  government.  To  the  extent  this 
is  true  it  ^^ives  emphasis  to  the  need  of  itinerant  mission  work.  Among 
those  thus  going  are  frequently  the  members  of  our  little  churches 
gathered  in  the  towns  and  cities,  which,  while  it  weakens  the  churches, 
makes  the  call  for  itinerant  work  still  more  emphatic,  for  these  who 
have  tasted  the  good  word  of  life  are  constantly  sending  their  appeals  for 
the  only  two  missionaries  we  have  employed  among  this  people,  to  come 
and  preach  Jesus  to  their  countrymen.  These  calls  are  being  answered 
as  far  as  possible,  but  the  long  and  often  expensive  journey,  coupled  with 
extraordinary  demands  upon  their  time  nearer  their  centers  of  operation 
forbids  answering  these  calls  to  a  great  extent.  The  two  men  referred  to 
are  Rev.  N.  Hayland,  now  pastor  of  the  Scandinavian  Baptist  Church  of 
Portland,  Ore.,  and  Rev.  Knut  Nelson,  pastor  of  the  Scandinavian  Baptist 
churches  at  Tacoma  and  Seattle.  W.  T.  Both  these  men  are  favorably 
located  for  reaching  their  people,  and  are  doing  good  and  faithful  work 
for  them  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 

In  Portland  and  vicinity  the  Scandinavian  population  reaches  about 
three  thousand  five  hundred.  There  are  churches  among  them :  Lutheran, 
two;  Methodist,  one;  Baptist,  one.  There  are  six  Scandinavian  Lutheran 
ministers  of  various  types,  fn  Tacoma,  \V.  T.,  where  Brother  Nelson  is 
located,  there  are  about  four  hundred  Scandinavians  with  two  Lutheran, 
one  each  of  Baptist,  Methodist,  and  Congregational  churches  among  them. 
All  have  houses  of  worship.  In  Seattle  there  are  about  six  hundred 
Scandinavians  with  three  churches,  namely,  Lutheran,  Baptist,  and  Meth- 
odist, each  having  a  house  of  worship.  Brother  Nelson  has  recently 
baptized  three  at  Tacoma  and  three  at  Seattle. 

In  October  last.  Brother  Nel'^cn  was  urged  by  his  countrymen  to  visit 
a  settlement  sixteen  miles  from  Wcstport  on  the  Columbia  River,  the 
post-office  address  Vesper,  Ore.  He  visited  the  place,  found  a  good 
settlement  and  organized  a  church  of  seven  members,  who  are  holding 
regular  services.  This  place  is  located  about  fifty  miles  from  Portland. 
On  the  same  day  he  also  visited  La  Center,  also  about  fifty  miles  from 
Portland,  where  he  found  about  two  hundred  Scandinavians,  with  six 
Baptists,  and  where  a  church  ought  soon  to  he  gathered.  In  performing 
this  service  he  had  to  travel  about  four  hundred  miles,  on  an  expensive 
route  of  travel.  His  salary  is  small.  The  society  pays  him  $450  per  year, 
and  he  is  receiving  only  about  $20  per  quarter  from  the  field.  'The  people 
are  very  poor.  Many  of  them  have  neither  money  nor  work,  and  only 
now  and  then  one  who  has  steady  employn.ent.  Last  winter  Brother 
Nelson  paid  out  of  his  own  scanty  salary  over  $30  to  poor  people,  and 
this  '  inter  the  demand  has  been  equally  great,  if  not  more  pressing. 
Brother  Hayland's  salary  is  but  little  more,  and  the  demand  upon  him 
will  be  equally  great.  From  Portland  he  can  probably  look  after  La  Center 
and  other  points.  But  at  Astoria,  where  there  is  a  Scandinavian  popula- 
tion of  some  hundreds,  a  man  could  be  located  with  great  advantage  to  our 
cause,  and  be  made  a  great  blessing  to  his  people  there  and  along  both 
sides  of  the  Columbia  River,  in  Oregon  and  Washington.  So  in  Coos 
County,  in  southwestern  Oregon,  another  man  is  needed  to  locate  at 
Marshfield,  the  county-seat,  where  there  are  about  throe  hundred  Scandi- 


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"avians,  and  where    with  o.h.,  ♦ 

wahinWrT"  '^""'"^  rl'a'ched°""lhS  1^"^"/^  ^  '"«^  ^candina- 
^'•u.ng  lor  occupancy  by  the  Baptists.  *  *'''°  °P«"  fields  now 

Fro.   the  Ho.e  M.sion  Monthly  for  June.    ,886: 

,     My  "id  elfre/ort'^'^'w ";  ""^-■'"-''""  of  Missions 
C«a.  contaiS%?^r-or^.:JlKts^^^^^^^^^^^  Briti.. 

On  th'     fi  M    K  inousand   square 

these,  eighjy-four  are  in  Oreg^„'  fhirt';  fil./rn^V*^"^"'^-'''^*'^  "churches  Of 
cfi'  .^"V'''"  '"  BntishCoiuS"'^'^\^^«hmgton,  two  in  northern 
Shf  ^  a'l'  l7wi\'''"'^'"*^°"   ""-ber°Ui'o„e't!}".^"'>'  ^''^  ^" 

fe^^(^oTuffi°  -  ;"„e^;^^?dVo*4St  in''  V^^h^inSTwo  ?n^ 

&I'^H  rr'  ^''°^-8';  th^p^evLt^ear^fc;,"^'  ^r"''«^"  to  hom" 
*2,t)20^i4    (Convent  on   fiscal    voarc?      ^u  '^-'♦'a.Si ;  the  year  befori'  thTf 
were  distributed  over  the  fiJi/  "  A     ^''^   amounts   collected    ifc?         ' 


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,^*!i1'"!.h!^" k"* '    ^'^^'f"^""   fie'''?   needing  itinerant    missionaries;   twenty- 

mis^'ona n'es  to'dn' H^  °'T''l^  ""^  "l!'''  ^'^'^  ^«  8«''«"»-  ''"d  iti^eram 
fJn™  »h-  -^  u  *''^-  ^'■''^^^-  ^o"""  churches  have  ceased  drawing  aid 
from  the  society;  but  in  one  of  these  the  pastor  has  combined  oreafhn^ 
with  farming,  and  in  another  with  businesl  to  help  out  hs  salary  on^v 
two  churches  are  actually  paying  the  whole  salary  "^  ^'       '^ 

There  are  needed  on  this  field  for  immediate  work  fortv-three  men 
There  are  not  now  on  this  field  seven  available  men  not  employed 
thrJ^  foreign  population  numbers  over  fifty  thousand,  and  we  have  but 

Germa^  "ndX^r"l4:rr"*  •'*"^'"'  2"^  °">.'^^*^  ^^^urches  all  tSld-lone 
uernian  and  four  Scandinavian,  and  one  Chinese  mission. 

aminltion  J%T^^n"'h'  '''f'^  "^^  ^''H'-*=''es,  made  extensive  ex- 
Aci^^-I?"  .  V'^'  ^^^^-^  '"  fiv«  protracted  meetings;  attended  seven 
Associations  two  Conventions;  preached  ninety-five  sermons-  delivered 
forty-four  addresses;  attended  seventy-one  prayer  meet™«-' made  one 
hundred  and  wrLL^S^  It''  T"  traveleVfourt"rn'thou"a2d  two 

under  my  oreachZ  ^  LJ^^'-a^V"  ''""  f>°"*  ^°"y  conversions 
uuucr    my    preacning.      I    have    paid    for    traveling    exoenses    $101  en  • 

leTamT  iTA-^'S  |f.^=  r.T"''  ^'''V    -P^r^h^'cS; 
iciegrams,  ^112.43,  ^alary,  $1,500;  total  expense.  $1,78720 

^^^f^^t^:?l^^:^  ^-^^  b~v2ryTLl-; 

more  men  ought  to  be  employed-twenty-five  we  must  look  for?he  coming 

writ/eV'befoV^*'„H"T.!r^i."'°"  Society  that  these  elaborate  quotations, 

held  In  Portland  ?n  O^tnhir'  !Sa!^'''S  i.  *J"=   ^""^^   P^'^'^c   Convention 
HfeVlJ-    r*"^"^"?  '"  October,  1885,  should  become  matters  of  oermanen' 

♦^  T    '♦i;*^°''''  "'^J°  '""""^  *"  vindicate  the  action  of  its  oSfs    as 
h.!^?'/'''  reasonableness  of  the  attack,  the  steady  hind  wkh  which 


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DISSOLUTION   OF   THE   CONVENTION    OF   THE    NORTH 

PACIFIC  COAST 
1886 

^,k/^  Ta-  "'"''^'     ^""""'y  'I'"'"-     Official,  recognized.     Pathetic   report.     Rai«d 
?„^  «s.er„'T«htZ/"-     """  '"'  '""•     «'-«^---  ■"  O".--   'Organiaa'tio^ 

This  is  the  record  of  the  last  year  of  the  existence  of  the  Conven- 
tion of  the  North  Pacific  Coast;  and  its  demise  would  have  been  most 
pathetic  had  the  Convention  had  a  soul.  By  its  own  vote,  it  had  cut 
Itself  loose  from  both  its  support  and  its  guide.  Yet  the  Home  Mission 
u'^'^^i'.f  ""^'""^'^  '*^  Superintendent  of  Missions,  and  under  his  leader 
ship,  did  all  that  was  possible  on  the  field  formerly  under  the  control 
of  the  Convention;  but  the  Convention  as  such  had  no  part  in  the 
good  work  accomplished.  The  superintendent  consiantly  recognized 
the  officials  of  the  different  districts.  The  Home  Mission  Society 
took  up  and  supported  all  the  missionaries  under  appointment  iu  each 
of  the  districts.  The  superintendent  turned  over  all  amounts  col- 
lected by  him  to  the  Home  Mission  Society. 

The  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  met  for  its  tenth 
annual  session  with  the  church  at  Salem,  October  20,  1886  After 
the  opening  exercises  and  the  enrolling  of  delegates,  the  Convention 
proceeded  to  consider  its  dissolution.  Pending  the  vote  upon  this 
question,  other  necessary  business  was  transacted,  and  the  report 
of  the  Mission  Board  was  read  by  the  secretary.  Rev.  J.  Q.  A.  Henry: 

Kar]h  P.^?fi?  r"^  T""  ^!1""^'  l^^°^K  ^*'..  *'^^  ^^P''5t  Convention  of  the 
rsorth  i'acific  Coast,  we  desire  first  of  all  to  record  our  gratitude  to  God 
tor  the  unanimity  of  counsel  and  cordiality  of  fellowship  which  have 
nr«f;nnc  ^"^  .1"  our  Board  meetings,  also  to  recognize  with  truest  ex- 
pressions of  thankfulness  the  goodness  and  grace  of  God  with  which  he 
H^il  ^•rit''  ^^^  Convention  year,  for,  notwithstanding  the  danger  and 
difficulty,  the  work  of  the  Lord  has  prospered  in  our  hinds  In  most  of 
our  churches  the  message  of  life  has  been  proclaimed  and  the  mandate 
of  mercy  has  been  accepted  to  the  salvation  of  sinners,  the  baptism  of 

fhl  Wnnwi±  ■■^^t°""°?  '°  f/Ho.wship  of  the  backsliddw  in  heart,  and 
the  knowledge  and  comfort  of  samts. 

Secondly.  To  say  that  we  deplore  most  deeply  that  condition  of  de- 
nominational affairs  by  reason  of  which  the  sphere  of  this  Board  has 
been  restricted  and  its  services  rendered  both  inefficient  and  useless 
JnnT.  A"iV''  enure  year  the  plan  of  co-operation  between  this  body 

At  th^  h^JT"'""  ?^P"''  """^^  ^^  "'°"  S°«='^ty  •»"  »'«"  discontinued 
At  the  beginning  of  our  annual  work  we.  the  Oregon  District,  were  em- 

^n  .?''v'l^  ^  "^^^^  *°  '^"  ^^""^  York  Board,  amounting  to  $57419  n^t 
all  of  which,  we  regret  to  say,  has  yet  been  paid.    With  the  presence  of 

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this  encumbrance,  the  discontinuance  of  the  plan  of  co-operation  witli 
the  parent  society,  the  divided  sentiment  among  our  own  people  as  to  the 
method  and  management  of  our  work,  the  consequent  drying  up  of  the 
brooks  of  beneficence,  the  absence  of  an  agent  in  the  field  who  should 
personally  present  our  claims  both  to  individuals  and  churches,  while  the 
attention  of  the  missionary  churches  has  very  naturally  been  directed  to 
the  representative  of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  the  prospect  of  a  speedy 
redistricting  of  our  Convention  field  and  the  reconstruction  of  our  de- 
nominational work  in  the  State,  with  these  things  we  have  found  our- 
selves not  only  powerless  to  enlarge  the  work  upon  the  held,  but  absolutely 
impotent  to  respond  to  the  touching  appeals  that  have  come  to  us  from 
churches  who  have  been  accustomed  to  receive  from  us  the  hand  of  help. 
Thirdly.  That  for  every  expression  of  interest,  in  provision  for,  or  liber- 
ality toward  this  body,  on  the  part  of  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  in  all  the  years  now  gone,  we  forget  not  to  record  our 
honest  and  heartfelt  thanks.  The  retention  and  support  of  the  missionaries 
on  our  field  within  the  year  now  past,  should  awaken  gratitude  in  every 
loyal,  loving  heart,  and  with  this  peon  of  praise  we  would  fain  mingle  our 

Erayers,  that  on  this  grand  old  society,  the  mother  of  us  all,  the  divinest 
lessings  of  the  great  Father  may  richly  and  forever  fall. 

Fourthly.  Out  of  a  debt  of  $534.19  to  the  New  York  Board  with  which 
to  begin  the  yar,  the  treasurer's  report  will  show  a  balance  of  $17213  as 
yet  unpaid.  By  personal  appeal,  private  correspondence,  and  access  to  the 
columns  of  the  PacHic  Baptist,  the  Board  has  vainly  tried  to  extinguish 
this  small  amount.  Until  our  debts  are  paid  we  should  never  resolve  to  die. 
Our  progeny  wi"  -.ot  bless  us  for  bills  unpaid,  hence  our  urgent  appeal  is 
that  we  raise  this  deficit  here  and  now.  When  this  is  done  we  may 
adjourn,  but  until  then  we  recommend  that  no  such  motion  pass. 

In  conclusion,  and  for  the  future,  suffer  one  further  word.  Into 
whatever  relation  or  condition  our  coming  work  may  fall,  let  it  be 
our  highest  ambition,  happiest  thought,  and  holiest  endeavor,  '  with  all 
lowliness  and  meekness,  with  long-suffering,  forbearing  one  another  in 
love,"  to  obtain  and  rttain  the  unity  of  the  spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace. 

J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  Secretary. 
A.  J.  HuNSAKER,  Chairman. 

The  money  referred  to  in  the  report,  as  still  due  to  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  was  raised,  and  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  North 
Pacific  Coast  adjourned  sine  die. 

WHAT  WAS  LOST  BY  THIS  ATTACK 

1.  The  unity  of  the  denomination  which,  up  to  this  time,  had  a 
widespread  influence  over  the  North  Pacific  Coast  as  a  corporate 
religious  body. 

2.  The  prestige  of  the  denomination  in  the  East,  which  had  been 
very  helpf'il  in  the  Convention  itself. 

3.  The  added  strength  that  comes  from  union.  The  churches 
had  come  to  feel  that  in  union  there  was  strength,  and  almost  every 
church  and  district  had  realized  that  the  Convention  behind  it 
was  a  power  to  aid  it  when  help  was  needed,  and  a  reserve  force 
behind  the  self-sustaining  churches  to  assist  them  in  carrying  forward 
their  work  for  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  wider  fields  of  Christian 
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REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  WORK  IX  OREGON' 
,T„„°l/"°?  *,"*'' ""°"8»"  '"«l""  "IM  in  McMi„„vill=   sixty 

REPORT  OF   HONfE    MISSION    WORK 

Marshfield.  and  many  others  '    ^°"'''"^'    ^aquina    Bay.    Roseburg, 

these%rnf;rno?"5o^„;°„t'irthe  Su'noort  tr'^^^''''  °^  ^^  '"'""^  at 
field,  will  require  very  a?Ke  and  n?nmn  """.'^""y  Pastors  upon  our 
churches,  and  if  oossihl*.  ^-nm  P'^O'^P*  contributions  from  all  our 
this  conliecHon  wf  mo  t'  earn«tlv'7eco™nT':::'^;i  it  *''"«'  ^''"^^^es.  In 
church   will  adopt  some  definhe  ph„"bvThTch   IV   ''("^   ^'J'°'  =»"^ 

SfttfTt^brTeVlpSeifln^^^^^^ 

prepare   a   repo.  on  s^S^  S^S^^t  ::S\^^L'^^^^J^ 

with\hiSdy?nnh:yr?or!hr&^^ 

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held  at  Asbury  Park,  in  May,  1886,  three  delegates  from  thi$  Convention 
be  chosen  to  represent  us  in  the  next  national  anniversary  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  to  be  held  in  Minneapolis  during  May,  1887. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  Q.  A.  Henbv,  Seiielary. 

Tiie  following  delegates  to  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  Anniversary  of  1887,  were  elected:  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Rev. 
J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg,  E.  G.  Wheeler,  and  Mrs.  E.  G. 
Wheeler,  who  were  instructed  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  delegation. 

The  eastern  Washington  and  northern  Idaho  district  had  never 
been  in  favor  of  divifiing  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast 
at  so  early  a  date.  The  district  was  not  represented  at  the  meeting 
in  Portland  in  1885,  and  was  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  action 
there  taken.  \\  hen.  in  1883,  the  field  of  the  General  Convention  had 
been  divided  into  three  districts,  each  to  select  an  executive  com- 
r.iittee  of  its  own  10  contt,i!  its  work,  the  eastern  district  acquiesced; 
but,  in  1884,  deeming  it  a  wiser  plan,  this  district  organized  a  con- 
vention for  eastern  Washington  and  northern  Idaho,  auxiliary  to  the 
Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  so  that  the  abrupt  dissolu- 
tion of  the  General  Convention  found  it  with  all  the  paraphernalia  of 
an  organized  Convention,  coming  into  existence  as  an  independent 
body,  and  ready  to  carry  forward  all  departments  of  its  work  after 
the  demise  of  the  parent  body.  The  eastern  district  had  no  contro- 
versy, either  with  the  Home  Mission  Society  or  its  agent;  and,  as 
this  was  recognized  by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  the  plans  of  work 
for  the  district  moved  on  without  any  revamping,  receiving  all  the  aid 
they  could  have  received  from  the  society  imder  the  old  Convention. 

The  district  entered  the  new  life  of  an  independent  Convention 
with  twenty-two  churches,  fifteen  ministers,  six  hundred  and  forty- 
seven  members,  and  no  debt. 

We  quote  from  the  report  of  the  Mission  Board  to  the  Mount 
Pleasant  Association  in  1886: 


REPORT  OK    HOME    MISSIONS 

We,  your  Committee  on  Home  Missions,  would  report  as  follows : 

First.  We  desire  to  express  our  gratitude  to  God  for  the  signal 
blessing  and  favor  shown  to  our  society  in  the  effort  to  remove  the 
heavy  debt  that  has  so  long  rested  on  it,  but  which  is  now  entirely  pro- 
vided for. 

Secondly.  We  also  take  pleasure  in  giving  utterance  to  our  satisfac- 
tion that  Dr.  Henry  L.  Morehouse  has  been  continued  in  his  nlace  as 
corresponding  secretary  of  our  society,  and  we  confidently  believe  that  to 
his  wise  and  untiring  efforts  is  largely  due  the  growth  of  the  society's 
work. 

Thirdly.  We  are  also  glad  to  note  that  the  society  has  expressed  its 
appreciation  of  the  work  ct  our  Superintendent  of  Missions  by  continuing 
him  in  his  present  office  We  believe  that  a  continuance  of  his  super- 
vision will  insure  a  continuance  of  that  growth  and  development  which 
has  marked  cur  work  during  these  past  few  years. 


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Brother  Baker  can  confer  m  To  thl  n*^«?i. '''^ '^^^^  ^'*^  *hom 

our  needs  by  the  »c..leme"t^f  ^.\or.  'r^the  aoJ^int^^^^  V^'*"^  '."PP'^^S 

a"  Zl  re'p<^X^o„7r£K^^^^^^  .Hat  near. 

meager  and  Wow  what  they  should  be   ,n  h^°l-  ~"*"]"l*'°'»  ^^'  ^^ 
of  their  sister  churches  to^freer  offering  a„H^  ''^  •'i''  "*>«"»'««> 

department  of  Christian  work  ""'""W  and  larger  sacrifices  to  this 

be  PreachTdTy"a,!r^^°oddy"S  """.°".°"  "o"'  Missions 

the  society's  work        ^°°<'«'y'  and  a  collectoon  and  pledges  be  taken  iol 

W.  H.  Pbuett,  Chairman  of  Committee. 


CHAPTER  XI 

FIELD  OF  THE  PUGET  SOUND  ASSOCIATION 

1887 

Adieu.     Old   friends  part.      In  good  hand:!.     Orea'er   work.     Only  good  things  to 

remain.     Puget  Sound  Association  field.  Historical  status.     Financial  conditions  hope 

(ul.     Report  of  Rev.    A.    B.    Burke,    U.  ll.     General   mist-onary.     General   con.lition? 
outlined.      Association    to   divide. 

We  have  invaded  the  territory  of  the  Oregon  and  eastern  Wash- 
ington districts  in  this  historical  sketch,  because,  up  to  this  period, 
the  history  of  the  Baptists  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  is  one  history, 
and  because  the  history  of  the  work  of  each  convention  growing  out 
of  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  is  included  in  that  of 
the  earlier  conventions  until  each  begins  its  separate  existence  in 
1887,  and  continues  the  great  work  on  its  separate  field.  Leaving 
Oregon  and  eastern  Washington  and  Idaho,  we  shall  now  confine 
ourselves  to  the  territory  of  the  Northwest  Convention,  the  British 
Columbia  Convention,  and  Alaska. 

The  history  of  the  Oregon  Baptist  State  Convention  and  of  the 
Baptist  Convention  of  Eastern  Washington  and  Northern  Idaho,  or, 
as  it  was  later  called,  western  Idaho,  will  pass  into  other  hands,  and 
will  doubtless  be  continued  with  ever-increasing  interest  until  each 
section  and  each  convention  shall  appoint  a  historian  to  preserve  its 
early  history  to  pass  into  permanent  usefulness   in  denomination,!! 
life,  as  did  the  Philadelphia  Association  in  the  early  days  of  Bapti.^t 
history    in    America.      If   the    work    is    placed   in    competent    and 
godly   hands,    the   denomination    will    rise    again    to   prosecute    the 
greater  work  accumulating  and  to  accumulate,  with  such   rapidity 
and     such     demands     as     to     tax     the     faith,     consecration,     and 
offerings  of  the  hosts  of  Baptists.    God  has  a  purpose  to  accomplish 
by  regeneration  in  this  most  marvelous  country.     The  denomina- 
tion will  not  again,  perhaps,  reach  the  unity  of  official  brotherhood 
contemplated  in  our  early  history  and  enjoyed  for  so  many  years; 
but   the   work    will    outgrow    the   discontent    of   those    days,    from 
whatever   source   it   arose,   because,   whatever   mistakes    have   been 
made,  the  foundations  of  the  work  itself  were  laid  in  the  imperish- 
able work  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.    In  most  instances,  even  when 
brethren  have  been  at  fault,  they  have  still  done  some  good  work 
for  the  Lord  Jesus;  and  it  should  be  entered  here,  as  a  conspicuous 
part  of  this  historical  narrative,  that  only  the  good  things  are  to  be 
retained  in  memory,  and  mistakes  recalled  only  to  prevent  their 
recurrence  in  the  future.     Almost  without  exception,  the  men  and 
women  who  were  at  the  head  of  this  great  work  in  the  seventies  and 

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s"s.°" '"" ""'"""'  -"«'■»■■  .h'-X  coi'-r  it': 

„(  .w  i**!, ""  ^^"'  ^"^  Association  slill  covered  ihe  Icrrilorv 
minuMs/'Thi^  A^raVio  'LI  "illT  .t'^"'  "i"'"'  '"""  '" 
served  the  'ssoc^iion  t  l^''  ?"'  '"""  "'  ™is«ionaries,  had 
Brother  Ba„',s.  wL  Sojerintendem  o5  Mi,si'o'n°f    "W^""^'   S'" 

SS:"PirS'iir  ^,r  f,'~^^^^ 

McUlterty     FuS    fov    i-'\v'"p"^  First  Tacoma,  Rev.  B.  S. 
ScaodioavL,  lv"L^%L';   L.^::^   R.T",   TZf"" 

^S^'TL'-Ro^hirfr '""'?  ^'-^  ™'i «-  w..";: 

Daniek      Th     c         /^^    '  ^^""'^'^   Vancouver.  B.  C.  Rev    1    W 

by  Rev.  J.  P.  Ludlow,  his  chief  clerk     Bn?h  nf  M     ^P'"'"'"  •^"''«^''  ^"'^ 

Second  Church  repre;er.te?;hettn,e"4t"Ti?;':!'^ 

he  Assoc,at.on.     Mrs.  May  C.  Jones,  who  had  a  deservedTe^ita 

S;Vu  ?hurfa  tasr^rLrte^.  ^^  M^-r'i^  ^•'"?  The 
pastoral  supply  at  WiSlock  Salkun  R»nV  7"u^  ''"''•'"'•  *^^ 
helpers  the?e  ^vere  Slaymen^'Bro^h^;^;  h1  other  points.  As 
Ward.  Caldwell,  Holyoke  and^Ada^'  I?c  !  .""'P'"^'  ^'P^'  «»"• 
Cavender.  Char^oc^and  Webby  Cven  0??'=  -^"'"^  °'  ^'^-"P'^^ 

ceived.  ^  '""''  "^anguine  of  its  promoters  con- 

condS^n^'tho^uU^sdrSlterd'""^  """^  "  '^"•'•^-  ^'---' 
everything  is  imptvSng  v^Th^raltdllZcr '"/he  A^s^sr^^"^ 
pract,cally  out  of  debt,  and  a  hopeful  condi?ron  prevails^""""""  " 

Sound    4So:    a^dtf.'if  *''^  ''''"''  ^'^^^'^  '^  '>-  P"get 

published.  xLerelrt  of  the  ten°JT^  -''""P'''  °^  ^'''^  '■^P^''*  ^^^ 
two  supply  a  fair  svnLl  «f  Tl  ""'^'"•J^y  '«  also  given.  The 
at  the  t;n^«  ^f  synopsis  of  the  home  mission  work  of  the  district 
at  the  time  of  organ.zmgr  the  Northwest  Baptist  Convention 


FIELD  OF   THE    PUGET   SOUND   ASSOCIATIOX 


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REPORT   OF    EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE 

In  presenting  this  report  we  are  deeply  grateful  to  God  for  his 
blessings  during  the  >ear.  The  Holy  Spirit  has  been  with  our  churches 
Pastorless  ones,  in  many  instances,  having  been  supplied,  while  others 
have  been  strengthened.  Church  property  has  been  increased;  church 
debts  have  beer,  reduced,  and  heavy  burdens  have  been  lightened.  The 
Lord  hath  helped  us. 

Last  year  we  closed  with  a  debt  of  live  hundred  dollars,  and  with 
no  plan  for  raising  money.  Nor  were  we  in  co-operation  with  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  and  several  of  our  largest  givers  could  no  longer  give 
as   formerly.     Your  committee   felt  discouraged. 

We  received  assurance  of  generous  aid  from  the  ^lomc  Mission  So- 
ciety, but  this  was  conditional  upon  our  canceling  our  indebtedness  and 
raising  one  thousand  dollars  besides,  making  in  all,  the  sum  of  $1,500  to 
be  raised  by  us. 

Our  present  indebtedness  is  four  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dollars. 
Though  this  is  less  than  the  former  year,  yet  it  is  sufficient  to  greatly  em- 
Ijarrass   your  committee. 

We  earnestly  recommend  that  collections  for  our  work  be  taken 
at  stated  times  in  all  the  churches,  and  that  the  services  of  the  general 
missionary  be  retained  for  at  least  another  year,  since  many  churches 
are  reached  and  a  general  oversight  is  exercised  which  could  not  be  done 
in  any  other  way.  t  „  ^,    . 

Thos.  Haughton.  Chairman. 

Later  Note.— The  Home  Mission  Society  also  promised  a  pro  rata  of 
three  to  one  on  $j,ooo  more 


REPORT    OF    GENERAL     MISSIONARY 

Rev.  A.   B.   Banks 

In  making  this,  my  second  report,  I  would  say  that  the  plans  of  oper- 
ation and  methods  during  the  past  year  have  been  the  same  as  in  the 
former  year.  The  aim  has  been,  not  to  do  a  scattering  work,  but  to  take 
up  and  prosecute  with  vigor  the  work  wherever  commenced,  until  a  pastor 
should  be  secured  or  a  permanent  supply  provided. 

The  following  methods  have  bern  adopted  for  carrying  out  this  plan : 
(i)  Those  churches  whose  resources  would  appear  to  be  sufficient,  when 
developed,  to  enable  them  to  co-operate  with  the  Board  in  sustaining  a 
pastor,  have  been  given  a  regular  appointment  once  a  month,  as  in  the 
case  of  Puyallup,  LaConner,  and  Skagit  City.  (2)  Occasional  visits  to 
those  churches  which  seem  likely  to  come  next  in  order  into  the  general 
missionary's  hands  according  to  the  plan  before  mentioned  to  fit  and 
prepare  for  the  reception  of  pastors,  as  in  the  case  of  White  River,  What- 
com, Skagit  River,  and  Olympia.  (3)  Visiting  those  centers  where  we 
have  no  churches,  but  where  business  and  population  indicate  there  should 
be  in  the  near  future.  These  fields  are  visited  not  only  for  the  purpose  of 
preaching,  but  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  the  business  men  as  well,  so 
that  when  we  do  start  it  shall  not  be  as  strangers.  I  consider  this  a  very 
important  part  of  the  general  missionary's  work. 

Number  of  churches  without  pastors,  twelve.  New  pastors  intro- 
duced into  the  Association  during  the  year,  four.  This  does  not  include 
Rev.  Jos.  Beaven,  now  pastoral  supply  at  \\'.iite  River. 

increase  of  church  property  during  the  year  is  nearly  fifteen  thousand 
dollars,  and  is  distributed  as  follows: 

New  Westminster,  $7,000;  Victoria.  $1,300;  Vancouver,  $2,000;  La- 
Conner,  $800;  Mount  Vernon,  $300;  Tacoma  (parsonage),  $1,500;  Puyall- 
up (parsonage),  $i,ooo;  Seattle,  First  (lots),  $500;  Lyman,  $50.  Last 
year  our  increase  in  church  property  was  not  over  $7,000. 

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the  firi?  br'ck  °chSrcT'J„?^L"'«fi!?r  !"""'  ""•  >'"  ">«  first  oarw^ge 
of  our  Association     '      **  ""  *^'"  "'^  ""'"O"  <:hap«l  in  tfie  bSi 

left  vacant.    This  "l^a  %Id 'of  pfSf""  fbHiS^^'^'f  W^«*'.  ^  been 
at  Whatcom  could  safely  engage  KvT^^man  lif ''*''«  *•"  «=''"'<:»' 
,      Femdale  is  a  growing  commut.f»t^  V^*"  man  $200  a  year, 
last  visit,  so  doublfng*h?chu?c"       ^"    """  """''"»  *««  *<»«««<»  «  my 

farngt^^oS^si^S^^"^^^^^ 

field   with  Ho/&tonarhJs'hcadqS»''^  '^°"'*'  ^  P'""*»  "P""  this 

.end^^SS;%'o"o&pi?^"  "''°"  ^"  °-  ^"^t»-    We  should  pray  God  to 

estimabl?men.^The^'  Tre 'io'nUnr/ "^  brother,  Clark  and  Harper,  both 
the  Oregon  Convention  Th^fi^S^t."*- *•"=  advisability  of  uniti^  w^th 
should  place  a  .t,In  at  VanwuverT^oncr*"*'  ""^"^^  '"''  ^  ^^""^  We 
,^  ^^^have  not  yet  been  able  to  visit  Oystervilic.  The  church  there  refuses 
On  Vashon  Island,  a  church  of  three  me„,bers  has  Just  been  organized. 

tion  was  passed  by  the  delegates^  ^^cussed.  and  the  following  resolu- 

ens/nryS^he\^^e'di^nToTliZ7S'='A"  ^°- '=?"-'^"'  ''""''^  '"e 
venient  and  practicable  terrkorial  boundfrfes  a'^rf'?''^''"!!  '"'^  "nore^on- 
their  desire  in  their  next  i  letter  '^  "^  '°  ^^"  *'°<^>' 

Ass.Satfon.te'Td^iatJlVTf'^^^^  '°"'"T'^  ?°""-*'^  -'^  the 

favorably  discussed    Sllettsfrr^h^  ^'''•^^    ^t"""'^^"  ^^« 

hopefully,  on  the  whole  a^drlporteStv  two  ^^^^^^^  -"  '^""^ 

net  gain  in  membership.  eighty-two  baptisms,  with  a  small 

The  following  is  the 

HOME    MISSION   KEPORT 

theb'r^e^t.Se^SSldToSTe'nd'J^rinU^^^^^  i;^^"""^  -Po^  t^at 
survey  of  the  field  we  represent  but  for^h^  t  i"'''*'  ^°'  "\'°  P«s«=nt  ^ 
vertant  omission  in  failing^o  ^tloint  last  v«r  tTl^?^?-*^  ^J?"**  *''«^  '"ad- 
Home  Missions  as  provided  h v  r»Vr  !•-!:  ^-^  x-*"^  Standing  Coram  ttee  on 
tnat  hereafter  it  be ''co^nl'u'edV  «S*'St,;.\n\°  *"=  ''''°''''  ^"' 

James    P.    Lxtolow, 
Robert  Lennie, 
Walter  Barss. 


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Rev.  A.  B.  Banks,  D.  D. 


CHAPTER  XII 

ORGANIZATION  AND  FIRST  MEETING  OF  THE  NORTH- 

WEST  BAPTIST  CONVENTION 

1888 

ing  fc;;ri««np;Li!J,ed.''*"'  '''""'^"'""-    ''^-«'''"«'-    R"""-*'-  a^oP'^O.    S.and. 

On  June  16,  1888,  at  the  time  of  the  session  of  the  Puget  Sound 
Association  at  Tacoma,  a  Convention  was  organized,  taking  the 
name  of  the  Northwest  Baptist  Convention.  It  represented  sixteen 
churches,  which  sent  forty-five  delegates.  Few  copies  of  the  minutes 
being  available,  we  give  the  entire  proceedings  at  the  organization, 
and  the  first  annual  meeting,  thus  rendering  them  available  to  all 
who  wish  to  know  the  origin  of  this  great  convention,  and  to  dis- 
cover who  were  the  moving  spirits  in  it: 

MINUTES  OF  THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  CONVENTION 

In    accordance    with    resolutions    adopted    by    the    undivided    Pucrt 
fu^fJ?^'  Association,  a  convention  was  called  at  Ta?oma   Saturdl 
•^      rIv   l^T  V''^'"  ?\^^^'  ?■  '"••  '"  '*>«  F'"t  Baptist  Church  •• 

r!v   n'  T^p^"««'  °l  Victona.  was  elected  chairman  pro  tern. 

A    rimi-»     "■"•  °l  ^*'?"'^'  *^*  «'«"^'«d  temporary  secretary. 
Whp.i-r   -S^  11   "J*    Enrolment    was    appointed,    consisting   of    E.    G 
Wheeler,  of  Portland,  and  J.  L.  Beckwith,  of  Victoria.         »<    "     '^■ 
,„,.  .  "^-^    ',     '^''"'■5''"  having   failed  to  instruct  their  delegates    it 
was  unanimously  voted   that  all   delegates   uninstructed   should   be  per- 
mitted discretionary  powers.  ^ 

own ^Ly *.;!!""'*'-?  and.  carried  that  visiting  brothers  and  sisters  of  our 
atTo"ns!"but"nortor.T.'"''""^  ""=  """'""'  ''  ^''''^''''^  '"  °-  d*«>'"- 
The  Committee  on  Enrolment  reported  as  follows- 

Reddv  ^"n,?«„^T.,^-  o  •^"Tl';:-^-  P-  McElfresh,  J.  W.  Bradford,  S.  C 
Reddy       Duwamish,    Grin    Babbit.      Bethesda,    LaConner:    Jessie    R 

fohHf''^^;*?."'^^ -^  h^^'^A  Mrs.  James  Caches.  Olympia:  Mrs  M.  V 
T  Hr.1  Jr  «^^'m'"h"  ^''^-  ?f  I  ^'^'"'  ^-  A-  Pierce.  Amelia  Knipe  L 
LfV  T*  n'  M-  u|-  "?y"A'  ^o°"'^  E^S^y-  ^^n"*  P'^",  Alonzo  ham^ 
blett   J.  D.  Minkler,  M    D     Seattle,  Second:  Rev.  R.  S    Greene    Grace 

K&nn''w*Rf»^-/"4'°*'  ^- c^-  Lo"»- .  Seattle  Scandina^an :  Rev 
K.  Nelson,  H.  Belstead.  Tacoma  Scandinavian:  Mrs.  arrie  Nelson  F 
Halverson.  Toledo:  A  J  Herron.  Vashon:  A.  W.  Judd,  Mrs  J  A 
K  ^^"'T^li  h^-  ^7-  J-  ^/.  ^^"»^<iy-  Victoria :' Rev  li:  L 
ST'  wu'.^-  McAdams,  Thomas  Gowan,  Chas.  R.  King.  J.  L.  Beck 
with  Whatcom:  Rev.  W  G.  Jones.  Geo.  M.  Brown.  Puj^Iup:  Rev  S 
W.  Beaven,  D.  M.  Ross.  Mrs.  D.  M.  Ross.  Skagit  City  Mrs  I  Keene 
Tacoma:  Rev_  A  B  Banks,  Dea.  Wm.  Charnock, ?.ea^  C^. " A^^^vinder  " 
Kev.  J.  f.  Ludlow,  having  been  appointed  to  draft  a  constitution 
h^l^:i  *  modification  of  the  CaliforJiia  Baptist  Convention  which' 
having  been  carefully  revised,  was  adopted  as  a  whole. 

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Puyallup.    Treasurer.  Dei.  C  A   C^ender   t!"^"^' ,^'^  .^    W.  Beaven. 
|*v.  _  A.    B.    Ban...    T.co.a.^-  '^l^'vl^^i^.J^lC'^^^'^^ 

■OAU)  OF   MANAGEMENT 

M.  D°'FilVoVc\rI^'L^^^   e^'l!'''-  ^7   M.  L.  Ru„,  J.  d   M.nklcr 

befo?c\^hc^C£Cr„  l2&V?88S"a\  ?^  f-!'*  ^  »'''  ^aturda, 

PROCEEDINGS   OF   THE   FIRST   AXXUAL    MFFTIVG   OF   THE 
NORTHWEST    COXVENTIOX  ^"^ 

A       ^-  Seattle,  VV.  T..  Sept.   i.  1888,  10  a    m 

±e^  order  and  opened  by'EreX'k^'re\'n?ra\^L^'^fd<^Sora^ 

,     K-«  nS'Thari^^fhVS  Irin''"^  ^"'^  ">•  «•'«  ""«->• 
Convention   be  considered   only   a     emDorarv^nr"'"^""'  ""»'  ''""erto  the 
now  proceed  to  permanent  organizlti^S^  organization,  and   that  we 

Rug/5nd  rTv'Tj.  PUrcrS'apoCinli'j'rr/  °'  ''*•'!«'''"•  «-   ^  L 
on  Enrolment.  ^    "^  appomted  by  the  president  as  Committee 

MEMBERS    ENROLLED.       CHURCHES 

3.D^gS"Bl^•L'iiiin^a;ia^^•T^„P^'^°•^  ^'^f^'  «-  W.  G.  Jones 
Allister.  s.  Femdal^  Mrs  a'  M  CrawJnrH  "  ?"*'""«'',  Brother  McJ 
Hilton.  7.  Mount  Vernon  T  I  \fav  «  n.  ^  .Lynden.  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Oysterville.  Rev.  T  T  Huff  .n  "^p..  1?  *A  9'/'"P'»'  B-  W.  Johns,  o 
N.  W  Battle,  L.  J.  jiolgate  a^d  Re'v  r?'  Pp^  '  ^°"-  '^  ^""'*-  ^'"'' 
Rev.  J  P.  Ludlow.  13.  Seat  le  Scrndinavia^n  r"'V  xt  ,^""''=-  Second 
City,  Rev.  J.  G.  Pulliam  iV  T™a  p^  P'  ^*^-  ?•  ^«'«o"-  M-  Skagit 
couver.  Rev.  P.  Harpe?'  7"  Vashon  a'"i^  ^'^Jij^"  h  »»"''«•  '6  Van- 
Haughton.  Rev.  M.  £^  Ru^.  ''t?°VV'ha'^tco^:  £''w  'IcoX^^*""^'  ^^^ 
Adjourned  with   prayer.  "' 

AFTERNOON    SESSION,  J    p     M 

ceedgjo^^Tr^St  o^glTzat^on^^'"'   ^^»-"  ^levotional   exercises,   pro- 

appoin'ted^Com^Se^onNominJtioIfs  ?rf3Vu^-  ^^  Crawford  were 
afterward  added,  and  reportedTn  favor  of  tL  ^^  ^  ^-  ^^"''«  *«« 
being  made  the  permanem  officers   and  that  fh  *""'"*  temporary  officers 


ORGANIZATION   OK    THE    NORTHWEST    CONVENTION        (a) 

amended  t.y  strikiiiB  out  X  ,y«r,i  - '      ...  ■*   ?'   j''^   constitution    w.is 

without  conflnnvXtht'Zkof'^n"       "'"'  •■"'''*"«  "'*'  ^"f''*   ' »»" 
within  the  same  field  •'  •      '  "  "''KaniMtion  now  exisiiuK 

appo?n"ed"a*G;l,£,ee'',n^V?:T1^^  J'ierce    «nd   J.    T.    Huff   were 

the  churches  oTas,ern""dw4s,e"^^  X^T  '"  •"'!"'*  "^'«"'  •'  ""*«"  "' 
ganization  "  ""   ^^"shington   in  one   territorial   or- 

the    sSatu^rTori  "'"  ""i  ''"'^'^'>'  *"  'n^n'cted   to   forward,  over 

"  D.  J.    PiKRCE. 

".M.  L.  Ricr., 
After  prayer  the  meetmg  adjourned. 

EVENING    SESSION,    7.45    p.     m. 

meetfng^  L"nX'abLnc\"onh:'oiy   J-  ^.I'^V'^  ""^  "^"•■"  d"°'i°"»' 

order  by  Hot^    Nw    Rattle    ahn'^^r^'-r^  'il*  Convention  was  called  to 

The  educational   unrknVS     Pf^'ded. throughout  the  evening. 

presentedbyReTD  J  Pierce  13  n    r/T"!  V'  "'?>"  "'^t'^'A  »"d 
/^iter  prayer  by  Rev.  \V.  G.  Jones,  the  Convention  adjourned. 

SUNDAY  EVENING  SESSION,  8  P.   M. 

The  Convention  came  to  order.  ludire  N    w    Ro..i..  «,    -j- 
...  open  mass  meeting  the  subjec/of  io^'e  m'issi^ns  tfX    S'  '''' 

of  "The  MissioIartld«"of'!;'",'^2''''^-^°'  eastern  Washington,  spoke 
^^^  Missionary  idea,    of  its  aggressiveness,  and  its  calls  for  sacri- 

of  the  United  States.  '"  "''"•=  K^eat  extent  ot  our  field,  one  quarter 


V..S*^;?^;-^-  N^"^*^  expounded  the  Sunday-school  lesson  of  th#>  rfpv 
lambia,  yet  he  lelt  that  there  was  no  boundary  line,  f^r  the  Ulood  !.f  je^us 


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Th.  Mow,,,  ,„„|„,ion.  «,re  ,h,„  „|t„rt  b,  B°«h„  Pi,„,; 

of  the  sfa^nJ  fh!  f°f"*'^*  Japan,  the  growing  power  of  the  islel 
Kesolvtd,  That  in  the  conquest  of  "  North  America  for  ThrUt "  «,. 

MONDAY,    SEPTEMBER   3,  9   A.    M. 

led  JnlSr^tjt  S"'sVnce7''"  '^  ^'^^  ^-  «•  ^"''''  ^^  *- 
tution?"*"  ^"^*  *^'''  "°''"  °^  *'•'  following  amendment  to  the  consti- 

Art^cJ^'^•n'L*«I,^•"^ •*"""'''    meeting   he    would    move    to   change 

■Each   cLrch   ch?r^K    '  '?-.'li"'''""'"**''P'  ^°  *•"»»  '"«'"d  o^  wading 
c.acn   cnurch  shall   be  entitled  to  one  member'   it  «hall   tp^^a    •vlX 

church  shall  be  entitled  to  pastor  and  one"e£te."'  '^''"  '"'''  ^^''^ 
tinn  »  ^nf;L  •  i°r  ^^""5  "°*'"  "'at  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Conven- 
"EachThurchThill''h."''^?.,*°^r'"''  ^''"'^i'  ^  °^  ^^e  constitution  i^?ead: 
ni^  n«f  ^,^  *  '"  ''*  entitled  to  one  member,  and  its  pastor  as  deleaates  • 
Hiireof."     ^^  ^"^  P"*"''  *°  *"  "'"  ^^'^'^Kati  to  stand  in  lieu  of  a  ^as^o^ 

agerI''fh4"Xt^''K^  Presented  a  recommendation  from  the  Bo^rd  of  Man- 
agers that  we  be  represented  m  our  next  annual  national  anniversaries 


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by  «  delegate  from  the  Convention,  and  that  $100  be  appropriated  from 
the  Jfundi  of  the  Convention  toward  the  expense,  of  the  delegate 

•end  the  d^U-gaTe""  *'"'  '"  ''"°''^'""   *'"'  "''»  rcsoh.tion   wc 

ai  ti"ii^^c^!^l  '!!i'°.V*''!l ','""  "•'*!;.'«  ♦5«'  'he  sense  of  the  Convention 

^h^li.  .1.^     '  ■  ^-  ^  ^'^^^*'  *"'*  "  *"*  vo"d  «"  ""ake  the  informal 

C  i)  Soenci'r^R'JDT  i^r''  °^  *'"   ^^"^"tion-     On   motion   .f   Rev. 
K,.  L>.  Spencer,  Rev.  R.  S.  Greene  was  elected  alternate  delegate. 

»•«  L^h'l        ■°-''^  •^"'  '^'  moderator,  at  his  leisure,  appoint  commit- 

Ind  ?h-.t  h^'hT'X!*'  /°."""  '".'"'on».  Sunday-schools,  and  education. 

flari.i     f  .k     r    "  * •'*  '°  ^'•'P'""'  '""'''  committees  within  the  boun- 
(laries  ot  the   Convention. 

i,  ^?r  .'notion  the  time  of  the  Committee  on  Bv-laws  was  extended,  and 

It  was  mstructed  to  report  at  the  beginning  of  the  next  meeting 

Ti.   "  .*'*   ^oted  that  when  we  adjourn,  we  adjourn  to  .neet  on  the 

Thursday  before  the  first  Sunday  in  September. 

H«i»,.     P''esident  then   appointed   a  committee,   consisting  of   Brothers 

..ffii-    ,u'  ^"'^  ^*''*°"'  ""  °"'  next  place  of  meeting.     After  con- 

WM  adopted'  *=°"""'""  "P"''"*^  '"  '^^of  o^  Olympia;  and  their  report 

be  rifer*red  J'o'fhl  RnI,!l'%'*KV'""*'  "^  ""'  •?'i."'J*^*  "'^  "'«''■  distribution 
oe  referred  to  the  Board  of  Management,  with  full  power  to  act 

nivJ^lT"'  "^u     'i*  adjourn  to  meet  with  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Olynipia  on  Thursday  previous  to  the  first  Sunday  in  September.  i88q 

the  Co^enlioTwa's^ecffed  a^djourned'"  '*"'°"'^'  ^"**  *''«  '""''''^''°''- 

R.  S.  Greene,  President, 
S.  V  .  Beaven,  Secretary. 

STANDING   COMMITTEES 

Home  Missions.  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven.  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg.  N.  W.  Battle 
Kcen^°'"*"  '•    ^'^-  '•  ^-  ^"'^'^^^  ^'"-  ^-  HoIyokcVMVs.  Annie 

Gachw"'^"'"**''"'"'^"    ^  ^^'  ^^=^'a"8hton.  Mrs.  M.  V.  Johns,  Mrs.  James 

Education.    Rev.  Knut  Nelson,  Robert  Knipe,  A.  C.  Campbell. 

Fully  organized  and  equipped  for  business,  the  Northwest  Baptist 
Convention  had  now  taken  its  place  among  the  great  and  influential 
Baptist  bodies  organized  to  aid  each  other  in  winning  North  America 
for  Christ,  and  in  spreading  the  gospel  over  the  world.  The  field 
occupied,  the  responsibilities  incurred  by  its  advantageous  location, 
the  wise  foresight  needed  to  meet  the  emergencies  of  its  rapidly 
increasing  population  and  its  commercial  development,  the  consecra- 
tion necessary  to  carry  forward  its  work  in  Christ's  spirit  as  God's 
work,  and  not  commercialize  it,  furnish  an  opportunity  for  the  ac- 
tivities of  real  Christian  brotherhood.  Christlike  self-denial,  and 
loyalty  to  Jesus  and  his  church,  by  which  the  Convention  is  created 
and  sustained;  that  is  the  equal  of  any  other  opportunity  in  North 
America,  if  indeed  there  is  such  another. 

What  the  Convention  proposes  to  do  is  outlined  in  th"  ■'econd 
article  of  Its  constitution:  r.  To  co-operate  with  the  great  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.    2.  To  evangelize  the  population  of 


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Washington  Territory,  British  Columbia,  and  Alaska,  x  To  olant 
churches  and  aid  in  their  support  where  needed.  4.  To  di  ect  all  the 
Baptist  educational  interests  within  its  limits.  Under  spec  al  st^dJne 
comm-ttees  foreign  missions,  Sunday-schools,  and  Te  AmTrS 
Baptist  Publicatior  Society  were  considered  U  encouraged  S 
women  s  foreign  mission  work  for  heathen  women,  which  had  had  a 
conspicuous  place  in  the  Association  and  the  convention  out  of 
whicn  the  Northwest  Convention  grew,  was  very  natSy  giJln  a 

indents^\"s;^c:s.^  ""^  ^°"^^"^'°"'  ^''°"^»'  -'  ^  ^^^  time'fS.; 


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THE   xN'ORTHWEST   COXVEXTIOX 
1889,  1890 

Incidental  mention  Recovering.  Definitely  settle,!.  Cnt  before  it  was  ripe. 
rCn  fi  M^  «  "h"  ^"^-K'""-  Woni«"  'O"-  Christian  education.  Foreign  missions. 
Open  fields.  Sunday-school  work.  Versus  all  intoxicants.  Victoria  the  picturesque 
At  home  in  a  foreign  country.      Visitors.     .New  men  of  ability.      Report  from  National 

^elT  WV.'f'-  ^^r"."1  "?.'"'*•  ""'"'^  •^''"'°"  ^°"^'y-  General  missionary.  Evan' 
gelist  Whittier.  bunderland's  report.  Church  education  work.  Ten  new  churches 
Board  of  Managers.     Educational  Board.     Editorial  limits. 

In  following  the  history  of  this  Convention,  we  shall  give  its 
educational  work  incidental  mention  only,  having  taken  up  the  sub- 
ject of  •'  Christian  Education  "  and  dealt  elaborately  with  its  his- 
torical facts  in  another  part  of  this  work.  This  will  also  be  true  of 
the  women's  foreign  mission  work,  which  we  have  treated  under 
the  title  of  "  Women's  Work  for  Women." 

In  the  Xorthwest  Convention  were  a  score  of  churches,  having 
a  membership  of  one  thousand,  and  twenty  ministers,  one-half  of 
them  engaged  in  pastoral  service,  who  were  undertaking  a  great  work 
for  God.  They  were  recovering,  in  a  measure,  from  the  shock  inci- 
dent to  the  dissolution  of  the  old  Convention.  It  had  been  cut 
down  prematurely,  before  it  was  ripe  for  the  harvest,  largely  through 
the  influence  and  the  effort  of  a  small  minority  in  the  Puget  Sound 
Association,  who  had  for  years  insisted  that  they  should  have  inde- 
pendent recognition  by  the  Home  Mission  Board  in  New  York,  and 
do  their  mission  work  in  direct  co-operation  with  it.  The  great 
majority  in  the  Association,  however,  were  in  harmony  with  the 
methods  of  the  Xew  York  Board  and  of  the  Xorth  Pacific  Conven- 
tion m  co-operationg.  The  majority  were  willing,  in  a  Christian 
spirit,  to  recognize  the  opinion  of  the  minoritv,  and  saw  the  way 
clearing  to  have  these  matters  definitely  settled  bv  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  itt  such  a  way  that  its  policv  would  be  accepted  by 
all  as  wise,  scriptural,  and  unselfish.  The  leaders  in  this  important 
period  were  men  of  God,  recognized  as  deeply  spiritual.  Whatever 
their  differences  of  opinion  might  be  on  methods  of  work  or  spiritual 
attainments,  yet  they  were  brothers  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and 
would  work  together  in  the  great  effort  demanded  of  them  in  extend- 
ing the  kingdom  of  God  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  That  mistakes 
had  been  made  in  the  past  was  acknowledged;  and.  ^erhaps,  as 
far  as  could  be,  remedied.  These  mistakes  will  be  of  service  in  the 
future  in  causing  men  to  say:  "See  how  these  brethren  love  one 
another." 

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able   for  many  things,   but  most   of   ill   f^. 

mterposition  of  the  Master  Smsef  Th.  "V^PP"^"''/  «P<^cial 
Olympia  on  Augu.t  29  to  September  i  ,jS  T""^  *^^  ^^^'^  ^' 
tlie  appearance  in  it  of  an  unEi      ''  '^'/"fl  was  remarkable  for 

and  godly  men.  Among  tTem"  errRe""  ^^"p  "''  '"''"^"^'^'• 
pastor  at  Olympia.  Rev  W  P  Sn.?.v»  .  ^Ir-^;  ^°P^'  ""^sionary 
R'-'v.  J.   T.  Huff    at  Ovc.      •.;  ^•J"''^"'  at  Wmlock  and  Chehalis 

Cairn/,  at  Vfncouver.^f^TRe;"?  f\>'''"'^^^  ^^"^^=  «-  ' 
Robert  Uhitaker.  succeeding  Rev  nTp"'''  V^^'''"""'  ^''^^ 
homas  Baldwin,  succeeding  Rev  R  "l"  "  ^^  Seattle;  and  Rev. 
-•  C.  These  men  were  a  veHt^ble  eodsenTl''  ''  ^''^  Westminster, 
vention.    They  were  men  of  ahili  v  ^  °  ^  ""^^  ^"'^  s-^ail  Con- 

capable  of  haLling  the  whole  con;rrP'''"?' .''''"^'^'  ^^'^Perience. 
it  have  oeen  gather'ed  im^  d  urchefora'fL^hJn'd  S""""'^  ^°"'^ 
and  could  each  church  have  been  eiven  an^^.  "^  T'"'^''-' '^^*=''' 
pastor.  This  was  only  a  foretaste  of  wh..^r,'  """^  ^"  ^^^'^*^"' 
for  this  Convention  in  the  future  '''''  ^°'"^  '°  '^^ 

P.  oiJfs.'trsror  :f"thl"?;;,r^'':^,'  "^  ^^^^  p^—  °f  ^e.  s. 

Miller,  represent  ng  the  women's  hf^"'-  '"^  ^'^'  °^  ^^'^^  ^mma 
Minnie  Buzzell.  wlfo  had  ec3v  ^et^rJlT"  Tu'^'  ""^  ^^  ^iss 
the  women's  foreign  mission  work  ^^H  T  ^^'"^'  representing 
Training  School     These  n^m  T    '     .^^  graduates  of  the  Chicago 

hold  wo^rds  among  Baotfs"""thrNo^h'p'""/  *^'^^"^^^  ^^  ""-e- 

session  of  great  interes  .hhI  .  J  t  ^f  ^"^  ^°*^*-    An  evening 

The  work  of  cSrSan  ed.Z^^     u  ^/  '^''^  y°""e  "'on'en.        ^ 

an. extended  report^Sd  n^t^Ser  1  ^ff^^f '""^f'°^^  ''■'''  °" 
a  "Baptist  university,"  none  of  wSh  V°     "  °^  available  sites  for 

committee  on  education  had  tc'^ated  S7f  '-"P'^*^-  '^^^ 
contract  for  enclosing  the  building  nnH,  ^f  Semmary,  let  the 
a  school  in  Novembe  Th  ch;ice  of  rT^^°V'''=^°P^"'"^  °* 
principal,  and  Mrs.  E.T.  Trimble  ac„°L  ™'''^'   ^' 

Convention.  Many  good  tSg^were  a  d  "h  ^'^^PP^°^«^  "^^  ^^e 
pressed,  for  Colfax  College  '  ^""^  '""'''  sympathy  ex- 

of  th?H?m"tistn  BoaTdlho^'r'  '  ""^  ''"P^*--    The  report 
$3,058.    Theclention  wasstiHunir?;"'''"^"      ^°^  '^'  ^ea?  of 
district  by  the  General  Conveno„,nTffi;'  T  ''1^'  -P''""'^"'  *°^  ^^e 
tion  Board  had  already  prom S    as  foon  1"  ''''^'"°"'  ,"'^  ^°"^"'- 
to  occupy  the  new  fields   SI.      •    •    ^'  ™^"  ^°"'^  ^  found 
County.  I500  for  a  Scandi'navS.  pa  toTin  Ta7  "'?  '"  '^''^*^°'" 
sustaining  a  pastor  for  the  MarLt  Str  '  <•  r^'^^  l^°°  '°  ^^^'^^  '" 
work  in  White  River  Valley    and  sL'fS"''^  '"  •^'""'^'  =^^50  for 
Nanaimo,  B.  C.  making  an  aHr^r^     1  *         *  ""ssionary  pastor  at 
does  not  give  actual  rLtn.        ^"^'  ^^'"S^  promised.    The  report 
tables  show  $^'.*;^3    f  ,,^tom?"- '  •""^'  ^'  ''''  C^"--'"" 
missions,  and^p'  frr'ThVpIbSfon'sS;.  ^'^^'^^  ^''^  ^^^^'^ 


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The  Sunday-school  work  was  given  a  prominent  hearing  and 
time  for  a  full  discussion.  A  real  uplift  was  felt  through  all  the 
year. 

The  Convention  also  put  itself  on  record  as  permanently  pro- 
testing against  the  liquor  traffic  in  the  following  resoluMon: 

Resolved,  That  we  are  unalterably  opposed  to  the  legal,  but  no  less 
iniquitous  traffic  in  intoxicating  drinks;  that  we  recognize  the  responsi- 
bilities of  Christian  citizens  to  oppose  this  tremendous  evil  not  only  by 
their  moral  influence,  but  by  their  votes ;  that  we  urgently  recommend  the 
enforcement  of  existing  laws  against  the  traffic,  especially  tl  5e  relating 
to  the  closing  of  saloons  on  Sunday,  and  that  we  pledge  our  support 
to  State,  national,  and  world-wide  prohibition. 

The  new  men  were  largely  represented  on  the  committees  and 
Boards  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  the  delegates  left  for  their  various 
fields  in  a  most  hopeful  and  prayerful  spirit. 

The  annual  meeting  of  1890  was  held  in  Victoria,  B.  C,  and  was 
unique  and  full  of  inspiration.  It  was  the  first  Baptist  Convention 
ever  held  in  British  Columbia;  and  it  met  in  Victoria,  the  beautiful, 
the  picturesque,  the  historical,  founded  by  the  old  Hudson  Bay 
Company,  which  was  organized  in  1670  by  authority  of  King  Charles 
the  Second.  Victoria  was  long  the  company's  fort  and  principal 
trading  establishment,  and  is  now  the  capital  of  one  of  the  great 
provinces  of  Canada.  Many  of  the  delegates  who  came  from  the 
United  States  to  attend  the  Convention  had  never  been  out  of  their 
native  country  before;  but,  finding  a  people  speaking  their  own  lan- 
guage and  holding  to  the  same  Baptist  faith  as  their  own,  they  were 
soon  very  much  at  home.  Most  of  the  delegates  made  the  journey 
over  from  Seattle  on  the  same  steamer,  and  had  prayed  and  sung 
and  talked  together  until  they  were  in  a  frame  of  mind  and  heart 
to  respond  to  the  cordial  and  brotherly  welcome  they  received  upon 
arrival,  both  in  the  Baptist  homes,  where  they  were  so  hospitably  en- 
tertained, and  from  the  Calvary  Church,  in  whose  beautiful  house 
of  worship  the  meetings  were  held. 

There  were  present  fifty  delegates.  Rev.  J.  Cairns,  of  Vancouver, 
Wash.,  was  elected  president;  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg,  pastor  of  the  enter- 
taining church,  vice-president ;  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  of  Kirkland,  Wash., 
secretary;  and  Dea.  C.  A.  Cavender,  of  Tacoma,  treasurer. 

The  following  visitors  were  enrolled: 

Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns,  East  Washington  Convention;  Rev.  J.  C. 
Baker,  East  Washington  Convention,  Financial  Agent  Colfax  Col- 
lege, Grace  Seminary;  Rev.  M.  T.  Lamb,  Davenport,  Iowa;  Rev.  R. 
McKillop,  McMinnville,  Ore.;  F-^v.  M.  C.  Jones,  Spokane  Falls; 
Dea.  A.  W.  Jones,  Spokane  Falls;  Rev.  E.  G.  Wheeler  and  wife, 
Sunday-school  missionaries,  American  Baptist  Publication  Society; 
Rev.  L.  L.  Wood,  editor  Baptist  Mountaineer,  Montana;  Rev.  C.  A. 
Wooddy,  editor  Pacific  Baptist,  Oregon  State  Convention ;  Rev.  L.  C. 


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''""'  "'»™^  o"  "'^  --"KT.,   r,u,„c  C0«T 


Davis,  Pennsylvania  Rev  E  R  v;  n- 
Townsend,  London-  Mrs  Tlmn,,'  n  .!'^'^"'  ^"^'''ralia;  Rev.  C.  \V 
Mrs  U-.  Braymer  w/L"  Ic  Mr""'  ^'T  '^"^"^-^  '^'^  -"' 
Seattle;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ja.nes  \\  eV  Mr;  r\^[?.-  '^'^-'''''''-  "^'"^t'' 
derland.  Mrs.  I.  W.  Re^d.  Market  S.r'^Sc;;,'  '\f "'  ^'''-  ^-  S""' 
Nananno,    B.   C;   Mrs.   C    F  7      Rr  f,"'"'  *^'''-  ■'    -^-  ^ianton. 

Alexander  J.h„son.  Xew^Vestn'instrB'  C^"'    ^'^   '^^    '-'^^'-    '^-■ 

^•ictoria;w^roS•a^rhn•itt  ""^  '*^::f'^^'^-"  ^'--'^ 
some  happy  ren.arks  coSmenta  v  ,n'  p'"-  "'  ^'^^1'°"^^''  ^^ith 
activity.  "ipiimentary    to    Baptist    positiveness    and 

come  Jas'  delS°by''M;"  w'  AuV  '"''"'''•  "'^'  ^''^''"-^^  «f  -x'- 
royal  and  characteristi  speech  andwl'"''  °'  ,^'^'"^*^-  '"  •'  "'-t 
Read,  of  Seattle,  in  an  ecmalK  -'i  '  responded  to  by  Rev.  I.  W 

manner,  wh  m^d^  al'  of  \hem  "■r'^''^''^'  ''"'"°™"-^-  '--'  '"•otLer  v' 
d.fferent  countries  belonging  to  two  oTIL""'  ""•  "■^'■^^  ^■'"--  «> 
under  heaven.  ^  ^   °  '"°  °^  "^«=  greatest  Chri,tian  nations 

P«;«on^°o? great  worths  aWiit'v'  ''^If^''''''-;, '-^PPenred  those  of 
and  Mrs.  E.  T.  Trimble-,  then  in  har^.  f  r  ^""^  ^-  '^-  ^n-'ble 
tralia:  Rev.  G.  X.  Ann.  Tf  Ken  ReTv  r  J'"  ^'^ •='"'■  "="•>'  ''  ^en- 
S.  B.  Chastain.  of  LaCama  rIv"  f  V  p.^/°Tu"^  ^"^^^"=  R^^" 
Church.  Seattle;  Rev.  f.  H    Best  "   f  V."     "-  '  ^^^'^''  ^''^''' 

C.R.  Corning,  of  Puyallnp;  R^    G      "0    'r'^'^'f-  ^-  ^^  R^^- 
Churcli,  Rev.  R  O.  Nelson    of  th.  Q  '  7   u'^J'*'"'  °^  Seattle  First 
A.  Watson,  of  Blaine;  tT'A^.^.'J^Z  f  R"'''''  ^^^"'^^  ^-- 
New    Whatcom;    Rev.    S     GTolil  %'  °l  '^'  ^''''^^'^ 
•"en  bring  the  ministerial  force  up  "o   fortv  r'"'    ^^'''^-      "^''^^^ 
aspect  and  leadership  very  maSiallv  .H^     '    °"'''  ^"^  '^^'^"g^s  its 
Among  the  first  things  done" n^'tv'''''"^  ^''^^^'^^  *«  "s  efficiency, 
was  the  passing  of  a  rl^o  ion!  m  "de  t  ^"7  V"'  ^°"^^"^-" 
committee  be  appointed  to  redrafrfh.  .^^  .       :   ^-   ^^ "   ^^^'^'   'hat  a 
draft  at  the  next  annual  meefne     Pr""°"  '"^  P""^^^"^  '^e  re- 
amended  at  each  previous  Tee^  i/^n^  °'  constitution !     It  had  been 
There  is  no  telling  whatThe   "e^t  nl"°"  "  '''I  '°  ^'  reconstructed 
moved  to  move,  but  this  is  the  fate  of^  *"'"  ""^°  "'°'''  '"  ^"'  ^ 

Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg  who  haS  IZ  °^/°"^^"t'on  constitutions! 
in  May,  reported  f  conference  1!?^  'J%^""iv«""ies  in  the  East 
D.  D..  secretary  of  the  Pub Hcation  Societ  '^  T^u  ^^"   ^-   ^'•'«»'' 
porter  missionary  for  this  clvemion         '''  '"^°  ^^^  ^^''^^'^  '  'ol- 

Rev.  r'L 'C^h^::;  S.^"Te  SS"  f'°^^'  ^-^^  ^^^-  "P  -th 
the  Convention.  The  result  was  thTfl  x/  ^  ^'"^'■"'  "missionary  for 
Rev.  J.  Sunderland.  D.  D  of  lowf  .V  ^T  ^"''^  ^''^'•^  ^PP"inted 
of  VVashington.  giving  h;i/hrLe  foT'r''^'"""^  ^°'-'^>' State 
Washington  and  XortLrn    d    VS  h^l/  ^  2"^!-  ^.^^astern 


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tion  both  Conventions  sharing  equally  in  his  support.  He  began  his 
work  m  May,  after  a  careful  survey  of  the  field.  Doctor  Sunderlands 
experience  in  work  of  this  character  in  Iowa  enabled  him  early  to 
grasp  and  plan  to  meet  the  necessities  of  this  open  field  for  the 
Masters  ..crvicc,  of  which,  in  his  report,  he  ,peaks  as  follows: 

More  and  mort-  1  am  impressed  with  the  greatness  and 
grandeur  oi  this  field,  and  thai  it  has  no  peer  in  all  the  home  mis- 
sion helds  of  this  continem ;  that  the  rapidity  of  its  settlement  and  of 
Its  material  development,  with  its  unequaled  natural  resources  in 
every  kind  ot  wealth  but  just  touched  yet,  warrants  the  assurance 
Of  Its  continued  and  rapid  growth  to  proportions  scarcely  dreamed 
ol  by  the  most  sanguine." 

Tlie  Home  Mission  Board  had.  at  the  request  of  several  churchts 
secured  the  services  of  the  well  known  evangelists.  Rev.  E  a' 
Whittier  and  wife,  of  Lawrence.  Mass.,  for  an  evangelistic 
campaign  un  this  Convention  field,  and  had  agreed  to  pay  $200 
toward  their  traveling  expenses  to  the  field.  They  came  and  held 
meetings  in  the  First  Tacoma  and  the  First  \ictoria  churches,  the 
Tabernacle  nii>sion  in  Seattle,  and  also  in  the  Chehalis.  Cemralia, 
VVmlock,  and  Vancouver,  B.  C,  churches.  The  results  of  these 
meetings  were  far-reaching  in  the  Convention.  Many  conversions 
occurred,  but  no  record  of  their  number  is  available. 

We  give  the  following  extracts  from  the  report  of  the  State  mis- 
sionary Rev.  J.  Sunderland.  D.  D.,  which  fairlv  summarize  the 
work  of  the  year: 

rewPdtn^  t^h™T;    '\'' /'V' 'i*^  "'"'    '    *''^"''l  "^«''«  ^"""^   statements 
■?u  .1!^  the  work  to  which  I  have  come,  upon  your  call    in  connection 

tTe  cafrof°  God  ^"h;";""  ^r'^t  Ho-^e  MissL  Society  and" lTu"f  a  so 
fivt  mL?h  t  ^''u/T'*  ^^^^  '  ''^^'^  ''«"  at  work-between  four  and 
minH  ,nH'r*'^-  ?"«y«''  "^"^  »«  S^t  t'>e  Salient  features  of  the  work  into 
^f  thV  r J°  y""  »he>='Wr. number  of  the  fields  within  the  bounds 
of  the  Convention.  My  relation  to  eastern  Washington  has  made  it 
T^^^:i  ""  ^"^  "  P°"i°"  °f  "^y  •'>"«  to  that  field.  The  app^fntment  o 
exten  Of^iiv  nT'^  m"k"  *"  '^^'^''}  '"^  '"  ^^is  direcXn  to  some 
sneak  Th.  /,nc"°"i^'  '^'^f^u '"  ^"J  '''=**"■  '*  ^^  ^"^"ly  ^orth  while  to 
onlv  a  oli  of  h..r^"^T'^'  ^""l^  ''"".'''  P/"l'"»  'hat  I  could  reach 
hTJ^^^I^  *"*•     '.'^^^^  endeavored  to  do  the  things  which  seemed 

oCT  i'-r""?""*'  V°  ^^^^  '^  ^^'°^'*  '"o^'*"g  ^here  it  had  begun  Tnd 
to  set  It  in  motion  where  it  should  begin. 


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MISSIONARIES    AND    FIELDS 

thP  lilf-^i  ^I*    "°'''    ""'^^^    appointment    fifteen    missionaries,    besides 

abofin/?„  .v'.'^rf''^^  '."'^  ?'?"'"*  J^^»=°"-  Witham,  and  Faxon  are 
laboring    n  expectation  of  missionary  he  p.     The  followine  is  a  list  nf 

STnaviaVchuS^R^T'^-^    ^r^""'  ''^"?.''"°=  F  O.lonn.Vacoml 
P    Sm?i,!l    X  S?.-^,:'^?^'  LaConner;  E.  M.  Bliss,  Whatcom;  W. 

F.   Squires,   Tacoma   Wright   Avenue   Church;   J.    F.    Norris    Whatcom 

sT^'dhis't^'n'   Pr^'    ^^"r^'^^-    ^^.^'^-^    J     ^^-    "^°ke"-'    WinK 
W    H    •i'u'I^'"'   LaCamas  and    Mourn  Zion;    S.   W.   Heaven.   Centralia 
W.  H.  Shearman,  Hoqmam;  George  N.  Anncs.  Kem  and  White  River  i 


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agement   upon   many  uf  these   fields.  '  '*  *^"-'''^  «"'-"°"''- 

CHURCH    EDIFICE   WORK 

Kent,  and  Seattle  Swcdsh  Church  Thn\f  u/^*"  ••^*e""<^.  Tacoma. 
has  been  enlarged.  A  church  ."scomnL  11".''"  ^'T*^^'  Church.  Seattle 
Houses  are  Hearing  coSt  on  a?  f  ^n.  '.'!  ""*  f't'^''^'^'  at  Ballard 
Church.  Seattle.  At  Nana^mo  and  Dni^  '  '''u'^  ^orwegian-Danish 
way.  Work  has  begun  on  ho^L  at  BI.£inii?-tV"'5*  ^"^  *«"  ""'!" 
are  making  at  Central°a  Whatcor^  J  i  ^t  ch"-h^^  "^^^^ 
New  Whatcom.  Olymnja  h.is  movrH  i,.  itu^'  f"*^  Swedish  Church, 
of  the  lot.  preparatory  to  the  erection  nf  n'^"''''  'T""'^  '°  '''^  ^^^"^ 
secured  at  Montesano.  Lynden  FerndaC  4h  u ''"^".  ""S"'*  ^"'^  "« 
question  of  building  s  beint  f/vnr,K-  '  ^''^.'  ""•  and  Fern  Hill.  The 
places,  and  also  a  Fa  ?hav^^nd  Port'V'""'''''!;'*'  x?'  "^"^^  of  «he"t 
not  already  housed  is  coSring  tS  quLt^n'n"A..-M-"'>'  iV'^'  '•''"^^'' 
chapels  are  needed  at  once  i,  both  Str^n^^^'''''"*^-  ^.1^  ""ssion 
^l'«'on  Society  has  granted  generous  id  in  .  7'°'"^-  J^e  Home 
Wright  Avenue  Church  and  to  thr  V^r  •  '',i.  '.'"«  *«  ^^^  Tacoma 
We  are  encouraged  to  expect  helo  n,  ^""^'^^'•■•"-Dan.sh  Church,  Seattle, 
of  the  Society,  to  reaHyTrlhy  cases.  "^'  ''"''  *"^'"  ^'^^  ^"'^* 

FINANCES 

York^SgTS^e"^;^te^at?o71."l^''''^°P"■^'^'^•*°  °"^  fie'^^  f-^'"  New 
and  expenses  of  ?he  gene  al  miSir.rl"  ¥v'  !"""'""«  »'«'f  ^^^^  ^^'^'^ 
past  appropriations.  Fron"octo her  i  ,&  J  n  l\^  Ki-eat  increase  over 
pa.d  our  mi.ssionaries  was  $f., 2^0  ^^^l*" •°''*°^"  '•  '^-  "'«  amount 
1889,  to  April  I    i8m    the  nmn  .ri;  ;    ^^'^''O"'"^  the  year  fro.-n   April    i 

arrangement,  $.1 65a  iS^^^eTslj  , vith'^fh"? •'"'•  ^"'"''^'""^  ="  •''^'  '"■^■'  ^^'tr. 
enlargement  "f  our  wor^af  soon  as  I  h,rinnt''V^"''"^';>'  '"'  ='  ^^'^'''t 
once  representing  the  fac  s  to  The  Hnm.^-  -^^1  "■°''''''  '  '"  ''''"^"t  •" 
to  secure  from  Nhem  the  promise  of  j^j'fr"  ^^'^'-^  •''nd  endeavored 
After  some  time  the  Board  took  a« inn  m^.*!'^  enlarged  appropriations, 
the  society's  vear  from  ApHI  I    ,8^   t.T  tm"  "tatter,  fixing  the  ..urn  for 

what  we  shall  raise  ^n'  he 'fi'eS^'  *-?hfs' i  vlil'l^h'  ''  ^''^-  ^'f"^'' 
increase.     How  mnrli   ;V  ,..;n      .  '^'"-     /nis,   it   will   be  seen,    is   ,t    hrce 

what  our  owrchXt;  „:  L?rhei;%omriE'i*"'"^  "'■'!  ''•'P""  "n- 
April  I,  i8go,  our  churches  1-ivp  fn  III  i  '  "'•  ^'"^  "'^*  >e''f  ending 
$913.24.  The  treasurer-s  reno'?t  w  n  IhlTv,''';  f  "l'"*^'^  '"  ^^^  ^orl" 
able  increase  for  l^^e  year  end  „^  It  thT  r  *'\"^  ''=''  '''""  «  consider 
that  the  increase  in  the  gifts  of  our  n.  T"'  -1  '^  <^°"fi^ently  believed 
with  the  increase  from  New  York  Th-^  T'-l'  '^°''=  "'^"  '^'^'^P  P'-'^'e 
churches  give  encouragement  Jf  this  1^"/°^'''"*'°'''  -"^  ^^'"^  °f  «he 
impressed  that  the  time  has  uHv  come  Xn  «f°"i;  •"'f='°"«^y.is  deeply 
home  mission  work  on  a  m  ch  1^^=.,^  M'''°l!'4  "°'  o"'>'  ^"ompt 
.-should  attempt  to  raise  for  irseveral  ?fm.f  ^  "''"u  '''^'''"'  ^""  "^''t  ^ve 
churches  as  has  ever  been  ra  sed  TbTlfi  -JT"/''  money  from  our  own 
Society  must  he  made  nmless  than  sTo^f^  -JT  Vi^"°•"«  ^^'^'O" 
by  our  contributions:  and  e"  n  ?hat  wT'.n^hi '  '''°"'^  \'  "^<^^  *'2,ooo 
most  important  fieldl  ^"■^'''^  "'  *°  '^l^e  up  only  the 

the  ^L^\Tf"hl^at"noTabT''r'  "«"^  ''-T'  recommendations  for 
the  year,  notably  h.s  financial  plan  urging  that  from 


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$3,500  to  $5,000  be  raised  on  the  field;  that  the  churches  be  asked 
to  contribute  an  average  of  at  least  $1.00  a  member,  aside  from  all 
specal  gifts  or  the  gifts  of  church  societies;  that  the  women's  home 
mtSMon  circles  be  asked  to  support  one  missionary,  the  young 
peoples  societies  be  asked  to  give  to  home  missions  an  average  of 
fifty  cents  a  member,  the  Sunday-schools  ten  cents  a  member  on  full 

bmhJ'en       ''"  '''  ''"'  ^''""^  ^^  "'^'^'"'^^   ^'°"^   'he  wealthy 

»n^^".  »?";  ^hurches  had  been  organized  in  the  year.  viz..  Fern 
H.I    and  VVnght  Avenue,  Tacoma;  Iloquiam  and  Nontes'ano    G  a;' 
Harbor;    Dcm.ng    Custer,    and    Blaine,    in    Whatcom    County    the 
Scandinavian  at  New  Whatcom;  and  the  Emanuel  at  Victoria;  B   C 
follows:""""""  ^'  ^^'-  ^'■"•'  "'^  <=°"*''»»tio»  was  amended  a^ 

Revs.  J.  Cairns,  J.  Sunderland,  and  I.  W.  Read  were  appointed 

lnd"X"t.l'  "  '""k  ^r^  °'  ^''^"^^^"-    ■^'^^^  -r°^^  --  -PP°-ed 

vear    Rev    rR"^n''T'"'A",r'o'  '^''''"^  '°  '"''  ^°'  the  ensuing 
year    Rev.  .\.  B    Banks.  D^D.,  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg.  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce 

D^a    n    V  ^'"'^^T-Jt^'V'    "^"S^hton,    William    C.    Morrill, 
Kni{e\^l'  wu-      'lb  ^-  7-  Trimble.  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett.  Rober 
Knife.  Rev.  \\ .  l,am  We.r.  John  Anderson,  Dea.  G.  W.  Ward    Rev 

l^Tu'J^^'T'  ^'^-  C-  ^-  lavender,  Rev.  J.  H.  Best  C  A 
W  Re'aS  '  ^-  ^"""'  ''"^"^^  ^°^"«^*^"'  ^-  ^V-  John?' Rev. 1: 
The  report  of  the  Board  of  Education  was  read  by  Rev  S  W 
Beaven,  the  secretary.  The  interest  was  centered  upon  Grace  Sem- 
inary, now  completed  and  in  operation  with  a  competent  facultv 
Interest  was  also  aroused  by  the  "  munificent  offer  of  one  hundred  and 

5  ?  '"''  °^  '""^^  "'  ^'""'^  •  •  •  "°^  ^^g^'-ded  as  equivalent  to 
$50,000  m  money'   as  a  nucleus  for  a  Baptist  university"  and  by  an 

Hon  fTM''^''*^'".  '^'  ^"^P"--^'^  ''"^''^  °f  Vancouver.  B  C,  J  • 
Hon.  John  Morton  of  that  city,  to  Baptists  for  educati;nal  w^rk 
oartLn'l'i'  .°",  Christian  Education.")  Extended  discussion  was 
participated   m  by  prominent  brethren,   who  showed  great  interest 

Board" nf^M'""'"'  °^  '^'  Convention  work;  and  the  following 
Board  of  Management  was  appointed  for  the  year:  Rev.  D  T 
Pierce,  D.D     Dea.  C.  A.  Cavender.  Dea.  D.  ^^.  Ross,  Rev.  I    \V 

R^v  't  i  /f ";'  o"^-  T^'"'"^'  Haughton,  J.  D.  Minkler.  m'.  D.! 
Rev  J.  Sunderland    Rev.  A.  B.  Banks.  D.  D..  Edwin  Rand,  Rev   T 

Rel  s"w  B  ^"'^'  ^°'°"''  Williamson.  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett 


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Touching  the  territorial  limits  of  the  Convention,  the  followine 
resolution  was  passed: 

Rtsolved,  That  it   is  the  sense  of  this   Convention   that   the  entire 
we   ineretore    invite   the    Convention   of   Eastern    Washinirton   to   mi-ot 

':s..va.iz,i.rr'°^'-^''  ''^^'- '-  the^cSr.a^n'-ol 


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CHAPTER  XIV 


THE   NORTHWEST  COWEXTlUX 
1891,  1892 

H.f..!!T""i",l  .u'""f"i    '^'"""•y""!'.    'hap.!     c.r     Evingel.      Ovfriur«    f.„     u„io, 
KefuKH        I),.th    of    fire    miniiler..      Proridentiil    Iwdinf.       Everyth.n.     ruih  n^ 

Succe...      ||„w    he  did   it.      In   the  holy  of   holier      Help   him       Valu.ble    reinind." 

rZn,  •.^'p'?'"'T-     Gre.,   anxiety.     Overloaded.      H.rve.t   Home    b^y 

tonvtntion  m  the  Province.     Conipicuoui  figure.     Good  thingi. 

I.MPORTANT  changes  and  remarkable  growth  signalize  this  Con- 
vention year.  Rev.  j.  Sunderland,  after  an  efficient  service  of  but 
eleven  months,  resigned  his  position  to  accept  the  financial  agencv 
of  the  Educational  Board  of  the  Convention  and  of  the  American 
Laptist  Educational  Society,  in  order  to  promote  the  new  "  Baptist 
un.versity  of  Seattle."  (See  article  on  "Christian  Education.") 
Kev.  D.  D.  Proper,  at  the  time  serving  the  First  .'baptist  Church  of 
Atchison,  Kan.,  was  elected  as  his  successor;  and  in  March  1891 
became  the  general  missionary  for  both  the  Northwest  Convention 
and  the  Eastern  Washington  Convention,  covering  the  whole  State 
01  Washington,  western  Idaho,  and  British  Columbia.  When  ho 
entered  the  field,  the  Northwest  Convention  had  appro.Kiniately  the 
following  constituency:  ministers,  forty;  churches,  sixty-six;  church- 
members,  three  thousand  two  hundred;  Sundav-schools,  fifty-one- 
young  people's  societies,  twenty-three ;  women's  societies,  twenty-one 
The  other  helpers  on  the  field  were:  Miss  Emma  L.  Miller,  mission- 
ary of  the  Women's  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  of  the  West- 
Rev.  E.  G.  Wheeler  and  wife,  in  the  chapel  car  "  Evangel,"  represent- 
ing the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society. 

Much  interest  was  shown  in  the  question  of  the  union  of  the 
whole  territory  north  of  Oregon  under  one  Convention.  Overtures 
had  been  made  by  the  Convention  of  Eastern  Washington  and  North- 
ern Idaho  at  their  annual  meeting,  held  in  Spokane,  October  v6  1880 
when  It  was  voted :  .>    •      ^• 

That  a  committee  of  five  i.e  appointed  to  meet  the  Northwest  Con- 

^XH'^iZ      '"^I^"S*'n"'  •'"  l"^-"  propositions  for  a  Joint  Convention 
tor  the  state  on  the  followinfj  basis : 

in  ,L  T'^^l  r  '°  ''"•''■*■'*•  ^^^  ^""  ^'''^'"  °^  'his  Convention  be  included 
in  the  Joint  Convention. 

2.  That  the  appropriations  of  the  Mission  Board  be  pro  rata  to  the 
rational  calculations  of  the  population  in  the  two  sections 

3-  That  the  home  mission  work  be  carried  on  by  separate  Boards  or 
(Lt       u""^  Board  composed  of  such  a  representation  that  the  numbers 

J""ch\\^"th'eTasf  sll^^n'';^  [S\.lJ5ratrs'"^  "'  '^'^  "^^"^^^^  '"  "'^ 

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tu.io'n  lubViV'uo  SLV/"'"""""*  '"""  ''  ""'^'''«*'  '"  •"<  ^■"-' 

.0  ac't  w.th^'MmH^Comm^»Som  th".  your  Convention  be  empowered 
a  cons...u..o„  and  s.b^;;n''lr.i;;TeS'n,^er'ror.fc.V'S"n.lo"n'""'^- 

ui  Rlv';'"T"'Bak"r  "oMIa^tfT  ^i;-'""*^-  ^^°nvention  consisted 
1  «.cv.  J    (..  uaker,  of  llartland,  chairman;  Rev    N    C    Fpf»..r   ,.; 

At  the  iMceting  of  the  Northwest  Convention  held  af  T=.r„™,  • 

ea.ern  U'ashington  a?„,  nor.htn'  dat'^^lir?  eT^ fTntl^ 
to^ar^rn'  'r'"'  «"^^'"«  °*  ♦•^^^  committee"  motion  wa,  made 
Indt'     "^%P'>".P^°P°«d  by  the  Eastern  Washington  crnvenTon 

later    ,    Ee'eS""  Wh'  'T'''^  '°^  '"  '  '^'''''  order  o?  busings' 

the  BlpttrConvemiSL^of SrWiUi^^^^^^^  ""  r*^*  "^"'"^^^  «^' 

view  o"}  uniting  ThftVoConvemSlnd"  '"^  "°"'''"'  ""''°'  "''''  "^ 
a  «nion"?m'poUib.'e!T;cfore""'"''''°"'   "'"^   ^"'^   ""^   »°   "^''e   st.ch 

.t  inS^a/j^i  -  ^sSK  ^s^eff^Jti^sS^r^s^i^  ^«- 

It  was  also  voted  to  exchange  fraternal  delegates  with  the  Eastern 
B.    mnks,    u.   D.,   were   appointed   to   carry   the   grcetines   of   th^ 

.n^  n^Slb:r"Tt";;  '''  ^Ti^  ^^^•''"^-  ConvSn^LS 
mg  in  uctobcr.     The  persons  who  headed  this  movement  for  union 

h,s  »ch,„gs    eft  Ih.  ineffaceable  impr.«  oHheVL^  ™  .he  Nor.h 

gcsuve     t  great  things.    They  were  Revs.  T.  Wichser   S   P   <;♦»,,„- 
James  A.  ^^•irth.  Walter  Barss.  and  B.  N^  l^ltt     eL  t  his 


THE    XORTIIWESr   tONVE.VTION 


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Whcrter  ;;  ,^et  Z''1'""  "'"'^"".^  '^  ^'^'^'^  Sunderland 
said  The^  love  o  Ch^ur  ?''  T  ^u'"^  *"'"'  >""  involuntarily 
I  J  t,  .  °*  *-""*'  constraineth  that  man."  He  wa*  thi.  •■  \J 
lov^^^  Brother  Sunderland."  and  all  his  leadTrship", ed'strlight  To 

nf  r?.?^''"  P'^P"/"  '°°  '•^'^  ^  personality  all  his  own.  He  was  a  man 
lo^hnlZZt'  ^*"',  '"^^°  ^'«  denomination,  devc^ed  Th's 

moKr«  wan.,S  .!,.„.  i  "1^  ■  °  "'*"'  <"""  P"P"),  and  Ihc  pro- 
t"r™rn,nJ     Th.  *  T  .  """'»"">■  '»  'I'ke  »«  a  church  1„,  i„ 

rB:^s.rs.-S;;r'-pi£"HS?'??'" 

Some  people  wrote  his  name,  leaving  ou°    h.  tw'o  '  Vs  "  but  thl^'"^'' 

thmg  to  be  done,  I  just  go  to  work  and  be  cSd'n'onh  •' "  '  '"'  '"^■ 

ninety  sevin-  mher'  ^nfr  good  record:  Baptisms,  two  hundred  and 
ninety  seven,  other  additions,  eight  hundred  „nd  ninety-one-  net 
Rain    m    membership,    eight    hundred    and    thirty-    seff-suoDoVtW 

hairfh?  r"'  ^'"^^'^  '^""^  P^'^^'^^'"^  ^"  the'ti'me  th  rty'th  ;^^^ 

twllve  •   '"'''''   °"'-'°"'*^   ''''   ''^''   fiv-=   ^d   pastorless! 

The  receipts  and  disbursements   for  the  vear  <;hn«,  ««  ^ao 

Ksri-X"''''™"'"'  '^■■°°  ""-"^ '"™  .nr^' «.°'a 

t.-nnJl^p"''  '"'<="!*,  ^3^  "oused  in  the  educational  work.    An  Educa 

SefsT  Grac:"."*^"''"^  was  appointed,  a  local  Board  of  five 
members   for   Grace   Seminary  at  Centralia,   and   a   Committee  of 


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Convention     7h.  ..l  ^^'™  Washington  and  Northern   Haho 

anancia,  agent  should'  ^S'  ^ut'fnTaV  'he  ^"^2,,^  ^'J 

quate  to  the  great  task  of  providine  for  a  $i  ooo  H^firU  V.      • 
increased  appropriation  from  New  York  Ln^^n  '      '""."«^  ^" 

aries  as  tlie  year  before  and  le^^iJl    r^^    ^  as  many  mission - 
describe  .-nQ/h-.,.  !  leavmg  the  Convention  out  of  debt.    To 

he  pleads,  not  for  hLVelf  burfor  th!  r         '•-  ^""J"."^'  ^ear  how 
anr»  «f  »!,..  ^"uragca,  to  tnat  Woman  who  responds  to  his  utter 

^»  ;.t:  rs^t'h-  £/itrc/VoS:™'L?» 

divme  sources  to  overcome  oUtar)^^  ,..,fj,      •   ■      T  ^'"^^"i^"  "om 
n^  emergencies  „,,h  ^.T^::^lS:'^  .'— f-, '» 

here°  rin^lo'^  ^!  tS^s'^otilSerSS  ^  fe^f IS!; 


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at  this  time,  to  commit  this  part  of  the  business  of  his  kingdom! 
Will  you  help  him  and  sustain  him?  "  But  I  don't  like  him,  he  is  not 
my  type  of  man."  You  see  then  how  resourceful  he  must  be  to 
deal  with  you.  '.'ou  arc  one  of  his  constituents.  "  He  makes  mis- 
takes." So  do  you.  That  is  human,  but  they  are  valuable  reminders 
to  you  both  that  you  are  human. 

A  strong  force  of  new  pastors  came  upon  the  field  in  1892,  and 
some  changes  were  made  by  those  already  there,  so  that  the  strategic 
centers  were  filled  with  strong  men.  Among  the  changes  we  note- 
Revs.  A.  B.  Banks,  of  Everett:  D.  J.  Pierce,  of  Snohomish;  C.  F. 
Brownlee,  of  New  Whatcom;  M.  L.  Rugg,  Market  Street  Church, 
^eattle;  M.  U.  Squire,  Port  Angeles;  VV.  P.  Squires,  of  Mount 
\  ernon.  Among  the  new  men.  Revs.  P.  H.  McEwen,  of  Emanuel 
Church,  Victoria.  B.  C;  A.  Johnson,  Xew  Whatcom  Scandinavian; 
J.  Woodley.  pastor-elect  at  Fern  Hill;  W.  F.  Harper,  First  Church 
Tacoma ;  W.  E.  Prichard,  First  Church,  Olympia. 
c  ,^\f^''*^^'^  missionary  among  the  Scandinavians  came  upon  the 
field  this  year,  Miss  Matilda  Malmsburg,  who,  by  her  devotion  to 
Christ,  her  genial  spirit,  her  terse  and  humorous  utterances,  and  her 
aggressive  methods,  alwa>s  captures,  her  audiences  and  left  them  with 
new  resolutions  to  do  greater  tilings  for  the  Master.  She  was 
always  and  invariably  herself,  and  was  heard  with  pleasure  and 
profit. 

The  educational  work  received  a  large  share  of  attention.  The 
Convention  voted  to  assume  the  debt  of  $2,200  against  Grace  Semi- 
nary, and  apportion  the  amount  among  the  churches.  A  committee 
was  appointed  to  provide  the  most  appropriate  name  for  the  new 
Baptist  university.  (See  under  "Christian  Education,"  in  this 
volume. ) 

The  women's  societies.  Sunday-schools,  and  young  people's  so- 
cieties were  m  a  growing  condition ;  and  most  of  them  contributed  to 
the  cause  of  home  missions.  The  women's  societies  gave  three- 
fourths  of  their  collections,  amounting  this  year  to  $489,  to  aid  the 
Scandinavian  work.  Miss  Emma  Miller  had  been  sent  to  California 
and  Miss  Fannie  Allen  now  represented  the  women's  work  on  this 
Convention  field,  as  the  appointee  of  the  Women's  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society. 

Among  those  going  on  before  to  report  in  person  to  the  Prince 
of  Peace,  in  whose  interest  this  Convention  is  operating  we  must 
name  the  beloved  and  esteemed  Rev.  R.  Weston,  who  was  honored 
with  the  first  commission  granted  by  the  Home  Mission  Society  to 
occupy  territory  on  this  Convention  field.  He  organized  two  of  its 
oldest  churches,  namely,  the  Puyallup  Church,  and  the  Seattle  First 
Church,  and  assisted  in  organizing  the  Convention.    The  Lord  took 

u"?.  J?,'^^*^''  ^^'^  y^^*"-     '^^''^^  '^  *'"*  o"e  voice  of  acclaim  on 
"''/v  ;,  /'"^^^  ai'e  t*^e  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord":  and  in  heaven 

V.  cII  done,  good  and  faithful  servant." 


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the  gtraSLTrrr;^^^^^^^^  Board  and 

two-thirds  of  the  misLnary  W  Qnlv  fii/.n  i^?K ''°"  °^  """'^ 
under  appointment  for  the  ye°'    held    'verT^  missionaries 

change  .s  hard  to  fathom  or^  to  sJale  if  found  r  ""''  °^  '"'"^  ^ 
perhaps,  the  financial  nressure  thl  l^-  V  ^  •  .^"  ""'^  mstances. 
the  speculative  tu^nevervth"-  .  ^  "  °^  "'''*='''"  quickened  by 
would  burs     were  caus^f:"^,::^/''''^     ^"'^  '*=^'-  ^^at  the  "boom  " 

the  general  dere'lonrthe  fi"eS  S'ha'rd 'L  ^'''""  ^'"  ^^"^^' 
work  to  face  and  for  the  oatron,  n7tL  l  "  '"^"»g"s  of  the 
the  overruling  power  of  r.H  1  ^  7""'^  *°  '"^^*-    ^reat  faith  in 

their  neetV.th  the  author'' i^  "  °"'^  "'°"'"*^^  *^^'  '^°"''»  ^"PP'X 
Convention  ma  Line  y  was  '  o  Z"  ^  ^''''  '^"?^*'°"  ^•^^'h^''  °"^ 
reason  and  for  others  a  dis  rict  mi«     ^'"^   overloaded.      For    this 

by  the  Convention  B^krdWhnthrN^^^^^  '"''  "'^'^ 

to,  it  responded  by  the  promise  o!;nnMv^®*o^'^  '''^'  ^PP*^'^^ 
the  expense  and  the  vounlTf ,  °    ^"  .^^.«J'"onal  $8oo  to  help  cover 

this  wfth  a^'  :„':;:  suTcfen^lfp^yTe'SiardtrnV^r^V^ 
had  set  apart  a  SunHav  in   «„„»     u      '^^'"*'"^«'^-    The  Convention 

toring  burden's  "^l^^^To^l^l^.^TS.r^T^l  "I""',?"' 
»un.ry  coufd  have  well  „et  alone.    The  risto„  to  rtfr-       "?" 

Wheelfrs   Tnd   'he   coLr^e    LdT''?'V"  '^''  "^^^'"^  "^^  ^^e 
n>emorable  meeting%MrCo„venL    ^'™"''*'"^   '''''''   "P^"   ^•'- 


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CHAPTER  XV 

THE  NORTHWEST  CONVENTION 
1893-1895 

A  great  loss.  Large  increase.  Financial  pressure.  B.  Y.  P.  U,  helpful.  District 
missionaries.  Valuable  auxiliary.  Seventy-one  ministers.  Eight  licentiaf«  F<lMca- 
iional.  Strenuous  year.  Left  the  field.  Statistics.  Panic.  Coxey's  army  I  -t 
Holy  Spirit  guides.  Notable  men  present.  1895  ConTention  in  British  Colu  la 
btrong  men  in  the  Province.  Mission  churches  prosper.  New  OSicial.  Imponant 
report.     New  plan.     Foreign  missions.     Women's  work. 

In  1893  the  Convention  suffered  the  loss  of  three  of  its 
strongest  men,  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett,  its  president,  and  Rev.  M.  L. 
Rugg  and  Prof.  E.  T.  Trimble,  members  of  its  Home  Mission  Board. 
This  year  fourteen  new  ministers  entered  the  field.  Twenty-four 
missionaries  were  under  commission.  There  was  a  large  numerical 
increase  of  church-members  on  the  whole  field.  The  tables  now 
show  four  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-four  members  as  against 
three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-five  the  previous  year. 
Ten  new  churches  had  been  added. 

Though  the  financial  pressure  was  still  on,  and  the  Convention 
Board  had  not  been  able  to  raise  as  much  monev  for  its  work  as 
the  previous  year  by  $352.37,  yet  the  Board  had  so  carefully  conserved 
the  fund  put  into  its  hands  that,  by  including  some  cash  pledges 
unpaid,  it  closed  the  year  wthout  debt.  The  Convention  found  cause 
for  gratitude  in  this,  and  rendered  praise  in  joyous  song  to  the 
triune  God.  All  the  different  collateral  societies  of  the  churches  had 
responded  to  the  call  for  financial  aid.  The  Baptist  Young  People's 
Union  of  the  Convention  had  contributed  over  $300  to  the  support 
of  a  district  missionary,  Rev.  C.  C  Marston,  of  Iowa,  who  had  been 
employed  by  the  Board.  It  was  a  year  of  spiritual  blessing,  and 
five  hundred  and  forty-six  baptisms  were  reported. 

The  Women's  Home  Mission  Society,  under  the  leadership  of 
Mrs.  S.  W.  Beaven.  had  a  strong  hold  upon  the  churches,  and  was  a 
valuable  auxiliary  to  the  Home  Mission  Board.  Both  the  women's 
societies  and  the  Young  People's  Union  held  interesting  sessions. 
There  were  now  seventy-one  ministers  enrolled  and  eight  licentiates. 

The  educational  work  was  still  in  a  chaotic  state.  Should  it  take 
form  and  definite  proportions  before  this  century  closes,  it  will  appear 
m  the  article  on  "Christian  Education,"  already  referred  to. 

The  annual  meeting  was  held  with  the  old  First  Church  in 
Seattle,  and  the  delegates  were,  of  course,  royallv  entertained.  The 
general  missionary  expressed  himself  as  hopeful  for  the  coming  year. 
The  Home  Mission  Society  was  now  furnishing  four  dollars  to  add  to 
every  dollar  raised  on  the  field  for  home  missions  by  the  Convention 
Board. 

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to  the  general  stagnation  of  business  ami  r^irll^l,  ""'  "^•°'"y  ^^'"R 
many  of  our  brethren  have  hernm!^',;!^  marked  depreciation  of  values 
failed  entirely.  Consequent  upon  thi-  th"".  .'^  '"  business  while  some  have 
churches  have  been  greatly  reduced  'din't-T^f  l°i'^^  *"PPO«  oi  the 
have  been  increased  reauced,  and  instead  of  debts  being  paid,  the\ 

>.ers^':id"^*u°n;e'rirsThanSrh'J:^%5'i;rn  '^  ^''.^'l-"  removals  of  .en,'- 
I?astors  out  of  thirty-eight-just  one  h.lfh?  '"  Pastorates.  Nineteen 
'■elds  of  labor  during  the  year  Sever'^  f  T  T'^^,^^'  ''"^  "^''anS''' 
vention  field  .ire  still  pastoHes  and  the  o.u  't' • '''"'■'''"'  «"  '^is  Con 
for  settlements  soon,  Alost  of  the  nastnrc  ^°H,"  "°'  '■'^■>'  'encouraging 
churches  have  been  compel  Id  ,o  acclm    ' ''    ?    ^^'S  with  their 

from  the  churches  ^  °  ''"^P*  reductions  of  amounts  of  salary 

and  severely  tested  the  loyaltyTf  tl?e  fakhfu  ol«  ''^\^°^'?^\  Professors 
been  some  compensations,  in  these  hard  L^n\-  "^'-^u^' *''"*^  "^^^^ 
veloped  an  economy  in  the  mana^emem  ,.^f  ^^i,'""^'-  J^^>'  bave  de- 
fraught  with  good  for  the  fmurT  In  mam  ^uJ^'^'^ll  '^""•'  "^^''^  '" 
denial,  and  even  sacrifice  for  the  cause  of  rhrff^l''"^*''''"^  'P'""''  "^  ^elf- 
part  of  faithful  ones,  which  w^s^l^. ?"**'?'>""  '"^^'^^'ed  on  the 
prove  beneficial  in  the  funrre  surprising,   and    which    will 

TacomTpTrst'churTa^STw"'  "^  ^^e  Convention,  pastor  of  the 
the  field,  as  d  d  aI."o  fcv  A  B  bT„1"  n  n'  ^°"-"t'°"  Board,  left 
".embers  of  the  Board  n;.;;,>^  m  '  '  °'  ^"'^  ^'^-  J"  E-  Coombs. 
The  Board  statesrirtSft^n^^'-S^.^tir?  ^^^'-^^• 

pasto^rSl  ctrSnd  are^'fast^rfiltSh"^  ^T'  ?'°*"^^"d  have  been  without 

there  is  a  reVival  of  busine  s    L  o '^hftnT  "f  '''"^^'^"'    ^s  soon  a. 

At  Blaine  we  have  the  beet  m»«fu    *°  *ry  *<>  reoccupy  these  fields 

chtirch   is   largerfn  dbt^or'lt^yTt^'w^hTh'h-.fh   P'«<=^«hbough'the 

Episcopalians  the  past  year     At  Fairhav^n  th    n     ^^''"  occupied   by  the 

tne  wane  until  the  church  has  alS  lost  .LiH^nfV'*  ""'^  '^^^  ''^«^"  »" 

In  most  of  these  cases  there  have  been  Uj^^*^  *'  ^"  ^^S^nization. 

loss  of  revenues  for  the  suooorf  ^f  th!    i,      u"^"'^  removals,  and  such  a 

of  business,   that  h  became'^°a^ost^mS«?h'?"v'''''"u^  *°  ^^'  prostratio,^ 

work.    Verv  little  work  has  hel^^  J«  ?  "'^'^  ■^9''  *^^"'  *«  support  the 

our  means  have  be^n  needed    o"  hold  fas?To  ThTfh""'  *^W"-  ^^  «'' 

^     In  the  whole  Convention    accorrlino-tVu,    '^'"^^  "^^"^^  remain." 

there  are  seventy-six  Baptis?' churches    J^Jh'^-n  '"'fu*  '"Pr^  ^^^''^I''^- 

and   seventy-seven  members      Additions  hlhlT  ^^T^'"^.  ^"^  ''""^rd 

sevent>-six,  and  other  additionr£rL^^re'd''^:?\:°Vseve'n"'   "'' 

tinued'LrhlVS'fffect'^tn^h:"'"*''^  the  previous  year  still  con- 
churches.     The  "boor''  waThrl""'"""^  -^  benevolent  societies  and 


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dred  men  (many  of  them,  no  doubt,  "bummers"),  who  left  Seattle 
to  join  Coxcy's  army  and  march  over  the  country  to  Washington  lo 
exhibit  their  wretched  appearance  to  Congress,'  hoping  thereby  to 
secure  an  appropriation  to  continue  their  wretched  existence.     Re- 
ligious work  was  too  much  affected  by  the  prevailing  unrest.     The 
speculative  spirit  rested  upon  everything  and  everybody.    Pastors  and 
churches,    Associations   and    Conventions,    agents    and    missionaries, 
were  under  its  pressure:  and  when  the  "  boom  "  hurst  it  was  about  as 
difficult  for  them  to  tell  where  they  were  as  it  was  for  any  other 
class.     They  felt  it  even  more  severely  because  they  had  held  up  a 
higher   standard   of   moral   and   business   life   than  others;   and   yet. 
when  the  pressure  came,  it  found  them  just  as  destitute  of  means  as 
other  people.    Their  bank  accounts  were  equally  blank  or  overdrawn. 
Both  their  assets  and  their  credit  had  been  "appropriated";  and  now 
that  the  crisis  had  come,  the  churches  were  not  able  to  furnish  either 
cash  or  collateral  to  meet  exigencies.    The  author  has  never  been  able 
to  see  why  our  great  societies  should  "appropriate"  money  which 
they  have  neither  in  hand  nor  in  bank.    Every  year  those  in  charge 
of   missionary   operations    have   to    use   everv    possible   permissible 
scheme  to  close  the  year  without  debt ;  and  if',  bv  all  these  schemes 
the  treasurer  reports.  "  Out  of  debt,"  "  no  debt,"  the  audience  rises 
and  sings,  "Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow";  and  then 
the  scheming  begins  again  to  see  how  much  money  can  be  raised 
to  see  how  much  they  dare  "  appropriate  "  from  an  empty  treasury 
for  the  coming  year.    To  assume  that  the  Holv  Spirit  guides  to  such 
methods  of  doing  business  for  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  or  approves 
of  them,  and  then  to  sing  praises  to  the  triune  God,  requires  a  great 
stretch  of  credulity  in  us  to  believe  that  God  is  well  pleased  with 
the  praise.    Surely  the  Holy  Spirit  ought  not  to  be  charged  with  our 
loose  business  methods.    It  would  be  a  great  blessing  to  the  world  if 
expenditures  could  cease  for  a  year,  and  let  funds  accumulate  in  the 
treasury  as  God  gives  prosperity;  and  then  begin  with  these  funds  as 
♦he  working  capital  to  cover  all  appropriations  for  the  ensuing  year; 
or.  to  propose  what  might  prove  more  practicable,  it  would  be  better 
to  ask  God  to  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  our  wealthy  brethren  to  liqui- 
date all  the  indebtedness  of  each  society  and  to  put  into  their  hands  a 
sufficient  sum  to  cover  a  fair  estimate  of  their  expenses  for  the  com- 
ing year,  and  let  them  use  that  as  a  working  basis  to  start  work  on  a 
pay-as-you-go  plan.    With  such  a  plan  we  believe  God's  people  would 
double  their  offering  to  spread  the  gospel.     Whv  should  they  not? 
On  such  a  basis  they  would  have  the  Holv  Spirit  as  a  silent  but 
resourceful  partner. 

The  annual  meeting  was  held  in  Centralia.  where  Grace  Semi- 
nary was  located,  and  was  notable  for  the  presence  of  Rev.  H.  L. 
Morehouse,  D.  D.,  field  secretary  of  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  founder  and  president  of  the  American  Baptist  Education 
Society,  which  held  a  mortgage  on  Grace  Seminary  for  $9,000.    Rev. 


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BAPTIST   HISTORV  OF  THE   N01.ia   PACIFIC   COAST 


Church;  Rev.  VV   T   FlJlLrl't  1'   c       /'°/'  °^  "'^  Seattle  First 
Rev    r   r   R^k!,'        ^'""°r,  of  the  Seattle  Market  Street  Church- 

and  Rev.  D    r    pferce  l-^    ^°  "^  f'"'°"'  ^"'^  '^e  Pacific  Coast; 
the  State  vJ.r^Z  wlsHZr'''''^'  °'  "'"'"'  ^''''"-P^^  ^" 

with  ^deStf 'sX^iich"'  ^^'l'-,^^  ^^"•^^'^  ^-^  »"  --«. 
closed,  leaving  t  B!iut:^JZ/''''''   "^'^^^  ^'^  ^^°"-""«» 

receive!,  lluT/rrLtXehTa"  '"  ^^^'"^  °^  '""^  C°--'-" 

corresponding  ecreu  V  UhJ^^t  T  *PP°'"''*^  *''"  ^^^^  ^^^'^'^  ^^ 
nation^  and  f hrS^wlr 'dStint"  '"""'^'  ^'"^"^^'^  ''"^  -^'^- 

aroused'in'the'e'durftiolafUS'  ''.'"l^'  '''^  ^^^^'"'  '"'""^  -- 
Some  able  paperf  were  '  T  ' /''u.''  *^'  ^'  *^''»°»''=  «*s  ever. 
Morehouse  aSd  DoctrU'noH,  '"'^  ^''''  'P'^'^'^^^  '"^'l^-  Doctor 
prayerful  upS  toTe  clventior  hT'  P''"''"«^'  '"^^'"ctive.  and 

Rev    N    H    H,^-  ^-   ^ay'or,  of  Seattle  First  Church- 

W.  Stackhouse.  Vancou  er  B  C  Pi^st  P  '  p  %'  ^"^''"^=  ^^^• 
Calvary;  Rev.  P  C  McGrJnrrJu'^^X:  ^-  ^'■°"^'"'  Victoria 
Wooddy  district  secretarv  of  f;.R""S-  ^^  ^^  ""'^  ^^^^  ^  A. 
additional  force  wTthinant  s^rnn  '  ^""°"  ^°''''y'  ^uch  an 
times  and  the  I^sT^f  ortr"p;:e:rous'yr'  ""  '"  °^"'  '"^  '"^^  '^^^^ 

ti.e^tS^r-;  - 1:- -^  r-r!='^- 

president  of  the  Convention  '    ^^-    ^-    ^^y'*^""- 

had  leL'^^^'nty-sfr  nSna^riL""'  /'^  '"•"'•''"  ^''"-''--  ^here 
different  periods  of  theTea  Thel  had  r  ^PP^V"^^"*  ^^-'ng  at 
sixty-seven  .ember.  ofSmlirhSr^^reiXinf^tt 


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baptism.  Their  churches  had  paid  for  home  missions,  $727.50-  fur 
foreign  missions,  $273.50;  for  other  benevolences,  $527.75,  making 
their  total  benevolences  $1,528.75;  they  had  also  paid  their  pastors 
*o.H43-44— for  building  purposes,  etc..  $3,852.18,  and  for  current  ex- 
penses, $3,852.18.  All  these  items  yield  a  total  of  $15,122.25,  which 
makes  a  remarkable  panic  record.  The  Home  Mission  Society,  this 
year  increased  its  pro  rata  to  five  to  one,  now  paying  five-sixths 
•<  I,*""""?'  ^•^P^"ded  for  mission  work.  This  amount  became 
available  m  July,  and  yet  the  general  missionary  reports  that  it  is 
still  niore  difficult  this  year  than  last  to  raise  money.  The  total 
receipts  for  the  district  mission  work  were  given  as  $2,100  Of  this 
amount  $289.80  came  from  the  women's  mission  circles;  $12024 
from  the  Sunday-schools;  $41.04  from  the  young  people's  societies 
and  $727.50  from  the  thirty-seven  mission  churches.  This  leaves 
fu'f'^'u  ^°t.^^  '-•'■etlited  to  the  thirty-six  other  churches,  and  shows 
that  the  thirty-seven  mission  churches  had  paid  nearly  as  much  for 
the  mission  work  of  the  Convention  as  the  thirty-six  other  churches 
Iiad  done. 

This  year  marks  an  era  in  the  development  of  factors  in  the 
plan  of  co-operation  with  the  Home  Mission  Society.  A  Superin- 
tendent of  Missions  and  a  District  Secretary  were  added  last  year 
and  this  year  are  in  full  operation.  The  Home  Mission  Committee 
presented  the  folowing  report,  which,  on  account  of  its  review  of 
present  conditions  and  its  forecast  of  the  future,  cannot  be  omitted 
as  a  historical  document: 

REPORT  ON    HOME   MISSIONS 

the  '^^^i%'^?/"r^  ^?'u^''l'*'"  ^^^  ^°'"^  t°  ^'a^e  a  new  meaning  since 
th^H«.I?.  J  '  *"  F""*'*  ^.?*  ^^"^^""^  '"°''«  *'<Jely  known.  This  "motto of 
the  Home  Mission  Society"  athrst  distinguished  between  North  and  Wi 
America,  designating  North  America  as  Tts  field  of  operations    TeJinnS 

and  we't'V'camer  m^an  '''''"f  States  and  pushin'g its  conquest!  nort^ 
ana  west,  it  came  to  mean,  as  interpreted  by  its  constituencv    marf  tlip 

StaVes""'  Wi!h  fhi"  ^'«S°/.'he  Great*^ Lakes  known  as  "the  northwestern 
sin  Fran^rn  ^n  .  ^°"\P'.«"°"  ^^  «he  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  connecting 
citL^  A  .u  '^  Its  tributary  territory  of  Nevada  and  California  with 
Chicago  and  the  outside  world,  it  came  to  mean  the  "  Great  "West  "in 

Etpire\\V?trwa;"'?o"?.  T^^''^"^"^'^-  '*  wStward  tt  "^Su^  'o" 
jc-mpire  taKes  its  way     to  San  Francisco  Bay  and  calls  a  halt  for  i,nU\ 

^  'th^T  ^'tf-°:  ^°-^if*^  ^°"°"'^  '^'''  '""«"'!  brings  along  g5d  tried 
IhroSlh  and  sS     """'"  "°''   "°'   '"^*  "^"""P*^  "°^  thL^es   break 

m  ♦J,^"fir!^^  P^P*-  ""^^'^  pointed  northward,  and  a  country  little  known 
n  the  fif  ,es  has  since  come  to  have  world-wide  fame  as  a  com  ng  emph-" 

"  T.l?}'''^^  """".^'*'  l"7^ber  commerce,  and  population,  and  God  sent 
us   here  to   live  and  act   m  this  wonderful   development  of   a  countrv 

com™.T"'^ '°/'"''-  ""  '°"§  '^^  ^--^^t  Atlantic  coas'^:  in  towns  Ind  citils 
wTTr/h"  ^"'^  education,  production  and  wealth,  population  and  religion 
We  are  here  under  God,  not  so  much  to  make  money  as  to  make  character 
ri.?..  K!"5'P'"-  develop  righteousness,  establish  churches  of  ?he  L^rd 
Jesus  Christ  for  the  glory  of  God.  the  uplifting  of  man  and  tl  e  m.T^^H 
o.    the   go^rel.   still   northward   and   westward,   till   it   reaches     he   dgh 


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92         BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    XORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

has  established  claims  and  is  calling  for  workme"    ■'  '''"''  "'""'  '^'^"--^ 

and  ,n  British  Columbia  in  .««.    t",f  years  later"'' li"l-'''.'  ?/''l"''"''' • 
care  of  all  the  churches.     There  is  h- 1  L-  !  k    '  '^^-^  >"''"ally  had  the 
church  of  considerable  nroinse    on  .h;     ?•    «^'f-s"sta'"'"S  -^^hurch.  or  a 
aided  by  the  Home  Mfssfon  Society   ii^h'   ^°"^'""°"  ^'f'^   ^ut  has   been 
-nR  their  house  of  worship     The  societv  h' '"  .'"P""":*  °^  ^^f^"-  "^  buibl- 
and  cr  ,prehensive  know  edge  of  tWs  ^reSt  fieH T"h**  ""''^y-  '*''  '"'"«^'' 
ment  <  .  its  work.    In  1871  the  sociefvW  ^n      ^    ''*  contmued  enlarg,  - 
rerritory.  and  expended  $30)     l"     80=  il  °h  ' '?'"'r''''^'"  ^^'^sh-ngt^. 
■n  this  Convention  alone  and  its  exo;n^...,       twenty-eight  missionaries 
for  this  Convention,  and  of  13  0^  inclS  /h"  -??•  ""  •\.'?"'*  "^  58,ooc, 
Northern  Idaho  Convention  "'^tsfirstchur.h  J?.^»""  ^^  ^shington  and 
was   rendered  to   Puyallup  Church    in   187/  L?!**'*^"  '''>..''"  *'''^  «^''' 
buildmg    >hirty-six    churX*  3^;^   ?i,     I  '  ?"''  *'"«  it  has  aided   in 
Considering  our  territory    and   rn^n.*r  ",''"'2^^    "^    "»'    Convention 
considering^  the  nuK  "^f'SurchTanrcL^n/  '*  "°'  ".  '?^«*  ^o^'' 
paratively  a  very  large  exDenditnrr^f  £  constJtuenc;-.  and   it   is  com- 
and  hereby  exprTss   a  debtTfg^^^^^^^^  and.  money:   and  we  ow.., 

repay  by  our  loyalt;  in  the  future  We  =  cn*^  T"'*-^  '''^''^  "'^  <=an  only 
in  the  general  managetient  of  the  society  n„T-^  tu^'^''  °"'"  <:°"fidence 
the  society  on  our  field  viz  Rev  H  r  J'  ^^  '^  *i*=  representatives  of 
Missions;  Rev.  D  D  Ke'r  /enerli  m,«i.°''''  ?'  '^-  Superintendent  of 
Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy  recS  aoSeH  H  c?,- ?  ^°'  °"'  Convention;  and 
desire  to  mention  the  .SSigaTffirf  of  ourT''"*!-  Especially  we 
his  remarkable  success  in  carr^n»  «..,.-•  """^  general  missionary  an.I 

of  financial  dep^ress?^  wi^h^T'bkVnc^  ^0^'^'"  '""=  '"»  ^-^"- 

body^  tr;eTdrarturtSlhl%oc!lt?f„ '"'"'•■''"•  °^  ^T"-  '^«"-a'>'^- 

tary  for  territory  incfudinrtWs  Snvendon  in/^r'"""*^  *  ''•''"«  "«"•«:- 
approval,  and  also  confidence  in  their  .w^  i^D^P*"??*  9"'"  ""^st  hearty 

the  office  of  secretaT  w"a"so  beLve  fL?^K'^•  ^«°^dy  for 

era  in  the  planning  of  .he  work  of  fb?.  r^'  *''?■  "''"Hll  ™ark  a  new 
Mission  Society  cannot  do  all^^he  ^U-  ^"/ent'O"'  That  the  Home 
this  field  is  too  evident  Thi  il*"!  C°terrT''  '"'"^/T^  *<»  ^'  '»«"e  on 
paces  needing  encouragetnent  Ld  aid  ihTh  '^'  ^"f  1''"'  "'<'  numerous 
Home  Mission  Society Tnder  its  p?«rnt  5lanr°Th*'  °','"P'"<^  ^V  ^^e 
numerous,  too  small,  and  the  men  J  hn^^fP*-  ^'l'  P'^"^  ^^^  «oo 
causes  not  eligibk  to  appofntment  bl  ?he*°  "-^P^  "if"  ^'°'»  ^"'"o"" 
must  necessarily  be  left  hffsT^^Le.u  ^°c'«ty'  and  so  these  fields 
great  body  of  our  work  thev  .?e  .n  i  J''^P'"S"'  P'^"*'  ^"<1  y"-  in  the 
begin  the  inau^radon  of  a\lan  Z  fi7?h^"-  ^''*°'-  '^^'^  •""''  ^t  once 
by  use  of  talem  already  on  ?hese  fielil    nV   ""P/'7^"'  ^Pening,  possibly 

talent  as  could  be  manipu^ted  for  Jch  ervfce  '  Yo.^rT"^  ??P'<^ 
profound  y  nipressed  with  fJiB  Ynnljvr*,-  service,  \oiir  Committee  is 
some  definite  fclion  brtSken  ar?hL  meeti^V']!'  '''I'K^'"^  recommends 
'""^  fields.  Resp'ectS;  slmi'ted  '  '"  "'"'  ''"  "^^  °""P>- 

E    M    R^'^cf '    '^*'''''"""'-         Ceo   M.  Terrell, 

Committee. 


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A  committee  of  seven  was  appointed  to  form  a  plan  to  carry  out 

n  n»T7'"'"?"?  °^  •'"  ^^""™i"«  on  Home  Missions  in  regard 
to  pastorless  churches.  * 

vet  nil!?!'".  "'^^""^*^^'"'°"  8"^^  i'^  'a'-K^t  Kifis  to  hon.e  m.ssions, 
uL  r  :^*^P^;""'^"|''  °'  denominational  effort  had  not  been  neglected. 
Tonv.  ;■  r  M  j*"^'  .^?'""^'"e^  «he  foreign  mission  work.  The 
Convention  field  had  yielded  for  this  work  $371.40.    Rev.  J  M  Foster 

alwTvs^r.'?'  '^'"i,"''  ^n'  '^'  .^""v^ntion  a  spiritual  uplift,  as  is 
In/r  ?  u  ''^'"''  Convention  looks  upon,  and  listens  to  a  mis- 
sionary irom  the  toreigi,  field.  It  widens  and  clarifies  its  view  of  the 
greater  work  ot  the  Master.  The  Home  for  Mission..ries'  Children 
at  that  time  the  personal  property  of  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven  and  his 
w^ife.  who  were  its  founders,  a.skcd  for  a  commiltee  to  consider  the 
propriety  oj  ,ts  having  a  closer  denominational  relation  with  the 
Convention.      Doctor    Sunderland    ,poke    emphatically    of    the    un- 

EtutTo.^    x^  T^  '"^  "'"  "'""''^  °^  ''*  '^'^"•"'"S  »  permanent 
institution.     Much    interest    was   manifested    in    this   home,   and    a 

"^0X1?   '''"'  ■''Womt.,\   to  consider  the  matter.     The   committee 

lished'brBro  Wv^T"  ^°'  ^''i''"'''"  ^^  ^?^"8"   Missionaries  estab- 

Whereas.  Youi    Committee  feels  that  the  enterprise  should  receive 
we^st'Ho^„^:*enCt^^'  '""^-  ^"""^^  °^  ^^">'  B'pti^t  tth'e  n"?!;,' 

t?e"tein''gTe"tirn^'^"'""  ^^'^^■""^'^"-  ^'^•^"  '^  "^  "«  -sidSio^n^ 
First.    The  permanence  of  the  home.    How  can  this  best  be  secured ' 

advisors   who  shall  as  often  as  possible  visit  the  home  and  audit  all  of 
counts  that  concern  the  various  societies  and  "he  home    and  reLfrt  fh 
co^cerny °"-  '°^^*'"  " ''"  ^"'^'^  ^^"^  ^«  they  deem  of  il/eTto  ?il 

Conv^nt'oa"  ^'  ^''*''"'  "'^'  appointed  as  the  representative  of  this 

arieJ"  r   -'^''.\,°\l'^^:.  ^^''^^''   "^""""^   ^'^'^'^O'^'   f"-"  Mission- 

th^  'schnnlT"?^  ^^'  ^^"'  ^^''J'^"  Malmsberg,  herself  a  graduate  of 

hat  school  and  a  most  successful  worker  among  the  Swedes,  carried 

n  n'Hr^'V"  ""f '°"!  ^""""^  ^^'  P^°P'^  *°  a  high  tide.    She  said 
m  part:      Less  than  forty  years  ago  the  first  Baptist  church  was 

m  that  country.     There  are  nineteen  Swedish  Baptist  churches  on 


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94         BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

wLZ'l^XT  ^""'''r  *"*'  ^'"'  ^^'^°-  Ten  of  them  .re  in 
coast    ofe  in  ?  .T  "'  ^°"''  ^^"^^'^  ^^^^  missionarieTorth  8 

one  young  woman  m  the  train'r^'^h^oll'^rttrdTte!^"  "'"""^'"'^ 
darker  ^fh7h^"  of  the  Committee  on  Education,  the  picture  grows 
Educati:;!")'      ""  '"^"""^  "P  '"  '"'  background.    (Se'e  "  ChrEn 


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CHAPTER  XVI 

THE  NORTH  WEST  CONVE.VTION 
1896- 1898 

new   «r.    dawnin,.      Convention    convlie,c.„V.w    I  ■^"■"*  ^^'"""i'r.     .8,7. 

ch.n,c.  New  Convention.  Chri.tlik^fVnow.hiD  S.in  «""•  '"'"'"""r-  Imporinnt 
cation       Wi,dom    of    the    mini.try.     Vc "  *„  „P,,    ^'^'   ""•""«■      '«<»».    hnpeful    ,„.l, 

"r*"^'  Mi»io..ary  force  incrca^J.  InUu-tr,  rcwJ^d^rV '""''•"^•-  ^""'"..a.m 
Where  they  came  from.  'r.au.try   rc*ardej.      S'atut.ct.      Immi.ratioii. 

values  declined  from  forty  to  eiehtv  Jr  r.nf  tu  ^  ''"'''•  '»"'' 
»he  general  financial  condit  on  to  be'^met  bv  J  "  '"  'u^"  '" 
money   to   raise    a   conHitinn    »!!    •  i,  ^    ^"  persons  who  had 

leader's.  The  Lancet  o '"he  Stion'T  ""  ''''  ^°"^^"''°" 
better  state  than  in  180;     Th!  tnZT  '    ^°''r'"''    were    in    a 

from  all  sources  wLlJusSsirl  ?""'  '"!'^"^  ''^  ''''^  Board 
Yet  there  was  a  deficU  of  sS^fn  '"/''^^"«  ^^  'he  previous  year, 
wotnen's  societies  had  oaid  $.0-  f^  c^  ",'  '^''  Con-  ention.  The 
harvest  home   exerdses'^  S^eri^d,'  Sunday-schools,   from   their 

makings  total  of  S'-,n.i;  >?""«   P^^P'^'"   so<=i«ies.   $„o, 

This  sLws  a  r:LS.:"d  re"lh':;ffhe1"?^^'^  ?"^^"^^' 
the  country  is  taken  into  <-«„!•  i\  J       ""^ncial  condition  of 

had  appropVated  So^  to  thet''^''T;  ?/  ""^  ^•^^'°"  ^ocietv 

that  it'LSld  have  toTe  ?eJuced  to  $7  ooI^'^h''^'  ''''  ^°"^'"''°" 
that  hereafter  it  could  carrv  nv.r  '".f^.'Soo  for  the  commg  year,  and 

must  meet  its  obli^a  tns  Lmptir  Thu""'  ""1''^'  ^"^  ^°"^^"^'°" 
had  enlarged  its  work  to  the  exLt  of  s''"'^'  Convention  Board 

The  total  appropriations  for'  tlfe  y"  a?  .  re'iTtSSs"  '"'..'^''T 
Convention  Board  had  to  orovi.l..    okI  *iM48.68,  so  that   the 

$1,348.68.  The  missfoV^hSS  tvt  ^rto'c'ticfsundl"  TT 
and  young  people's  societies  paid  $r  si  Arth  if^?^"'"*'?''' 
ship  of  all  the  churches  totaled  .7«w1?h       !  ^  ^^^  member- 

De,    Th„„„  Ha„gh,o„  w,„  meS  „    ,he  klart      R  °"  R    W 
Trotter  was  on  the  Executive  Committee,  and  Rev  W  T   l.tl,^'       ' 

tron^  lorce,  both  of  ministers  and  of  laymen,  and 

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also  of  women  in  tlicir  departments  of  work,  who  added  greatly  to 
the  efficiency  of  the  Convention.  British  Columbia  had  eight  churches 
with  eight  pastors,  and  in  round  numberi  a  thousand  members.  So 
far  they  had  escaped  the  depressing  practice,  common  in  thf 
tinted  btates,  of  organizing  many  weak  churches  and  lea  vine  them 
pastoriess.  " 

Kev.  J.  C.  Baker,  who  was  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed 

•  .  rf '  c',."'^,  \°  f°™  *  P'""  *°  '"'=»'  pastorless  churches  and 
destitute  fields,  left  the  Convention  field  that  year;  but  through  cor- 
respondci.ce  the  committee  presented  a  report.  What  became  of  it 
there  is  no  record. 

The  mission  churches,  which  now  numbered  twenty-one  with 
a  membership  of  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  forty,  are  reported 
as  having  an  indebtedness  of  $40,243;  and  yet  these  mission  churchis 
paid  for  home  missions  over  $800.  The  average  salar.  £01  >  »  mis- 
sionary pastor  was  now  $663.  of  which  the  churches  paid  on  the 
average  $336.  and  the  Board  $337, 

Eight  ministers  had  come  upon  the  field  this  year,  and  four  new 
cliurches  had  been  organized. 

.  n^^'  ^'  ^-  y^°'^^'  D-  D-  Superintendent  of  Missions,  residing 
at  Colorado  Springs,  was  present  at  the  session  of  the  Convention, 
and  was  helpful  in  laying  plans  for  the  future. 

Other  denominational  societies  were  represented,  and  all  de- 
partments of  work  were  given  sufficient  time  to  touch  the  great 
heart  of  the  Convention. 

•  i.^''j  7°^^  °^  education  came  up  for  its  share  of  attention 
with  a  definite  proposition  touching  Seattle  University.  (See  under 
"  Christian  Education.")  '      voce  unacr 

In  1897  a  new  era  was  dawning  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  The 
panic  had  spent  its  force;  values  were  on  the  increase;  manufactures, 
building,  and  improvements  were  supplying  labor  for  the  idle  and 
Jurnishing  capital  safe  investments.  Two  steamers  had  arrived  from 
the  North,  one  bringing  $500,000  and  the  other  $800,000  from  the 
Alaskan  Eldorado.  Men  were  forgetful  of  hard  times,  and  began  to 
imagine  riches  coining  by  the  shipload.  Manv  were  turning  their 
faces  northward.  The  old  speculative  spirit  was  reviving,  but  a  large 
conservative  element  was  holding  it  in  check.  Times  were  really 
better,  the  people  were  hopeful,  and  general  prosperity  had.  in  a 
measure,  begun.  r      e      j         ,     •  <% 

I  I  T'',^  ^'o^thwc.st  Convention  had  been  in  the  throes  of  the  panic 
had  felt  Its  griping  and  almost  paralyzing  effects;  but  it  now  had 
some  trained  nurses  caring  for  it.  who  had  declared  it  convalescent, 
and  able  to  take  up  the  activities  of  a  new  campaign  in  a  larger 
field  of  activity.  Rev.  D.  D.  Proper  had  resigned  as  general  mission- 
ary, and  Rev.  E.  Randall  had  been  chosen  as  his  successor  This 
genial,   companionable-,   eloquent,   and   resourceful   man   believes  not 


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'£  ,k"^  '  m  '""'!  "P°"  *  ^hou^itxd  hilU  are  the  Lords,  but  also 
that  the  gold  ,n  the  mountains  belongs  to  the  Lord    and  ?hat  w^ 
ought  to  d,g  for  that  as  well  as  to  lasso  the  Lord^cattle 
I.  ■.    .  '^'f''  'r'P°'''3"t  change  occurred  this  year.    The  churches  in 

Hon.:  wSlo,  's'  '"f^  '''''  ''''  "^°"^"^  ^'''^  Americana  Bapti 
Jlonic  Mission  .Society,  on  account  of  the  ifreat  financial  oressiire 
would  not  enable  it  to  extend  its  helping  hand  a  "o  meS  ha,l 
h'eToln  '  nd'd';*  •'%'*"'"  '°  "^P"-^  -P-^''^  ConTeli'tVon  o 
Vancoulc;  B  C  n  1  .'  '"tI'"^  ''"'^  .^'**'  '''«  ^*"'  Church  of 
chu  Cher  u,?„?on  ^"i^-  T'>«  °^«»n'"tion  represented  eleven 
Snn  I,  .  ,  ^  .'.''  "'~"'  ^  thousand  members,  and  fourteen 
bunday-.schools  enrolling  eleven  hundred  and  seven  attendants     -nn 

NoitL:  t'r    ^"';'  ^'""'"''^  ''"'"^^"  -i-rtrjorce'of  t  le 
Northwest  Convention  very  much,  and  the  Convention  passed  the 

fol^wingre.oh,t,on:- Through  amicable  adjustment,  org^  c  re  a 

t.ons   with    our    British    Columbia    o.ethre.i  {ermmated    oSober    . 

There  had  always  been  a  most  fraternal  and  christlikc  fellow 

c  Lr  Tli::  fadf  ^'  "  "''^'•l'  "^^"^^  «'"°"«  ^•'"'^  bre'thr  n'^nd 

regret  c^Jid' be  felt      r   "'  'T-^''  ''"'^  ^^"""^^  ^°  ^''■°"S  »hat  onlv 
regret  could  be  felt  when  conditions  made  the  division  necessarv  ti 

t'hTTJi',  '^'f  t^^'l^  '"'^  "^'^  '"'«^«'^  °f  Christ's  cTu"e     Hereaft  r 
west   of   the   clcTT'   ^°"^T'°"   ''   '""''^^   '°   W^Zgon 

(see^s^d^i'rs  :?^^cSi -^  ^.--r  -^  ^^'^- 

w.ct^r  '^  .°"^  •''°P*'^"'  '"'^''^^»'o"  i"  tl'^  development  of  the  xXorth- 
uest  Convention  is  .een  in  the  large  number  of  business  men  hav,nT« 
prominent  place  in  its  management.  The  nanes  orsiVteen  buVi"fs; 
men  appear  among  those  of  the  members  of  ihe  ComentL  Boar, 

of  thrconvemit"'   Th'  ''T'  "'  '''  -'''''''^^  and  the  treasure 
oi  rne  Convention.     This  does  not  ind  cate  any  lack  of  ahilitv  in 

he  mmisters  to  handle  the  interests  of  the  Convention     IttZher 

an  indication  of  the  wisdom  of  the  ministers  in  calling  "^  thei    aSone 

tward  i^rTrLr'  r''''''^'  ^^^"•^•'^^  °*  the^church  to  car"' 
Soiri?  ;„H  ^..  ^"^^"-P"^"-  Surely  this  is  the  leading  of  the 
Spmt  and  will  grow  ,n  usefulness  and  power  as  the  years  Vo  bv 
The  strongest  convention  on  the  Pacific  Coast  will  h^  Vh!  L!  »u': 
succeeds  most  fully  in  developing  its  I^y  element'"  "*  ''''  """^  '^'' 
New  pastors  who  appeared  on  the  field  this  year  added  strength  of 

Bit?o"  W   C  "r*"  V"'  ""■"'^^^>'     ^"^^"^^  '^-  were  H  T  Kwen 
Burton,  W.  G.  Jones.  Everett:  J.  H.  Morgan.  Issaquah;  C.'r.  Dele 


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pine,  LaConner;  L>.  VV.  Thurston,  Mount  Vernon;  F.  A.  Agar,  New 
Whatcom;  F.  A.  Gregory,  Shelton;  N.  Hayland,  Tacoma  Swedish; 
J.  L.  Smith,  Tacoma  First. 

There  are  indications  of  the  use  of  business  methods  which  lead 
to  efficiency  and  promptitude,  as  the  following  excerpts  will  show : 

Resolved,  That  when  any  member  of  the  Home  Mission  Board  has 
been  absent  from  the  regular  quarterly  meetings  twice  in  succession 
without  having  furnished  the  Board,  through  its  secretary,  a  satisfactory 
excuse  for  his  absence,  he  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of  said  Board, 
and  the  Board  s  11  immediately  proceed  to  elect  a  successor  in  the 
same  manner  as  v;  fancies  have  heretofore  been  filled. 

Resolved,  That  the  treasurer  of  the  Convention  be  and  hereby  is 
instructed  to  close  his  books  for  this  year  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  Sep- 
tember next. 

Much  enthusiasm  was  aroused  this  year  by  the  announcement, 
by  Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy,  that  the  Baptist  national  anniversaries  were 
to  be  held  in  San  Francisco  in  May.  This  made  the  brethren  in  the 
Northwest  feel  as  if  they  were  beginning  to  come  in  touch  with  the 
great  leaders  of  the  denomination  and  to  respond  to  the  heart- 
throbs of  the  great  host  of  God's  people  of  their  own  faith  They 
began  to  feel  that  after  all  they  were  not  so  weak  and  few.  Steps 
were  taken  to  arrange  for  a  Pacific  Baptist  train  to  make  the  trip. 
In  the  East  these  might  seem  unimportant  historical  items,  but  not 
so  in  this  far-off  Northwest,  where  we  can  look  upon  the  Selkirks 
and  feel  the  breeze  from  off  the  golden  icebergs  of  Alaska.  We 
seem  so  far  from  the  great  denominational  heart  in  the  East  that  its 
fellowship  is  generally  cold,  or  lukewarm,  at  least,  before  it  reaches 
us,  by  whatever  method  of  conveyance  shipped;  but  now  that  the 
Eastern  brethren  are  coming  to  the  Pacific  Coast  by  the  trainload, 
and  we  of  the  North  are  to  meet  them  at  San  Francisco  by  limited 
express,  and  have  heart-to-heart  fellowship,  carrying  along  with 
us  a  western  Washington  Baptist  exhibit,  we  shall  be  labeled  and 
known  and  read  of  all  the  delegates. 

Enthusiasm  was  also  aroused  by  the  annual  visits  of  Doctor 
Woods,  Superintendent  of  Missions;  Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy,  di'* -'t  secre- 
tary for  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society;  an  his  year, 
by  that  prince  of  Sunday-school  missionaries,  D.  P.  Wanl  of  '-'i- 
fomia,  whose  spirited  address  was  helpful  not  only  to  the  Sui^..  y- 
school  work,  and  to  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society's  work, 
which  he  represented,  but  also  to  other  lines  of  work. 

All  departments  of  the  Convention's  work  seem  to  be  taking 
on  new  life.  The  educational  committee,  while  not  especially  relieved, 
decided  to  represent  the  Convention  in  an  educational  conference  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  to  be  held  in  San  Francisco  at  the  time  of  the  May 
Anniversaries. 

The  Convention  Board  had  increased  its  missionary  force  to 
twenty-seven,    caring    for    thirty-eight    churches    and    twenty-three 


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are  It^^'^^^'u  .l'°^t  ^''"^  '^'^"'^^'^  ^"dustry.  mills  and  factories 
are  vocal  with  the  hum  of  activity,  anxiety  and  waiting  are  fast 

feem^JZ  ?  T'""^^  f^  '""^y"  '^^^  '"*^^*°"  *='^»^«^hes.  as  usual, 
seem  to  be  leadmg  m  benevolences,  having  contributed  $888.10  for 
Convention  nuss.ons,  $56.53  for  home  missions.  $400.98  for  foreijm 

SironS  '''.T'  H"-°>^""«-  $5,810  on'pa^tors-  salaried 
$2,142  on  debts,  and  $2  139  for  current  expenses,  making  a  total  of 
about  $,2,000  paul  by  these  struggling  churches.  The  receipts  from 
the  other  churches  seem  very  meager.  Including  $768.27,  on  hand 
at  the  begmnmg  of  the  year,  $2,382.57  covers  the  receipis  for  ule 
year.  Deducting  the  cash  on  hand,  and  $888.10  paid  by  the  mis- 
sion churches,  leaves  but  $731.20  collected  from  all  the  other  churches 
for  Convention  missions.  Such  results  tabulated  year  after  year 
though  not  always  with  the  same  disproportion,  suggest  one  of  two 
things,  either  that  the  mission  churches  are  largely  infused  wfth  the 
missionary  spirit,  or  that  an  unusual  pressure  must  have  been  brought 

Is  follmT"  "  ^^"''^"  ''°'"  '^^  •■'P°''  °^  '^'  ^o^^d 

rrr.J^^  attention  of  thoughtful  persons  is  arrested  by  the  tide  of  immi 
gration  pressing  toward  the  Puget  Sound  country  as  the  Star  ofT!^ 
P.re  continues  its  westward  course.  They^ome  f7om  &a  and  Taoan  • 
SoLSern'sTat«".X^=o^A'H^  '^°'"^'  4  "optfulTnd  theMscoJrS: 
now"S;;"u.?fc  ^J  li:i:nr%:rS.r  ''^  — ««">-d  thousa1,ds 

shall  wri^'rili.^rP/*''^  '"'^  '"*P''5i  ^y  <•'«:  Master's  parting  words 

tJ^  i?      «<'?<l.'cate  ourse  ves  to  aristian  living  and  service? 
n,in»^l*^^  obtaining  of  spiritual  power  be  our  firit  and  largest  deter- 
mmation  as  we  face  the  duties  and  possibilities  before  us. 

Wm.  E.  Randall-  Corresponding  Secretary. 


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TWELFTH  YEAR  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  CONVENTION- 

1899 

Normal  conditions.  Home  Mission  Society  same  yesterday  and  to-day.  Conven- 
tion no  loncer  a  child.  Raised  up  for  such  a  time  as  thia.  WeU  equipped.  Well 
organued.  Wise  forecast  Advance  movement.  Foreign  missions.  City  missions. 
Painful  announcement.  Mbsionary  force.  "North  Pacific  University."  SystemaUc 
beneficence. 

There  appeared  to  be  a  growing  condition  of  normal  healthful- 
ness  in  the  Northwest  Convention,    a  1899,  heretofore  not  so  appar- 
ent.   The  factions  and  jealousies  so  long  prominent  in  this  territory 
before,  and  immediately  after  the  division  of  the  Convention  of  the 
North  Pacific  Coast  into  districts  and  the  organization  of  the  Western 
district  into  the  Northwest  Convention,  were  causes  which  contributed 
largely  to  bring  about  the  premature  dissolution  of  the  old  Convention. 
Under  the  plan  of  co-operation  with  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  normal  conditions  have  been  restored.     For  about  two 
years  the  three  Co  jventions  growing  out  of  the  original  one  have 
all  been  under  the  care  of  a  Superintendent  of  Missions,  with  a 
district  secretary  added.    The  machinery  of  1885  is  in  full  operation 
with  the  addition  of  this  new  official  and  manager.     Meanwhile  the 
grand  old  Home  Mission  Society  has  not  in  any  way  abated  its  inter- 
est in  the  field,  nor  ceased  to  control  its  o\vn  work,  nor  withdrawn  a 
fraction  of  its  helpfulness,  except  in  so  far  as  the  financial  pressure 
of  the  times  rendered  it  absolutely  necessary.     Those  who  impeded 
the  progress  of  establishing  the  Baptist  denomination  on  the  North- 
west Coast  under  denominational  precedents  of  half  a  century,  have 
either  been  absorbed  by  the  movement  or  called  up  higher,  or  are 
operating  locally  where  they  do  not   affect  the   greater   work  of 
denominational  expansion.     The  depressing  effects  of  the  financial 
panic,  and  of  the  burning  of  cities,  are  being  relegated  to  the  past. 
They  no  longer  furnish  grounds  for  retrenchment  or  discouragement ; 
but  now  that  we  have  survived  them  and  entered  upon  a  prosperous 
career,  they  become  a  stimulus  rather  to  greater  effort  and  greater 
consecration  for  the  larger  work  now  demanded  of  the  Northwest 
Convention  by  the  Master.    The  days  of  the  Convention's  minority 
are  past.    Now  it  must  arise  in  the  strength  of  its  manhood  and  of 
Israel's    God,    grasp    the   possibilities,   meet   the    requirements,    and 
succeed.    Men  of  God  are  needed,  such  as  are  truly  called  of  God 
and  raised  up  for  such  a  time  as  this.    The  Lord  will  provide  such 
men  as  the  years  go  by.    He  always  has.    He  always  will.    He  can 
be  trusted.    The  triune  God  is  behind  the  Convention.    The  King  of 
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Righteousness  is  ordering  out  his  forces;  the  Prince  of  Peace  is 
leading;  the  Holy  Spirit  is  opening  the  way  for  the  Northwe. .  Con- 
vention to  enter  the  twentieth  century  with  a  well-organized  and 
intelligently  equipped  force  with  definite  aims  to  do  valiant  service 
for  the  Master.  We  make  the  following  quotations  from  the  reports 
of  the  year,  which  appear  as  evidence  of  such  leadership  and 
preparation  as  hereinbefore  indicated: 

RECOMMENDATIONS    OK    THE    BOARD 

In  view  of  the  imperative  necessity  for  entering  new  fields  and 
undertaking  new  hncs  of  work,  we  earnestly  urge  our  mission  churches 
to  greater  diligence  in  attaining  self-support.  In  the  administration  of 
Its  stewardship,  the  Board  will  insist  upon  this  course.  We  believe 
the  Hoard  is  often  unnecessarily  asked  to  appropriate  missionary  money 
on  account  of  the  failure  of  churches  to  pursue  systematic  methods  for 
raising  f-iney.  We  believe  the  organization  of  our  young  people  and 
children  into  societies  within  the  church  should  be  for  the  specific  pur- 
pose of  Christian  culture  and  training,  and  that  these  societies  should 
not  be  made  agencies  for  collecting  money.  We  look  with  disfavor  upon 
assessments  and  appeals  sent  to  these  societies  for  separate  offerings 
believing  churches  should  give  as  a  whole,  in  a  regular  manner,  through 
our  recognized  denominational  societies. 

Believing  the  time  has  come  for  an  advance  movement  in  Convention 
work,  we  recommend  the  passing  of  ringing  resolutions:  (i)  Calling 
upon  churches  to  press  local  evangelization  and  the  quest  for  souls 
(2)  holding  missionary  pastors  responsible  for  the  development  of  the 
missionary  spint  among  their  people— failure  to  invest  effort  in  this  direc- 
tion to  be  deemed  evidence  of  disqualifying  inefficiency. 

The  work  among  the  foreign  population  received  a  good  hearing, 
and  the  Board  gave  utterance  to  the  prevailing  sentiment  in  the  Con- 
vention as  follows: 

"The  relative  importance  of  this  missionary  work  cannot  be  easily 
overestimated.  It  is  foreign  mission  work  thrust  upon  the  Home 
Mission  Society  and  western  Washington  Baptists.  Christianity  cannot 
anticipate  a  continuous  favorable  reception  in  the  Orient  if  it  passes 
by  the  representatives  of  the  races  providentially  brought  to  our  own 
f^^ffc*;-  •  **  "^  enthusiastic  over  the  unsaved  beyond  the  sea  and 
apathetic  in  our  relation  to  the  unsaved  here,  sentiment  and  not  con- 
viction dominates  our  emotions.  This  'ought  ye  to  have  done,  and  not  to 
leave  the  other  undone. 

There  is  growing  interest  in  the  mission  Board  concerning  city 
mission  vvork.  A  conviction  is  gaining  ground  each  year  that  these 
centers  of  population  and  influence  are  not  receiving  the  attention 
their  importance  demands.  How  to  meet  this  crying  need  is  not  yet 
apparent;  but  that  it  must  be  met,  and  that  soon,  is  the  conviction  of 
the  Board. 

The  Convention  was  pained  by  the  official  announcement  of  the 
death  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Woods,  D.  D.,  whom  the  delegates  had  learned 
to  love  so  well  as  Superintendent  of  Missions.  His  memory  will 
abide,  both  in  his  official  capacity  in  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  and 
in  his  genial  and  Christlike  spirit  in  the  general  meetings,  as  an 
inspiration   and   a   benediction.     Rev.   C.   A.   Wooddv,   D.   D..   who 


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succeeded  him  in  the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Missions  for  the 
Pacific  Coast,  was  heartily  welcomed  by  the  assembled  Convention 

The  missionary  force  of  the  Convention,  at  this  time,  consisted 
of  twenty-eight  missionaries,  supplying  thirty-six  churches  and 
twenty-eight  outstations.  The  total  resident  membership  in  the 
mission  churches  was  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  twenty-two. 
They  had  forty-five  Sunday-schools,  with  an  enrolment  of  about  two 
thousand  five  hundred.  These  churches  contributed  to  the  Convention 
work  $959.10,  with  liberal  offerings  to  other  objects.  The  treasury 
of  the  Convention  was  in  a  favorable  condition  for  an  advance 
r^"I^«  ^'^."V'''°I!f^  appropriations  for  the  year  amounted 
to  $8,16893.  Of  this,  $6,500  had  been  appropriated  by  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  $1,559.77  had  been  collected  on  the  field,  and  the 
balance  on  hand  at  the  close  of  the  year  was  $265.67.  There  were 
seventy-two  ordained  ministers  on  the  field  and  eleven  licentiates 
Ten  new  ministers  had  entered  the  field,  and  five  had  left  it  that 
rTu  ^'«^*.,<:hurches  had  been  organized,  and  five  meeting-houses 
nlh.?H^I!''*-  .?'  *°i''  niembership  of  the  Convention  churches 
numbered  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty-five 

'<  M  iTu^'^o  ^^""*'0'?a'  fi?W  an  effort  was  being  made  to  connect  the 
North  Pacific  University "  with  the  State  University  of  Wash- 
"flu"'^}?^^}^\''-  ^  '^ommhtte  was  to  consult  with  the  authorities 
of  the  State  University  and  report  whether  such  a  plan  was  feasible. 
Systematic  beneficence  was  given  a  large  place  in  the  Convention 
as  will  appear  more  fully  in  the  next  chapter. 


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CHAPTER  XVIII 

THIRTEENTH  YEAR  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  CONVEN'TIOX 

1900 

ClosiiiK  a  century.  Focused  at  Everett.  A  prosperoui  year.  Summary.  Taking 
form.  Education.  A  livis  issue.  Demands  of  the  twentieth  century.  Kecoramenda- 
tions.  Appreciation.  Rising  from  buried  hopes.  Broader  conceptions.  Comparative. 
Most  important.  Completing  the  record.  Churches.  Ministers.  Laymen.  Pastoral 
office.    Prophetic  signs. 

It  is  fitting  that  tiie  closing  year  of  a  century  should  be  marked 
in  Convention  history  as  dealing  with  both  the  past  and  the  future. 
The  annual  meeting  was  held  in  the  growing  and  thriving  city  of 
Everett,  and  was  entertained  by  the  comparatively  young  and 
vigorous  Everett  First  Church,  which  now  numbered  two  hundred 
and  six  members,  seventy-one  having  been  added  this  year.  The 
church  was  under  the  care  of  Pastor  VV.  G.  Jones,  one  of  the  strong 
and  growing  men  of  the  Convention.  The  church  had  become  self- 
supporting  this  year,  and  impressed  the  whole  delegation  with  joy 
and  hope. 

The  Convention  year  had  been  one  of  prosperity  and  encour- 
agement in  all  lines  of  Christian  effort.  Eight  hundred  and  fifty-seven 
members  had  been  added  to  the  churches,  two  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven  of  them  by  baptism;  eleven  new  ministers  had  come  upon  the 
field;  three  new  church  edifices  had  been  erected:  and  four  new 
churches  had  been  organized.  The  Sunday-school  enrolment  was 
five  thousand  two  hundred  and  thirteen.  The  church  property  was 
valued  at  $144,550.  Rev.  A.  W.  Rider  represented  the  Missionary 
Union,  to  which  the  churches  had  contributed  $r, 486.94.  The  Wo- 
men's Foreign  Mission  Society,  which  was  adding  largely  to  the 
interest  in  all  missionary  gatherings,  had  collected  on  the  field 
$502.44;  and  the  Women's  Home  Mission  Society,  equally  ener- 
getic and  successful,  had  raised  $341.57.  There  had  been  raised  for 
the  Convention  work  $2,754.23,  and  the  total  contributions  for  the 
year  reached  $28,754.23.  The  missionary  appropriations  of  the  Con- 
vention Board  for  the  year  were  $9,817.89,  of  which  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  had  paid  $7,063.66.  The  Baptist  Young  People's  Union 
of  the  Convention  numbered  fifteen  local  societies,  but  the  work 
among  the  young  people  had  not,  up  to  this  time,  been  made  a  special 
department  of  the  work  of  the  Convention. 

A  growing  interest  in  finances  is  evidently  developing,  and  is 
taking  form  as  follows: 

SYSTEMATIC    BENEFICENCE — THE    VL.KK 

(Adopted  October,  1898) 

I.  Let  every  member  of  the  Convention  churches  be  urged  to  devote 
at  lenst  onc-tcnth  of  his  income  to  God. 


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one  ^oX^Ker -S  l^S  ^ H^^r'"-  '"  ^^  ^--'- 
fn^fV     '''"**'' i  V"*"  '.'^  "«^^t  *!«<:•■«'  year  !et  the  church- 

these  lfen"eT     """  "'''  '"'^'"''"  ''''^  ^''^''^^  ^^  ^  *«'<ly  offering  toward 

posj^:^^  X£t:,%try  ^"^•^'^'"^-  ^"^  ^*  -'-''  -  ^°  -  ^e- 

treasulir.  ^''   ■""'  ''"^'""'  °^  '^'  '""^   ''°'^  ^^  Pa'd   from  the  church 
for  particular  ^u^lJostgH^^^^^ 

divided  and  Warded  to  ^.^'"v'.Hn.  '^H*'''  offering  |or  bener.«nce  be 
following  ProponiS'1:o'n%  St'io^^f/  .fit"°p";"^cer'^  ■'"•  *'^'= 

S^'^^SrS'^SHv^-^i— -   P^^air ^0^^ 

cretion^of  t'h'eThur^ch'""^'  ^"^  ''"^'™'^'"  P"^P°^«  »"=  ""^^e  at  the  dis- 
objecis  ofMneffceS^e'  '""'""'"'  '"°"*'"^  presentation  of  the  various 
the  XlrVr!:SrS'l\  Jh^pTn!"""  °"  '^^^^'^^^''^  ^^"^««"-  ^- 

In  the  educational  situation,  certain  propositions  from  the  State 
Un.vers.ty  were  still  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  of  the  North  pI 
^fic  Un.vers,ty,  vvh.ch  was  still  "studying  the  situation  and  irking 
toward  a  comprehensive  plan."  ""fKing 

A  live  issue  in  the  Convention  at  this  time,  and  one  that  has  been 

sX  lan^u^t^^^oTo?^  "  '''  '"*"-  -^  P-P-  '•" 

OUR    CITIES 

doubt    ss  there  win  be  a  citv  of  f i'n-  °^   ^T""'     P^'^   >«"    hence 
Sound.  andl?heTcitt'of'lLgl  pro^n.^on""''  °"  ''''  ^''°^«  ''  ^"^^' 

SeatS'TacLa'  &  matcom%v?r'. J'^^t  A^^  --"^  '" 


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Ihe  Board  urges  a  forward  movement  along  several  other  lines, 
he  miportance  of  which  cannot  be  overestimated  as  the  demands  o 
he  twentieth  century  begin  to  press  upon  us.     The  following  quo- 
tation from  the  report  of  the  Board  covers  the  ground: 

RECOM  M  ENDATIOX  S 

The   reports   from   our  churches   indicate   that   a   larcc   ner   cent   „l 
benehcence   ,s   classihed   as,   "'paid   for   other   benevolem   objects"     \vi 

»"s.^L"&  i?rr&/t  isfc^^^^^^^ 

and  place  the  same  m  the  treasuries  of  your  missionary' organizations 

A  recommendation  made  one  year  ago  is  renewed •  "We  bereve  the 
rlf^rrL'T'^yl'l  "^  ^e^^^  Peoplc  and  children  ntT  societies  w  hln  he 
^nH  Jhj'T'*'  *"  ^O"-.  the  specific  purpose  of  Christi..:  culture  lndtra"nine 
We  wV  fV^'^y"  '''°"''^  "°*  ^^  "^de  agencie:  lor  collecting  money 
}L;Ji  ^  '"''  ''■^^''^o'-  .upon  assessments  and  appeals  sent  to  these 
societies  for  separate  offerings,  believing  churches  should  give  as  a  whole 

S  ont^H'""-[h''"'rt  r^  recognized  denominationarsocietiel"  • 
work,.  ™^  **  i"*'""  ^P'^"'!"'  opportunities  for  inaugurating  Christian 
r^?»W^-  *Kr^"?;  P'^"*  "P°?  °"'"  Convention  field-opportuni  ies  tharcon 
stitute  obligation-we  again  urge  upon  our  mission  churches  the  dutv  of 
?Jnr^«^.lS*"^  self-support,  thereby  enabling  the  Board  to  invest  funds 
represented  in  present  appropriatioins  in  new.  important  mssionaS  work 
f„„Hc  /  ^u^^  considers  self-support  of  secondary  importance  uses  its 
of  ?he  H„°,^'!fA?"?°"'c^''*^  ^"P*^"''^  "P°"  »>"=  limited  m"sTonary  funds 
f/rJL  .„  ™*'-  ^'"'°"  S°«'.«'y  and  Northwest  Baptist  Convention  fo? 
large  appropriations,  a  serious  question  arises  as  to  the  w"sdom  of 
additional  investment  of  missionary  funds  upon  the  field  Ka  Turch 
objects  it'T,  .Sni"*  """'"^  for  making  large  contributions  to  vaS 
thi  H^ml  M-  •  "^'c''-**"^  '°  ^^^  appropriation ,  from  the  treasury  of 
the  Home  Mission  Society  and  the  Convemion,  thereby  deferring  anrf 
defeating  response  to  appeals  from  other  fields  aeierring  and 

VVe  urge  upon   our   churches   and   individual   members   the  dutv   nf 
s^ls"tlS  '^^"«'""^'''"  ''"d  °"t^tat-n  -ork.  anS"the' winning  of 

our  SnSriScf  r  li;^  s.^;^/'ti^°"¥oirK^L;:^^^= 

chu?rh«''    T^i?"  '^^  immediate   laying  of  foundations  an"   foerfngo 

society  relative  to  the  imporLce  of  U^^  acS  upon  our  fi^^^^ 
?rKsT^re\te"d  et?  ^^'^^^  ^^  «raterulTc"o&«^'tnd^s^;? 

^i^e»!:s^%?°^--^ 

^*  Iiri         ^  r  ^°^^l    Let  us  inaugurate  the  new  century  with  a  vear 

of  devotement  to  our  Lord,  welcoming  and  improving  the  opoortuJtl- 

and  counting  it  a  joy  to  make  sacrifice  for  cur  Master  ''fP^rtumti- . 

In  behalf  of  the  Board,  Wm.  E.  Randall. 


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The  Convention  placed  on  record  the  following  report   express- 
ing appreciatjon  of  the  Home  Mission  Society:  '^ 

aid  SerT?ur"anSion  Iv'^the"  A^/r^  "^  high  appreciation  of  the 

to  show  by  work  and  j^ft  .L*  ".f'P'"*  .h^n**-  ^^  we  urge  our  people 
p.acinrat'^urTs|^s\rso«i?rg^r,il;f  oV'rLo^r'd-sr^^^^^^  ""'^^^   '^ 

w^^Jk*  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  was  pushing  its 
ZLT"^  and  mtelligently  under  the  leadership  of  ^amef  Ed- 
munds. Sunday-school  missionary,  and  Rev.  A.  H.  Hause   coloorter 

Con°vem[:„.''"^^^  "^'^°"'^^'  ^"'^  ^'^'^'^  -^X  g'ven  a  ;i;c"'?n°Th'i 

great^fire^in^sttHr^^l''."-?^-  ^°^''  ""^  '^^  ^'^P^'V  »°^'  *"  the 
fn  f J«5  ^  Seattle  which  laid  its  entire  business  district  in  ashes 
in  1889,  and  from  the  f^re  in  Vancouver  B  r  ,«  ,a^  -  j  V 
the  further  depressing  effects  of  "he  great  panic  l^g  n^^g'b  IZ 
^d  thT  ^f.J'T'"^  o['^^  "boom."  in  which  wen  ou"^th^ho^^s' 
and  the  wealth  of  tens  of  thousands,  new  life  is  awakening  hr3r 
conceptions  of  the  Masters  work  on  this  grea    S  arunLldin/ 

n,?„c  «/r  V  .  ^^^  beginning  of  the  twentieth  century.  The 
wan  nf  t'  """^  T''  ^^^^'  ^y  ^«S^"^'  ^'^  surmounted  by  the 
WHne  uo  wifh""'^"^'""'  '*'""""'■"•     "^^^  ^">''»  "»•"  are  rapidly 

buSssm.r  Tr,'""^'*'"  ""^  ^*="-^°-*'°  ^'^«  °f  citizens  and 
business  men.  The  large  cities  are  abreast  of  those  of  older  States  in 
their  educational  and  religious  facilities.    The  country   sbeineDeo 

Sh  Tt""  ?K^*^  '^'''  "^  ^"'""'''  ^'^  "ative  and  forefgn  aKe' 
gold  fields  tributary  to  the   cities  are   becoming  an   inexhaustible 

lattn  o°f  ^'T"'  ?™^P"''y  '^  ^^'^-t  ^'°'"  the  rapid  accumu- 
lation of  manufactories  and  the  building  of  railways  esDecTnv 
of  connecting  transcontinental  lines.  The  commerce  of  the  Scific 
is  growing  to  such  proportions  that,  looking  upon  the  face  of  he 
Atlantic,  we  see  mirrored  there  the  future  of  fhe  Pacific"  i°h  her 

iSic^forsr  '''  '""'''  °^  ---'  ^-  ^^^^«'  -i^-^-  the 

the  Pacific  to  be  declared  to  two-thirds  of  the  earth's  oonui/rinn 
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l^^!!°yX  ""^  ^T  *[*"'*  '*'  8'"°*'*'  f™""  *t«  incipient  stage  to  the 
close  of  the  nineteenth  century. 

It  remains  only  to  complete  the  record  with  a  statement  of  the 
^.Z.'^^''''J  '''''"u^'"^  ''  '""'y  ^''  """Whaled  to  enter  the  conflTct 
cfZX  Vtr?'  '^'  '"°'^'"«.^"d  <=°"t'ol  of  life  in  the  twentieth 
Sr7:  ,  i  u"*  seventy-six  churches,  with  Jesus  Christ  as 
their  head  and  the  word  of  God  as  their  guide.  There  are  three 
vho"t"v/h^''  »-ndred  and  eighty-one  meiSers  of  the7e  chu  ch^ 
'ea°h  Thu7".h°"'K*«^""  ""''  •'fP""^  '"*°  '^'  "''"^"^  of  Christ's 
isfedin  Phrct  ^  '"""^  '"""*""  °*  ^'"•'"'^  •«dy.  and  are  en- 
.sted  m  Chnns  service,  to  go  where  he  goes  and  follow  where  he 
eads.  always  obeying  his  orders.    There  are  sixty-six  ministers  of 

he's? Xrche'     'rf  '''"'  ^"^°--^>-«d  »»  be  pastors  or  bishop    o 
hese  churches     They  are  oledged  too.  and  have  been  set  apart  by 

Chr LT  t5  °"  °^  ^^'^'u  '"'^  ^y  P"y"'  *°  «'^«  the  churches  of  which 
Chnst  Jesus  is  the  head.  Evidently  God  has  put  these  sixtv-six 
ramisters  on  the  field  to  care  for  these  seventy-^s"x  churches  a^d 
est  any  of  them  should  be  disabled,  he  has  added  to  the  force  deTen 
Sme  !fr'  '\'"PP'^  '"^'  ""a-°'dable  deficiency,  and  aV  the  same 

inr^'ll  ,.'■  ""T'V  ''°"  ^°  ''^^°'"*^  P»«*°"  themselves. 
venfinnT  V     .1  *'*'"'■'=''"  ^'^  '"'''•°"  churchcs  aided  by  the  Con- 
Convent?.     ."^  '"  '^'  '"T'*  °^  ^^^'^  P^^*°"'  ^'th  means  put  into  the 
Convention  treasury  to  be  used  for  that  purpose.     These  churches 
are  independent  bodies  in  all  particulars,  in  the  same  way  asJhe 

s  rvLts  o7  th.  r''"'  "'  ^'^'^-"^ta'"-^-  They  are  no  ire  Z 
rn^^nt-  «  Convention,  nor  of  the  Convention  Board,  nor  of 
the  oSir.°*u'^''  ^r  °^  '^^  ""'"^  ^«>"'on  Society  Uian  are 
Iter^  resnect""Tr-  7'''^-  "''  '^'  ^^"^'^  "^  ^^e  other  churches  "n 
SSr  theTame  I'^trl^'  ''  '^  "^''  '°  '^^""^  ^''^  '"  ^"^  Convention 

th.  ?"*"  f'^  ^  '^y^^  """'^"  °*  'ay™*"  officially  connected  with 
the  Convention  work.    Among  the  officers  of  the  Convention  there 
are  but  two  ministers,  namely,  the  historical  and  correspondine  secre 
taries ;  on  the  Board  of  Trustees,  there  is  but  one  min?s  «    and  o„  thl 
Convention  Board  of  twenty-one  members,  there  are  but  six  ministers 
It  is  a  most  hopeful  feature  that  business  men  are  willing  to  devote 

o  hP  '  V^'"  f^'"  '"^  '^^^^  '^'  P*^t°"  fr<«  to  givf  their  time 
to  the  ministry  of  the  word  and  to  the  service  of  thi  church  and 
|t  does  not   in  any  way.  reflect  upon  the  standing  TaS  of  tie 

tTeSfTof  th!  T°u'  f "  '^  ''''  '''«'^"*  ^'^'^  "««*  honorabe  in 
the  gift  of  the  church.  It  is  supreme,  since  the  pastor  is  called  of 
God  and  set  apart  by  the  church  of  which  Jesus  Christ  is  the  head 
The  pastor  ,s  not  subject  to  Convention.  Association  Mission  Board' 
or  Missionary  Society.  All  these  are  creatures  of  thf  Shes  and 
ZT^V°  ^?'^/''"^?!f:  ^'th  their  pastors  as  leader^and  it  would 
cW  .,  »>«  ^.'sdom  of  Divine  begetting  to  leave  the  p^tors  anT"he 
churches  they  serve  to  pursue  the  higher  calling  of  soul-wTnnfng  and 


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tb-  building  up  or  Christian  character  an-l  of  strong  ciu.rches  of 
siZ,  '  ■.^^''"^.''^"^'^"  '•^""'^  "°^''  ""»  "'^  buMncs  propo- 
w  rHoTH  '  J.""""  l'!'  f'""''  ''^  '^'  K°^P''-  '■'^•^  •"<^'»'^'th  century 
wn  L  .  .  M  ''  ^  "°'**'''  ^°'  '^'  development  of  lavmen  in  rehgiou. 
work  and  there  are  now  prophetic  signs  of  a  large  ncrease  in  the 
membership  of  the  churches  and  of  their  official  organaations  W hh 
.such  a  bnlhant  array  of  consecrated  lay  talent  in  the  \orthwest 
Baptist  Convention,  co-operating  with  an  equally  brilliant  and  con- 
bv  the  ear'n'^r'  """'^^'^'■'f /-''-'>"■  'he  Convention  will  be  foHowed 

rSire-i^r^V^^nS;"-  ''  '''  -"'  ""^"-'^  ^  ^^- 
socieSSroJ^LnSc^^„S:„r^^'^'  "'^"^'"  '^^  '''  ^^'^^^' 

AFFILIATED    SOCIETIES 

PresSnt^Rei''/„?-"^/pP''"'  ^"'°"c°*  '^'  Northwest  Convention, 
n-esident,  Rev.  Louis  S.  Bowerman,  Seattle.  Secretary  Dr  W  L 
Moon,  Tacoma.  • 

and  l^^ti^°(^f'J°'^!F  '^'"•°'?  ^'''='*=*>'  °^  ^'^'^"^  Washmgton 
Seattle         ^°'"'"'"^-    Hono^ry  vice-president.  Mrs.  F.  M.  Williams, 

and  ^RritiSlT!!}'*  "°'"%M'"io"  Society  of  western  Washington 
and   British    Columbia.      President,   Mrs.    S.   W.    Heaven,    Burton 

M^^tJI' ^W^""'  ^*"°'^'''  ^'^  '^^^''°"^-     Missionary.  Mis 
^caLdl1:vi?n^^^^^        representing   the    women's    work    among   the 

S  wT»!ln''°A^°">!^°V'j*^"*-  State  vice-president.  Mrs. 
5).  W.  Beaven.  Associational  director  Puget  Sound,  Mrs  M  V 
Johns.    Associational  director  of  Northwestern.  Mrs.  L.  G.  Sawyer.  ' 

rar/°M^  Mission  Society  of  the  West.     State  secretary,  Miss 
Carr     M.  KaJloch     Secretary  of  Northwestern  Association,  Mrs.  E. 
R.    Bailey.     Secretary   of   Puget    Sound    Association.    Mrs.    C.    D 
Ispencer.  ^-    t^. 

OFFICIAL   CALENDAR    AND    BOARD  OF   THE    NORTHWEST    BAPTIST    CONVEN- 
TION   IN     1900 

FHw^p^'1^"''  ?'''^'"  ^-  o^*'*"'''  ^**"'*-     P'"t  vice-president.  Eric 
Edw^Roshng,  Tacoma.     Second  vice-president.  Prof.  Mark  Bailey 

F  iJCn?"  ^""""."^  vice-presidents.  Mrs.  S.  W.  Beaven.  Burton 
F  M.  Williams,  Seattle.  Clerk,  Rev.  W.  H.  Gibson.  Aberdeen.  Cor 
responding  secretary.  Rev.  William  E.  Randall.  Tacoma.    Treasurer 


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Belize  ^°''''"'  ^"°'"'-     "'»»<"■•"'   secretary,   Rev.  J.   C.   Baker, 

Se:..tTrTu-  ^V-  ^?-  °-  °r?*"*y'  P"y»"-P;  C.  J.  Erickson, 
Hull  Seattle,  Mrs.  Robert  Moran.  Seattle;  Peter  Hansen.  Tacoma. 
u„»  T  ,  '^"%y^^'--  Rev.  Geo.  D.  Downey.  Puyallup;  Alonzo 
Hull.  Seattle;  C.  J.  Erickson,  Seattle;  D.  S.  Garlick.  Tacoma;  Jesse 
K.  Francis,  LaLonner;  J.  Lewis  Smith,  D.  D.,  Tacoma;  Peter  Han- 
sen. Tacoma.  Two  yeais:  Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman,  Seattle;  Rev.  S.  C. 
Ohrum,  Seattle;  Rev.  R.  S.  Greene,  Seattle;  Rev.  Louis  J.  Sawyer, 

F  H  M  n"'  ?''•  !^°'""«'  '^*"'"*:  K-  ^-  Morse.  New  Whatcom: 
t.H.  Miller,  Centralia.    Three  years:  L.  L.  Hunter.  Shelton;  C.  E 

q.'»5^!l:.  ^""If  V'^^"w^-  ^-  °"'*=''"'  'T'*"'"^:  C°^w'"  S-  Shank. 
i>eattle.  Mrs.  Robert  Moran,  Seattle;  B.  VV.  Johns.  Olvmpia;  August 
Lovegren,  Preston.  -     1     .     "S" 


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ORGANIZATION 
1871-1875 

Horn!  Mu.'i''  covered.  Organuation.  Generil  mUiionary  of  the  American  Baptist 
«Zn"  i,  -f"'*'';-  ^"^'V'^  ducuMed.  Population.  Olympia  Church.  A  notable 
captism.  Second  meeting.  Prominent  men  present  Fellowihip.  Resolutions  Co 
Si':„"educ.\io'r''-     ^•--'»  -"".    ■«'4.     Collections.  tsA.     In.port^°racti^° 

This  Association,  which  for  so  many  years  practically  covered 
the  field  now  occupied  by  the  Northwest  Baptist   Convention,   and 
the  Baptist  Convention  of  British  Columbia,  a  field  next  in  impor- 
tance to  that  of  the  Atlantic  seaboard  at  the  beginning  of  the  last 
century,  was  organized  at  Olympia,  October  20.  1871.    The  following 
churches  were  represented  in  the  organization:  The  First  Church, 
Puyallup,   organized    in    1867,   by   Rev.    R.    Weston;    Elma   Baptist 
Church,  organized  in  1S70,  by  Rev.  Joseph  Casto;  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  Seattle,  organized  in  December,  1868,  by  Rev.  R.  Weston- 
the  Baptist  church  of  Oysterville,  organized  in  1871,  by  S.  E.  Steams 
and  Rev.  J.  W.chser.    Rev.  R.  Weston  was  chosen  moderator  of  the 
Association,  and  M.  E.  Traver,  clerk.    The  organization  was  effected 
under  the  title  of  the  "  Puget  Sound  Baptist  Association."    Rev.  E. 
Curtis,  of  Michigan,  who  was  at  that  time  general  missionary  of  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  for  Oregon  and  Washington 
Territory,  was  present  and  aided  in  the  organization.     The  usual 
Articles  of  Faith  were  adopted,  also  expressions  of  confidence  in 
the  various  departments  of  organized   work  of  the  denomination. 
The  Association  expressed  appreciation  of  the  appointment  by  the 
Home  Mission  Society  of  Rev.  E.  Curtis  as  general  missionary.    At 
this  time  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns  was  missionarj-  at  Oysterville-  Rev 
Joseph  Casto,  missionary  at  Elma;  Rev.  R.  Weston,  at  Puyallup-  and 
Rev.  Joseph  Freeman,  D.  D.,  once  president  of  the  Vermont  Conven- 
tion, at  Seattle.    The  churches  represented  report  a  membership  of 
eighty-eight. 

The  Territory  of  Washington  at  this  period  had  a  population  of 
about  twenty-five  thousand.  The  Association  covered  in  its  discus- 
sions the  subjects  of  Sunday-schools,  religious  literature,  Christian 
education,  and  temperance;  and  much  attention  was  given  to  the 
pressing  needs  of  the  large  and  important  territory  covered  by  the 
Association. 

On  the  Monday  following  the  meeting  of  die  Association,  some 
brethren  who  remained  formed  a  council  to  organize  and  recognize 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Olympia,  according  to  the  usual  methods 

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of  the  denomination.  Before  the  council  dispersed,  the  church 
received  a  candidate  for  baptism,  namely,  Hon.  R.  S.  Greene,  Associ- 
ate and  afterward  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Washington 
Territory.  This  was  a  day  of  great  encouragement  and  joy  among 
these  early  pioneers. 

The  second  annual  meeting  was  held  in  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Seattle,  October,  1872.  In  this  meeting  nothing  of  special  inter- 
•  est  occurred.  In  June,  1873,  the  Association  met  again  at  Olympia. 
This  meetmg  was  a  phenomenal  gathering  of  Baptist  strength  for 
so  early  a  period,  There  were  present  from  Oregon  Rev.  Addison 
Jones,  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Salem,  capital  of 
Oregon;  Rev.  G.  C.  Chandler,  D.  D.,  for  seven  years  president  of 
Franklin  College,  Franklin,  Ind.;  Prof.  Mark  Bailey,  president  of 
McMinnville  College;  Dea.  J.  F.  Failing,  of  the'  First  Baptist 
Church,  Portland,  founder  of  the  church,  and  also  of  the  public 
school  system  of  Portland;  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns,  then  in  Oregon,  the 
great  colporter  and  organizer  of  churches  in  Oregon  and  Washing- 
ton Territory ;  and  R.  R.  Lombard,  also  from  Oregon,  a  man  of  solid 
worth. 

These  men  of  God,  who  aided  largely  in  laying  the  foundation 
upon  which  Baptist  structures  are  still  rising  on  the  North  Pacific 
Coast,  were  met  and  cordially  welcomed  by  men  of  equal  strength 
belonging  to  the  Association.  Such  men  were  Rev.  Joseph  Casto, 
principal  mover  in  gathering  the  churclios  together  and  organizing 
the  Association;  Rev.  Joseph  Freeman,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  Seattle,  who  was  elected  moderator  of  the  Associ- 
ation by  acclamation;  Rev.  R.  S.  Greene,  the  scholarly,  biblical 
exegete.  United  States  judge,  and  devoted  man  of  God,  who  carried 
his  religion  with  him  to  the  bench;  Rev.  R.  Weston,  the  pioneer 
preacher,  welcomed  and  gladly  heard  by  all  people:  W.  H.  Mitchell, 
who  kept  open  house  for  God's  ministers,  serving  the  Lord  at  the 
head  of  the  Mitchell  Wagon  and  Implement  Co.,  for  the  North  Pacific 
Coast;  Dea.  C.  Clymer,  so  long  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Seattle,  four  times  the  representative  of  King 
County  in  the  Territorial  legislature,  and  others  their  co-laborers. 

This  meeting  was  also  phenomenal  in  showing  how  the  hearts 
of  Baptists  beat  in  loving  sympathy  for,  and  interest  in  each  other. 
All  the  visitors  made  a  journey  of  at  least  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles,  if  not  more,  to  reach  the  Association.  The  transportation  fa- 
cilities were  by  no  means  good  in  those  days.  They  came  by  steam- 
boat, stage,  private  conveyance,  on  foot,  and  partly  by  rail,  which, 
if  one  was  not  in  too  great  a  hurry,  was  a  slight  advance  over  the 
others  in  speed. 

The  questions  discussed  at  this  meeting,  the  resolutions  passed, 
the  recomm.-aidations  made,  the  spirit  which  prevailed,  all  showed 
these  worken-  to  be  abreast  of  the  times  though  months  away,  by 
mail,  from  th.;  great  body  of  the  brethren  in  the  East,  as  we  who 


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are  active  at  this  date  will  perceive  from  the  following  extracts 
from  their  minutes :  ** 

On  foreign  missions,  they  say:  "  We  love  to  feel  that  we  are  one 
with  our  beloved  brethren  who  stand  at  the  helm  in  Boston  and 
with  all  who  put  their  money  into  this  great  work.  We  love  to 
know  that  we  are  with  the  missionary  and  the  convert  in  Africa,  in 
Asia  and  in  Europe.  Our  hearts  are  full  of  the  glory  of  being 
the    light  of  the  world '  to  all  the  world." 

On  home  missions,  they  say:  "Our  Home  Mission  Society,  with 
headquarters  m  New  York,  has  hitherto  been  able  to  aid  us  but 
little.  \et  we  are  satisfied  that  we  have  their  prayers  and  their 
sympathy;  and.  according  to  their  judgment  of  their  ability,  we  shall 
yet  have  their  enlarfed  liberality.  We  need  their  men  and  money. 
Our  field  IS  ripe  the  grain  needs  gathering,  we  have  not  the  men 
nor  the  means  We  therefore  ask  our  brethren  to  aid  us  in  planting 
the  standard  of  a  true  Bible  church  on  the  Sound.    We  pledge  our- 

Tw!  *u  f^^^  T'^'  °"'"  '''^*^''  °"'"  *'»"^S'  o""-  bodies,   and 

above  all.  our  hearts. 

They  also  urge  Sunday-schools  to  sustain  teachers'  meetings  and 
normal  classes,  and  to  use  the  best  helps  published,  namely,  those 
of  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society.  They  say  that  every 
genume  Baptist  church  is  in  the  highest  Scripture  sense,  not  onK^ 
tj!!!!''  Tu  °''e=^'»^^*'°"'  but  also  a  truly  Christian  temperance 
society.  They  commend  those  sisters  who  have  organized  the 
women  s  missionary  work  and  recommend  a  similar  action  by  the 

tf  Baot°i  tftW ':.''"[''fj-    ^'^y  ''^''^  '*  ^'  °*  ^^^^  •'"P°'^aice 

IS  ST  vVl^.  ''"'''^  "P  ^'^  '"''^•"  ""'^  &°od  Baptist  paper 
west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  f        y  f 

On  co-operative  work,  they  resolve:  "That,  for  the  present 
we  recommend  that  as  far  as  possible  the  brethren  composing  this 
Association  co-operate  with  the  Home  Mission  Society  through  the 
^^T^  1  'i'  general  Convention  of  Oregon  and  Washington  Terri! 
tory  m  furtherance  of  such  enterprises  as  properly  fall  within  the 
phere  of  that  organization."  The  Association  also  appointed  Breth- 
ren Casto,  Freeman,  and  Harper,  and  Sister  Casto.  as  delegates  to 
represent  it  m  the  Baptist  Convention  named.  They  were  neither 
bigoted  nor  discourteous.  In  answer  to  a  fraternal  letter  from  the 
lltJr'^  T'"''':"'-  ^t'^.  "'^'^^'^^  '^''''  Sabbath  afterioo^  Ip- 
STrS  T-  ""'"u  '"u^  ^^V°  ^"""^  '^"^  dedication  services  Sf 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  Olympia.  They  report  five  churches 
nine  baptisms,  fourteen  received  by  letter,  and  a  total  membership  of 
about  one  hundred.  Last,  and  not  least,  they  took  collections  for 
nome  and  foreign  missions. 

r.t  J"i"'^'  l^I'^'  ^^^  A^so^^'^t'on  met  with  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Seattle.  The  representatives  from  abroad  were  Revs.  Addison 
Jones,  of  Salem  Ore.;  J  A.  Wirth.  of  Oregon  City.  Ore  anS 
i>.  E.  Steams,  colporter  of  the  Publication  Society.    Fraternal  dele- 


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gates  were  appointed  to  the  Oregon  Association,  and  also  to  the 
Oregon  Convention.  The  work  of  the  several  societies  was  con- 
til  P.?hr"t''f^-°"'  '^^^  ^°'  ^°""'  *"^  '°^^'g"  "Missions  and  for 
Jirs^ro  of  r  l°^'T^:  ^"5  '•'"'■''*"  ^"*  represented,  with  a  mem- 
bership of  one  hundred  and  twelve.  The  Olympia  Church  reports 
sixteen  dollars  and  ten  cents  for  home  missions;  and  fifty-eight  doUar 
and  twenty-five  cents  for  foreign  missions.  ^ 

th.  "^V*"^  meeting  of  the  Association,  held  at  Seattle  in  1875. 
the  following  very  important  action  indicating  the  purpose  and 
desire  of  these  early  workers  on  o«r  field,  was  taken  with  reference  to 

?o3rofTr.  ;*"^*^**,.*  =°°^«>«on  ««  formed  within  the 
afd  frL  tS  A  "*°'^  i°  '?"''xl  ^""^'  °"  *^«  fi«'d  and  to  solicit 
aid  from  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.  They  also 
recommend  the  appointment  of  an  associational  committee  to  secure 
proposals  for  a  site  and  to  solict  funds  with  the  view  to  building  up 
fiL  •»1!''L°'''"i''*  '"'y'  *  ^''P*'^*  institution  of  learning  on  this 
rtlj'i^.,^''  understanding  that  this  committee  should  make  a 
W  r..  .      «xt  assoc.at.onal  meeting.    They  also  made  provision 

Surcl,«  i*"r'  J"*"''''^'  P'"'P''''=*-     A"  *^'^  ^^«  done  when  the 
churches  of  the  Association  reported  but  one  hundred  and  twelve 


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ENLARGEMENT 
1876-1878 

First  church  in  British  Columbia.  Plea  for  gctieral  missionary,  1877.  Association 
meets  in  a  foreign  country.  Areas.  A  young  continent  added.  Population.  Exec- 
!l?iy*  t-.ommittee  at  work.  A  mission  boat.  Its  purpose.  Project  approved.  Legal 
difficulties.  Bill  before  Congreta.  Delay.  Not  letertion.  Committee  of  investigation. 
A  new  proposition.    Personal  ownership.    Alaska  mail.    Final  sale.     Exonerated. 

At  the  meeting  followirg,  which  was  held  at  Centerville  (now 
Centralia),  in  September,  1876,  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Victoria 
was  received  and  the  bounds  of  the  Association  enlarged,  changing 
its  name  to  that  of  the  Baptist  Association  of  Puget  Sound  and 
British  Columbia. 

Rev.  William  Games,  the  pastor,  represented  the  Victoria  First 
Baptist  Church,  which  had  been  organized  the  previous  March  with 
sixteen  members,  had  been  recognized  in  July,  and  w.  low  erecting 
a  house  of  worship  at  a  cost  of  five  thousand  dollars.  The  Associ- 
ation recommended  the  churches  to  aid  the  Victoria  brethren  liber- 
ally in  their  efforts  to  build.  A  collection  of  one  hundred  and  two 
dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  was  taken  at  this  meeting  to  aid  the 
entertaining  church  in  completing  its  house  of  worship,  and  an 
effort  was  also  lade  to  get  a  general  missionary  on  the  field.  The 
Executive  Comi.iittee  urged  the  coming  of  Rev.  T.  J.  Huff  to  do 
this  important  work,  but  without  avail. 

The  year  1877  was  an  eventful  year  for  the  Puget  Sound  Asso- 
ciation, for  the  meeting  was  held  in  a  foreign  country.  The  great 
hearts  of  the  brethren  of  the  Association  had  opened  the  year  before 
to  take  in  British  Columbia,  a  province  of  the  British  Empire,  as  a 
part  of  their  field.  There  seemed  to  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  scrip- 
turalness  of  this  expansion  in  the  minds  of  those  consecrated  workers. 
The  territory  previously  covered  by  this  Association  had  an  area  of 
twenty-five  thousand  square  miles,  with  an  available  waterfront  of 
seventeen  hundred  miles.  British  Columbia  had  three  hundred  and 
forty-one  thousand  three  hundred  and  five  square  miles,  making  an 
area  of  three  hundred  and  sixty-six  thousand  three  hundred  and 
five  square  miles.  Then  the  Association  pushed  onward  and  took  in 
Alaska,  increasing  its  area  to  a  small  continent.  Some  delegates 
msisted  that  the  latter  acquisition  should  be  called  "The  North 
Star  Mission  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association,"  and  their  interest 
and  prayers  were  rewarded  in  after  years,  when  the  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  sent  Rev.  J.  A.  Wirth  and  wife  to  that 
field,   under  appointment   recommended  by   Rev.   J.   C.   Baker,  the 

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iwo  hundred.     Nothing  daunttd   bv  L   fZTn.    "«°*«"l>,p  »f 
standing  their  small  ahnih,  ZI  „    '  this   immense  area,  notwith- 

v7hXr^'';^i.«S'rF'^^ 

Olvmoia  ri,.,r-.i,      T<t      *        .        ^^-  J-  *^-  Ludlow,  pastor  of  the 

2j^:  h?nro,  r^m^rr-srrRyi-^-is^' 

Judge   Roger  S.   Greene,   and   Rev     T    A    WJrth      tI-        ^T°*' 
issued  an  apneal  to  the  Ran+JcV  k    .il  . .  *"•     ^'^'^  committee 

^•vfng  a  Clear  statement  oni:'::^^^,' ^l^oTLr.  &  ^^ 

raOM    PUGET    SOUND 

laborerilhS'hi8'dc°s1«^nd  d^lT^'*  *»°  "^  ''>  ««^^"t«  ^nd  your  co- 
Pumt  Sounrf  pmv.«.  .'^'  ^9''  transmiss  on  to  you 

indepeSt  oriiran^U^^ldT'XolThlr  ''^T^  ^  ''^"^  ""<=  a'°"e. 
miles.  Dotted  all  aloSr  these  shor^fJrf«  °"'  thousand  eight  hundred 
territorial  State  prison  is  on  one  of  'th«^^°"  T^^  °^  '**  '*'""«'«  (o""- 
impracticable  by  tend  conveyMce  arl  tZl'  ^"k*^  '"many  places  utterly 
well  as  hamlets  and  cluXs^?„Vi?„5'J°P?5'^'''"l'  ''o™"  of  settlers,  as 

we  are  true  to  the  one 'crm^isK'TM^f "TI J?'' ff  t^.^  '"-•^''^^.'^ 
will  have  an  mcreas  ne  emphasis  a<  thV  v»o,e  i,.- ^'  .^"^  •  '*  necessity 
rapid  accessions  to  the  p3S  Wh,/-  ?  ''""»  their  inevitable  and 
extensively  true  of  BriHsrCobmbia  We  ^In'if^  ^"*'*  Sound  is  also 
therewith  except  by  water.    SoTsa'ifds  oYUI^  ^l^^S^Z 


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gospel  at  a  trifliriK  expense  by  water  conveyance  of  our  own,  which  arc 
quite  remote  from  the  regular  and  expensive  routes  of  water  travel,  and 
quite  impracticable  to  land  carriage. 

It  becomes  necessary,  therefore,  for  the  constant  and  increasing  uses 
of  our  home  missionary  work  that  we  (Baptists  of  the  North  Pacific) 
should  own  a  small  boat,  propelled  by  steam  (constant  calms  and  cur- 
rents preclude  sail  only),  say  thirty  feet  long,  capable  of  conveying  from 
ten  to  fifteen  persons,  but  readily  managed  by  one  or  two,  and  so  con- 
structed as  to  admit  of  navigating  all  the  available  inland  waters  named. 
Such  a  craft  could  be  built  at  a  comparatively  small  cost,  and  being  once 
equipped  would  involve  almost  no  subsequent  outlay.  We  would  thus 
have  for  work  of  our  pastors,  gospel  bands,  or  general  missionary  the 
readiest,  cheapest,  and  most  practicable  conveyance  for  years  to  come. 

We  do,  therefore,  appoint  our  Brethren  Ludlow,  Greene,  and  Wirth 
as  our  committee  to  present  this  matter  in  detail  to  the  churches  and 
brethren  at  large,  and  to  provide  the  same  at  the  earliest  practicable  date. 

Thus  beloved  brethren  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational  So- 
ciety for  Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  and  British  Columbia,  upon  you, 
and  through  you  the  many  churches  you  represent  is  conferred  the  honor 
of  being  the  first  to  receive  our  communication.  Linked  so  closely  to- 
gether in  name  and  in  service  as  we  already  are,  by  at  once  the  spirit 
and  the  providence  of  God,  we  do  not  for  a  moment  doubt  that  you  will 
characterize  your  first  Board  meeting  by  such  response  and  action  as  the 
Lord  will  put  in  your  power.  Through  what  committee,  or  in  what 
manner  you  will  undertake  your  portion  of  this  responsibility,  we  leave 
wholly  to  your  Spirit-guided  judgment,  without  suggestion  of  any  kind 
from  us.  We  ought  to  have  at  least  $1,500,  but  may  have  to  do  with 
less,  and  whatever  of  surplus  the  Lord  may  send  will  be  wholly  devoted  to 
the  bona  fide  home  mission  work,  or  subject  to  your  order,  pro  rata. 

We  will  not  and  need  not  weary  you  with  our  communication.  You 
will  duly  notify  us  of  your  action,  and  whatever  further  of  detail  in  either 
plan  or  procedure  may  be  desirable  for  you  to  know  in  carrying  on  and 
out  the  work,  we  will  gladly  communicate  upon  request. 

In  closing,  we  thank  the  dear  Lord  for  using  you  (the  Baptist 
Beacon)  to  pen  and  print  the  stirring  appeal  in  connection  with  your  con- 
stitution, which  we  urge  you  to  reread  as  a  portion  of  this  communica- 
tion. 

Very  fraternally  with  you,  and  for  the  Lord  and  his  elect  mountain- 
straying  sheep, 

lour  fellow-laborers, 

J.  P.  Ludlow, 

R.   S.  Greene, 

J.  A.  Wirth, 

Committee. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  this  project  had  before  been  presented  and 
approved  by  the  Missionary  Board  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  and 
Educational  Society.  Could  this  plan  have  been  carried  out  as  at 
first  projected,  it  would  doubtless  have  become  as  popular  as  the 
"  Gospel  Wagon  "  of  a  later  period,  and  as  great  a  blessing  as  its 
purpose  was  unique  and  comprehensive.  But  some  legal  difScultie.s 
arose  with  reference  to  the  construction  of  a  boat,  as  projected, 
to  carry  passengers  on  the  Puget  Sound  waters  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States. 

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120      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF  THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 
OUR    MISSIONARY    BOAT 

is  fun^eringfeause  o'f^hVcJl'^lf.l'^^^^^^^  °.-  '''"«««'  Lord 

water  buggy,  if  you  will-by Th"  use  o?thV«''''i  """'""^ry  boat-our 
have  brought  across  the  continent  and  the  n»  Jr.'l'^'"  P""'-"'  ^he  wires 
that  we  have  now  a  bill  in  "he  Hou,cs  o^i'^ntr''''''  "•"?*«•  "»«  "««'•. 
necessary  exemptions  from  licensef  custom,  S?*'"*'  ^'^n*  "»  «rtain 
little  steam  launch  we  orooose  il^^.ii^u-  *"'?!  «'^'  ">  'he  use  of  the 
copied  in  full  the  hTlf-cdumn  extrac?  frS'"„!.  '^"''  *•?*>:  ''^^^  ~"ertly 
the  necessity  for  such  faclitie"  The  bi"^?''-  "1°'""'°"""  "po^'.  on 
failed  to  notice— irivinir  to  anv  ,..i  •  .  '?■  drawn,  however— which  thev 
for  similar  puT^Te  and  to  a  ffm°f '^*^''  ''''«'°."»  ''O'^y  »  similar  priviege 
be  used  at  oL  S  by"lny  one  S/  and'suVh ''k:;  ^"'  °"'  '""^^  b°«  ". 
burden.    Expressions  come  t^  .fc  tr'      °  *"'^'*  ^^^  "o*  over  fifteen  tons 

«t  in  the  w^rk,  wh"id,' chee  s  us  Jora  liUle'alfd '^l^'^"^"^,  "'  ^'^^  '"'-- 
of  our  faith.  °'  *  ""'^'  ^""  adds  greatly  to  the  scope 

in  ci;;  !?r?avS^  a;;;ioTircr«r'e''ss'^:'e^;i„^';.''^''^"''^'>„"/-««''  that 
scnptions  .nnd  go  forward  with  the  work  "  '■^"  ^°'  "''^  '"''^- 

J.   P.  Li'm.ow. 


Fr(,.,.  the  Baptist  Beacon  for  April.  1878: 


OtJR    BOAT    AND    FIELD 

desertion.  'uTb^' the'neceTsarv^•n7/r• ''^l'*'^^"  *™8'"«  «l'«t  delay  is 
reaping.  Letters  from  Wa?h"«on  D  C  "\.,r""  .^  '"^'"^  ^"^  'he 
be  allowed  to  be  ignored  by  fhe  commiW!!  ""^  1'  *''^*  ""r  hi"  will  not 
thereon  may  soon  bTexpected  LetteTTrnm  '"  k''"P'  '"»'*  ^^at  action 
Home  M  ssion  Society  aUoJ^f-vi:^  °?  ""^  brother  secretary  of  the 

New  York  firm^°with^  verV?av™able%ro-neT'n'°?^  Pending' whh  a 
prices,  etc.,  so  that  at  an"LeZr  bret'h  °n  ml  "u  ^""T.  ^'*'=°""'  »" 
to  respond  with  their  contributions  wl  iL^'^i^  ''*'  'L^''^^*'  "P«"  by  ns 
them  that  there  may  be  no  del"y°n  sectJ^fnl''"!  ^^?P  *''«.  •"^"er  before 
for.  Until  we  can  state  the  -^n  ol*  1  J^^j*''^*  '?  "«ded  when  called 
or  attempt  to  collect  ^""'  ""''''^'  *«  "hall  make  no  appeal 

summer.  SfdelayedTn  collections''  lJ?°^'  .^-f  °'S   ""=   <^'°-   o^   'he 
that  so  soon  as  the  boat  Ts  Sred  there  a'rt"!^''"  '^""^  "^  indications 
servants,  well  qualified,  who  s"and  refdv  t.     "?  "f  '"°''?  ?^  ^he  Lord's 
services  as  missionaries  on  the  boat  field    "'t/^'""*^"  'heir   continuous 
Congress,  though  very  important   w  II  S"  he^mn,*?*"',"  ""*  •""  hefore 
'""B^utTchTfi^d^%'J?h^'  aSSe^^inf^sesrr*'^'^''  "^""">'-  -^ 
find  at  once  a  wide^yooS,  dooTin'  v""^'^"'  ^"'^  Publication  societies  will 
No  church  or'l^al\Td^J^th  n  th^'^b'oundro^  °^  *'"7  "P^'^l  •"^*«i^" 
Associations  can  compare  a^  h  this  in  theuhjL  ^"^  °^  °"^  ^Northwest 
attractiveness,  need,  or  prospective  iJ^l£^lf^Z%\T^^h'"'^'''^^^^' 
our  societies  will  heartily  emer  them    In^  wL    "  ^'^^'^-    ^^  doubt  not 
operate  in  the  building  and  equiDment  ^  nZtj"!"^^  presentation  co- 
matter  constantly  before  the  Wd  in  p?Iyer  *'    ^''''"■'"'  '^"^  'hi. 
Olympia,  W.  T..  March  23,  1878. 

missionary  work^:^L'e^rr?  o?Pu?round.'  ^''^  ^°"^^^^"^^  '" 


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Throughout  the  entire  lield,  to  each  and  all  its  classes  of  human  ncd 
and  wherever  the  curling  smoke  of  wildwood  camp  or  cabin  shali 
signa  us.  we  propose  to  go  bearing  the  free  and  precious  gospel  of  Jesus 
Lrmnn  IV'^L  ''^^''l^  greetmg.  or  of  printed  pages  and  picture.  I.j 
sermon  9r  by  song,  by  the  lone  missionary  or  the  praying  band  bv 
min.strat.on  to  the  spiritual,  pjyrsical,  or  social  needs  orthileople.  ami 

iLluW^T  °'  "^'^^  ^•''^'i  ^""^  »'^='"  K*^^  "*•  *=  will  "ek  Vo  gladden 
eve^  ;.mn^  !'"'*•  \°  board  every  vessel,  to  hail  every  canoe,  to  visit 
T«^  wi»^*^;,.'"  i""w'>'*'y  Chinaman,  and  ever  "take  the  name  o 
&  A  ,  ''  "  '"i"'*."  "°  ?"'  •'""  '°  <1°-  The  Master's  voice  has 
reached  at  once  our  head,  our  heart,  and  our  pocket,  saying.  "Go  ye  into 
the  highways,  and  he  has  already  heard  our  reply.  "Lord  we  go."  an-l 
as  the  Lord  shall  send  to  us  his  chosen  laborers,  a  Moodjl  and  sknkev 
or  any  other  consecrated  worker,  with  song  or  service,  this  vehicle  ot" 
communication  is  ever  at  hand. 

That  this  was  not  considered  a  scheme  visionary  in  its  conception 
IS  ev.dent  from  the  fact  that  it  was  approved  by  the  Mission  Board 
of  the  Convention,  also  by  the  officials  of  the  American  Baptist  Home 
M.ssion  Society  in  New  York. 

A  committee,  appointed  by  the  Association  for  the  purpose,  made 
the  following  report: 

The  committee  has  made  complete  investigations  and  find : 

♦hon'wllt  ^*'*^  '■°*j''  and  method. are  better  adapted  to  their  purposc 
Iho^c.nH°fi'  'TT**;.  ^^^,  *°""''I  including  a  shore  line  of  over  two 
ttiousand  five  hundred  miles,  and  upward  of   fifty  towns  and  villages 
I^  n„\ffT'^"fV^  T'^  *''l"  "'""  thousand,  an  accessible  Indian  pop": 
lation  of  twenty-five  thousand,  an  ebb  and  flow  of  thirty  thousand  sea- 

five"hulldred""°"         *"'*  "  '"^'^'"'^  ^'""'  population  of  three  thousand 

afforH  Ji";hI^«'iiTi*  '.*''  continuous  services  of  four  missionaries,  and 
affords  a  channel  both  for  our  associational  work  and  for  the  work  of 

Socie^r*"  °"      ^    ^^'  ^^'*^^*°"^^y   ^'nio".  and  the   PubHcation 

hi^ui  Ji"^  ^^^  "'°"i','^  i""'"'.*''  ^  ^P"^^  ^o""  tl'*  missionaries,  and  be  in  tlio 
highest  degree  suitable  for  the  entire  service 

,n    ^H  J.-    ^'^P^"*''  *°"ld  !>«  .the  cost  of  the  boat,  say  two  thousand  dollars 
for  lega"duei  '"*"  «l"'P'"^"t.   ^nd    fifty   dollars   or    less   annual) ,' 

^*;JJ^^  Association,  as  such,  does  not  now  appear  to  be  in  a  situ 
ation  to  provide  funds  to  inaugurate  and  maintain  the  enterprise 
».,^       u- u    -r  ^^^  comniittee  be  discharged,  overtures  are  likely  to  be 
Til^)h\'^  ^^?'^'fK^y  the  Association,  may  result  in  the  Assoc  ation 
sharing  the  benefits  of  the  work  without  incurring  financial  liability. 

T  n^t"^!?^  discussion,  the  following  proposition  was  made  by  Rev 
J.  P.  Ludlow  and  Judge  R.  S.  Greene,  "  to  build,  equip,  man,  and 
navigate  a  steam  launch"  for  the  purpose  designed  by  the  Asso- 
ciation at  first,  and  "to  hold  the  boat  at  all  times  subject  to  pur- 
chase by  the  Association  at  a  fair  valuation,  and  to  dispose  of  her 
to  no  other  party  without  first  giving  the  Association  the  opportunity 
to  buy  her.  This  proposition  was  accepted,  the  money  on  hand 
given  to  them,  and  the  two  brethren  recommended  to  the  denomi- 


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nation  as  worthy  of  hearty  confidence  and  co-operation,  they  beine 
recognized  as  the  servants  of  the  brethren  for  Jesus'  sake  and 
counted  as  an  organ  of  the  Association  and  of  all  the  brethren,  and 
authorized  to  act  for  the  Association  in  this  sphere  of  service  "  Out 
of  this  emerged  the  Evangel,  in  due  time,  a.?  the  property  of  Rev. 

J.   P.   Ludlow.  r      r       i 

.u  ^"^  ^*".  '^"ociation  ceases  to  have  any  official  connection  with 
the  boat,  and  no  further  denominational  action  in  regard  to  it  is 
recorded.    We  follow  it,  henceforth,  as  a  private  enterprise. 

When  Rev.  J.  P.  Ludlow  was  fast  completing  his  mission  boat, 
ne  tlius  summarized  some  of  the  objects  aimed  at : 

"  I.  To  give  the  gospel  to  all  the  needy  and  perishing  on  this 
great  field  of  waters. 

u  \  ^°j  furnish  free  transportation  to  all  Christian  workers 
who  wiU  aid  in  any  department  of  this  great  work  to  and  from  their 
held  of  labor. 

"3.  To  carry  a  tent  and  every  equipment  for  holding  meetings 
at  any  point  us  long  as  may  be  needed." 

.u  ^''!.  ^?.*'  *^'"  completed,  was  expected  to  cost  about  ten 
thousand  dollars,  and  it  would  be  ready  to  launch  in  October.  He 
asked  brethren  to  take  a  share  in  the  enterprise,  if  so  moved  by  the 
Spint,  upon  the  completion  of  his  boat. 

Brother  Ludlow  found  it  too  expensive  to  run  it  exclusively  for 
mission  work,  and  undertook  to  do  enough  business  to  cover  ex- 
penses. Among  other  business  he  secured  the  contract  to  carry  the 
Alaska  mail.  Finding  his  craft  too  small  to  meet  the  government 
requirements,  he  had  it  cut  and  lengthened.  After  much  opposition 
from  competing  lines,  he  was  finally  obliged  to  give  up  the  enter- 
prise and  sell  the  Evangel,  which  for  many  years  afterward  pKed 
a  passenger  and  freight  traffic  on  the  waters  of  the  Sound  So 
long  as  Brother  Ludlow  had  any  control  or  influence,  ministers  of  all 
denominations,  missionaries,  and  others,  were  transported  free  bvthis 
boat  to  and  from  Puget  Sound  ports. 

ITiat  Brothers  Ludlow  and  Greene  were  working  up  this  mission- 
boat  for  their  personal  profit,  as  some  thought,  is  not  at  all  to  be 
credited;  that,  with  Judge  Greene's  knowledge  of  the  laws  of  naviga- 
tion, they  should  be  caught  in  the  meshes  of  legal  entanglements 
seems  strange;  that  they  should  expect  Congress  to  revise  or  suspend 
existing  laws  in  favor  of  the  enterprise  was  perhaps  presuming 
too  much;  but  that  they  had  any  other  than  the  highest  and  most  un- 
selhsh  motives  is  not  for  a  moment  to  be  suspected.  The  failure 
is  to  be  attributed  to  the  same  cause  which  brought  disaster  to  our 
educational  work,  namely,  too  large  an  investment  in  the  plant  at 
the  beginning  of  operations.  Had  Brother  Ludlow  handled  the  boat 
from  the  first  as  a  personal  enterprise,  keeping  it  within  the  limit 
required  by  government  oversight,  and  manning  it  as  captain  and 
missionary,  as  it  seemed  to  many  of  us  that  the  Lord  was  directing 


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the  author  believe,  that  it  would  have  become  one  of  the  most  sue 
inti'i'  Z^rV  '»r"^'°»  »««»  of  reachin^^d  «.?„nhe  losi 

^nrnu!  '^':°5'"«  ?«•'*  '«'^*  «"°*  to  maturity.  If  Se  li?^' 
not  diiappomted  m  the  outcome  of  this  project  some  of  hi.  H«! 
children  were,  and  have  longingly  looked  Tw^d  r^°'oc«patll 

w^^^pS  Trfvi^Lr  r^'  ^''  church'^TplXSg^S: 


CHAPTER  III 

DISCOURAGEMENTS  AND  A  NEW  ERA 
1879-1883 

In  1879  there  were  reported  eight  churches,  one  hundred  and 
mnety-three  members,  and  eight  ministers.  In  1880  the  number 
had  increased  to  two  hundred  a:  d  twenty-five  with  ten  ministers. 
But  there  seemed  to  be  at  that  time  a  feeling  of  discouragement  over 
he  general  aspect  of  associational  affairs  as  expressed  in  a  resolu- 
tion passed,  namely: 

«»Ho«''Kj7i!1!I'  !""»";>«=''  "  a»l  the  previous  resolutions  and  sug- 
gestions of  this  body  have  been  systematically  ignored  by  the  churches,  we 

Sdent'  o TxS  ™L*°  r""-*""  r^  ?«:ommen'datio3  and^m' 
Sf  ReSn  r^nSm  r  "l^  *°ir  """"i?*  •**"='"•  ^^^  Committee  on  State 
r      .f.,*u",/*P°'?'  *!'*  churches  as  hav  ng  too  largely  "Left  their  first 

S'ce  and  tT^t^h^nHi"'  °'f  ?""""'"  "  Suff"i„/je'zebel  lo  Saih  and 

bur?e'alfy"1,;rd^^?l.ht'Sd  Slr'^ho^'J^  """'''  "''  ''''''''  '  "'•"'  '"  "- 

The  committee  further  stated  that  "  with  few  exceptions,  not  a 
dollar  has  been  paid  by  our  churches,  as  such,  for  either  the  home 
or  the  foreign  m....sion  society.  No  monthly  missionary  concert 
of  prayer  is  held  within  our  bounds.  No  missionary  periodicals 
either  home  or  foreign,  are  taken,  save  by  occasional  individuals; 
and  aside  from  private  efforts,  nothing  is  raised  except  for  the 
exigencies  of  each  individual  church," 

There  seems  also  to  be  a  drift  toward  the  North  Pacific  Baptist 
Convention  as  a  hopeful  adjunct  to  do  the  home  mission  work;  and 
they  say:  The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  and  the 
North  Pacific  Baptist  Convention  are  entitled  to  our  thanks  for  aid 
to  this  field. 

In  1881,  at  the  annual  meeting  held  at  Centerville  (now  Cen- 
tralia),  over  two  hundred  members  were  reported,  and  the  meeting 
proved  to  be  the  dawn  of  a  new  era  for  the  Association  in  n.^ssion- 
ary  work.  Rev.  A.  J.  Hunsaker,  the  genial  and  devoted  general 
missionary  of  the  P»o  :st  Cr  -tion  for  the  North  Pacific  Coast 
was  present,  and  fro.  "  ; .  c'  ^ing  I^eart  and  lips  infused  new 
me  into  the  whole  bou^,  ana  inspired  hope  for  the  future.  The 
Association  approved  the  plan  of  co-operation  between  the  BapUct 
Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  and  the  American  Baptist 
12^ 


DISCOURAGEMENTS   AND   A    NEW    ERA  ijz 

C1M«  ol  a  sermon  by  Re,,  a.  J.  Hunssker,  >  collection  wu  taken  fa, 

»d  firZ""'  ""T"'"'!  "•  ""  "'««''"'  "■I  a.^>y  four  Sil" 

So^;-!rf„t.^^?-!rL,Ti'^£H^^ 
s:p„n;^s;:,\xii  otr  ir£S 

bership   had    mcreased    to   two    hundred    and    seventt  thr«!     The" 
:ZTIT^"  '"f  "'"">■  ^°^'''  ^^^'••^'^  has  been  1^0/^0  mos 

s^^^^^zi^z  r  /;:^j:!s  -s  r  r - 

meetmg,  held  in  Seattle,  a  collection  and  pledges*  wtre  'ie„?o 
ort?!lor"°"!,""°""*'"«  ^°  "'""y-^"  cJolIars^andS  cents  a  °o 

S7fo^^Tve'renr//.S.t^^^^^^^^ 

Committee   savs   that    .t   ,!; "         •  ^   "-^''^K*-     The  Horn.    Mission 

ThirZr  "",",1,'"  ^'"'""  ''<■""  Home  MiX^sS 
action  of  Z  J^!  °'.  ""=  ■^»»""'»"  "»s  •!»  noteworthy  f^he 

fTninl  rioSrth'eTo  rof';.!",:^'^;'?^  !t""r""  °] 

the  minis,;,,  prSenfwLTfVe  „„i„lo?S  i,  '  ""^  ""'V™  »' 
ordSi^  r  cSmm'a't'ed''"^"'""^  "  ""  """"'  ''°»'  »" '>« 

SsAiSiry  It',  h"Srr  o°„'scHp.rar  tS.  ti,  r  °'  r 

opm,on  on  the  «,tire  coast  ,m«„  ^rT^L  J^pir  ne'S^Sr^i 


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true  in  the  East  as  expressed  by  our  religious  journals.  It  affected 
the  confidence  of  our  Eastern  supporters  in  our  lovalty  to  the  tenets 
of  our  denomination,  causing  some  to  turn  a  cold  shoulder  upon 
our  mission  work,  as  the  following  incident  will  show.  In  1802  the 
author  was  present  in  a  largely  attended  prayer  meeting  in  Dr.  H  C 
Peeples'  church,  in  the  city  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  being  introduced  by 
a  friend  as  a  minister  from  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  He  arose  and 
presented  the  greetings  of  the  Baptists  from  that  far-away  field;  when 
the  pastor  said,  "Oh,  we  have  heard  of  them  before.  They  are 
the  people  who  ordain  women  to  the  gospel  ministry,"  I  said,  "  Not 
so  bad  as  that."  My  friend  interposed,  stating  my  relation  to  the 
work  in  the  far  Northwest  for  many  years.  I  was  asked  to  give  them 
some  facts  about  our  country  and  work.  I  explained  about  the  or- 
dination of  the  woman,  disclaimed  it  as  a  denominational  act,  and 
that  It  was  not  accepted  as  valid  by  our  people.  This  was  apparently 
to  the  great  satisfaction  of  the  pastor  and  the  large  number  of  his 
people  present,  and  I  was  asked  to  go  on,  and  received  a  most 
hearty  reception  by  the  people  when  the  meeting  closed. 

Among  the  noted  visitors  attending  the  Association  in  1882 
was  Rev.  E.  C.  Anderson,  D.  D.,  president  of  McMinnville  College] 
who,  by  invitation,  preached  the  educational  sermon.  A  vote  of 
thanks  was  tendered  him,  and  twenty  dollars  and  forty-five  cents 
was  contributed  to  the  college.  Rev.  B.  S.  MacLafferty.  Pacific 
Coast  secretary  for  foreign  missions,  was  also  present,  and  preached 
by  invitation  on  "  Foreign  Missions,"  taking  cash  and  pledges  for 
this  work  amounting  to  eighty-four  dollars.  Rev.  A.  J.  Hunsaker 
general  missionary  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  Convention,  delivered 
the  address  on  "Home  Missions,"  and  preached  at  the  dedication  of 
the  new  Scandinavian  church  in  North  Seattle. 


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CHAPTER  IV 

A   NEW    POLICY 
1883-1884 

to  .«"  '^^^"-  /*"■•*  '''"■•"■  '•'""  ."'  "«"'"«•  E^-^utive  Committee  (.Ten  power 
The  new  ^^v'^h"  'k'T"?  ''°''^.  *"  '""«''"•  <''"'"•  '»'  independent  wort 
of  .M.  orte,^  ^\  \^'  <^"y'?"°°  «"<>  »««P««<J  by  the  A»«Ki.tioB.  Minute. 
01  iiNi3  printed  u  1   a.;.     No  commission  for  women  pastors. 

This  meeting  of  the  Assr  iation  was  held  in  various  places.  It 
began  in  Skagit  City,  June  15,  1883;  it  was  adjourned  to  the  steamer 
City  of  Quincy  on  its  way  from  Mount  Vernon  to  Seattle,  opening  its 
session  on  board  at  4.30  p.  m.,  June  19,  and  adjourned,  again  to  meet 
at  Seattle  on  November  8  and  9  to  complete  its  work,  and  especially 
to  discuss  the  mission  work.  The  publication  of  the  minutes  was 
oelayed,  and  they  were  finally  issued  with  a  supplement  bearimr  the 
printer  s  date  of  1884.  This  will  explain  the  fact  that  the  minutes 
contain  data  covering  several  months  after  the  annual  meetine  in 
June.  •• 

The  meeting  of  1883  was  memorable  for  the  reception  of  five  new 
churches,  namely:  the  Seattle  Second  Church,  the  New  Hope  Church 
the  Tacoma  First,  the  Seattle  First  Scandinavian,  and  the  Victoria 
Calvary  Church.  Two  of  these  grew  into  a  leading  place  in  our 
denominational  life.  Forty  delegates  were  enrolled.  The  report  on 
home  missions  says:  "Our  churches  are  growing  stronger.  The 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  and  the  North  Pacific  Coast 
Convention  are  awaking  to  the  great  importance  of  this  fiWd"  A 
committee  of  five  was  chosen  from  different  churches  of  the  Asso- 
ciation with  full  power  to  act,  either  in  co-operation  with  any  other 
body  or  independently,  at  its  option.  Revs.  B.  N.  L.  Davis,  Roger  S 
Greene  D.  J.  Pierce,  J.  A.  Wirth,  and  R.  Weston  were  selected  and 
ordered  to  make  a  full  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  to  be  held  in 
November  on  Thursday  before  the  second  Sunday,  for  the  special 
purpose  of  considering  our  home  mission  work. 

After  this  action  a  subscription  was  taken  for  home  mission 
work,  amounting  to  eight  hundred  and  eighty-one  dollars;  but  six 
hundred  of  this  was  conditioned  upon  allowing  the  Puget  Sound  As- 
sociation to  carry  on  its  work  independently  of  the  Convention  of 
the  North  Pacific  Coast. 

The  Convention  Board  having  refused  to  appoint  Mrs.  May  C 
Jones  as  a  missionary  '^istor,  it  was 

of  hom/'l^fiJH*  K"  *u*  ?5"'*  °( ''"*  Association  that  the  distribution 
of  home  mission  funds  should  not  be  confined  to  men  who  act  as  home 
missionaries  but  should  extend  to  women  also  who  are  engaged  in  mTs- 
«onary  work  just  as  funds  for  foreign  missions  are  usid  for  the 
maintenance  of  both  male  and  female  missionaries. 

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To  show  the  persistency  of  the  faction  in  the  Puget  Sound  As- 
sociation, which  wished  to  secure  "  independent  work,"  vft  quote 
from  the  proceedings  of  the  Palouse  Association,  in  eastern  Washing- 
ton, July  5-8,  1883,  the  following: 

Saturday  morning  the  session  was  devoted  to  the  further  consider- 
ation of  home  missions.  A  semi-ofl5cial  letter  to  the  Association  from 
Rev.  D.  J,  Pierce,  chairman  of  the  Home  Mission  Committee  of  the  Puget 
Sound  Association,  expressing  the  desire  of  most  of  the  churches  of  that 
Association  to  withdraw  from  the  Convention  and  pursue  an  independent 
work,  and  asking  for  like  action  on  the  part  of  this  Association  with  a 
view  to  organizing  a  "  Washington  Territory  Convention,"  was  presented. 
After  careful  consideration,  the  Association,  by  unanimous  vote,  ordered 
the  following  reply: 

"Vfe  recommend,  with  reference  to  the  communication  from  the 
Executive  Board  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association,  that  their  proposition 
be  respectfully  declined  for  the  following  reasons: 

"  I.  We  are  unable  without  help  to  occupy  and  develop  our  field. 

"  2.  In  the  proposition  you  niake,  there  is  no  intimation  of  aid,  either 
present  or  prospective,  from  you. 

"3.  Our  present  development  is  principally  due  to  the  aid  received 
from  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast. 

"4.  This  body  stands  ready  to  continue  its  aid. 

"  5-  In  view  of  the  fact  that  our  withdrawal  would  greatly  embarrass 
the  body  to  which  we  are  so  greatly  indebted  for  our  present  prosperity. 
It  seems  to  us  highly  ungrateful  to  accede  to  your  request." 

In  January,  1883,  by  recommendation  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Missions,  the  Mission  Board  of  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific 
Coast  considered  favorably  the  division  of  the  Convention  field  Into 
three  districts.  It  was  left  for  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  to 
formulate  a  plan.  This  plan  was  adopted  by  the  Mission  Board,  and 
was  finally  indorsed  by  the  Convention  at  its  meeting  in  Brownsville. 
Meantime,  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  anticipating  the  action 
of  the  Convention,  had  laid  the  plan  before  the  New  York  Board  for 
its  approval;  and  while  the  Convention  was  in  session,  the  approval 
asked  for  came  in  the  following  message :  "  We  approve  the  plan  for 
future  work.    Push  things.    H.  L.  Morehouse." 

Two  delegates  were  present  at  this  meeting  of  the  Convention  to 
represent  the  Executive  Committee  appointed  at  the  June  meeting 
held  in  Skagit  City.  These  delegates  reported  back  to  the  adjourned 
meeting  of  the  Association,  held  in  Seattle,  November  8  and  9,  the 
following  plan  as  adopted  by  the  Convention : 

PLAN   OF   FUTURE   WORK 

We  therefore  most  earnestly  ask  and  urge  the  American  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society,  under  whose  generous  co-operation  we  have 
been  enabled  to  reach  such  results  in  the  past  three  years,  to  allow  the 
work  in  western  Washington  and  British  Columbia,  and  in  eastern 
Washington  and  western  Idaho,  to  be  put  under  a  separate  Board 
of  their  own  appointment,  which  shall  have  control  of  all  work  in  their 
respective  fields  under  supervision  of  your  Superintendent  of  Missions, 


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Ihey  reporting  to  this  Convention  a  summary  of  their  work  until  such 
time  as  they  themselves  shall  deem  it  wise  to  organize  a  convention  or 
conventions  of  their  own. 

And  further,  that  we  most  earnestly  request  the  American  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society,  in  view  of  the  increased  and  increasing  demands 
upon  our  whole  field  for  additional  missionaries,  that  the  society  appropri- 
ate a  pro  rata  of  two  to  one  in  Oregon,  three  to  one  in  western  Washing- 
ton and  British  Columbia,  and  four  to  one  in  eastern  Washington  and 
western  Idaho,  believing  it  to  be  the  least  possible  sum  that  will  meet 
the  demands  of  this  great  Northwest;  and  we  further  ask  that  one-half 
the  amount  you  charge  to  this  Convention  on  account  of  Superintendent 
of  Missions,  be  charged  to  Oregon,  and  one-fourth  to  each  of  the  other 
districts. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association  closes 
the  supplement  to  the  minutes  of  1883  by  calling  for  a  convention  to 
n-.^et  at  the  close  of  their  next  annual  meeting: 

A   CONVENTION 

Is  called  by  the  Executive  Committee,  to  meet  at  Puyallup  on  Monday 
lollowinj  the  second  of  June,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  being  at  the  close  of  the 
Association,  and  all  churches  of  western  Washington  and  British  Columbia 
are  requested  to  send  delegates  to  the  Convention,  with  instructions  con- 
cerning the  character  of  the  Convention  designed.  The  associational  dele- 
gates can  act  in  this  capacity  if  so  instructed,  or  other  delegates  mav  be 
elected  on  the  same  numerical  basis. 


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For  such  a  Convention  will  probably  be  drafted  and  adopted,  as  also 
tor  an  educational  society,  to  look  after  our  academies  and  colleges 
Brethren,  the  golden  day  of  this  Northwest  is  at  hand.    It  is  God's 


great  day  of  labor. 


D.  J.   Pierce,  Chairman. 


At  this  time  the  number  of  members  in  the  churches  of  the 
Puget  Sound  Association  was  three  hundred  and  thirty-three. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  held  in  Puyallup  in  1884,  the  Executive 
Committee  reported  that,  as  soon  as  it  was  appointed,  it  telegraphed 
to  the  secretary  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  at  New  York  asking 
the  privilege  of  co-operating  with  that  societv  directly,  independentlv 
of  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  and  that  this  privilege 
was  refused. 

In  justice  to  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  its 
position  with  reference  to  associational  co-operation  should  be  fully 
stated.  Its  "  refusal  "  to  co-operate  directly  with  the  Puget  Sound 
Association  was  primarily  based  upon  its  uniform  practice  in  other 
States,  which  was  to  have  no  organized  connection  with  an  Asso- 
ciation, except  as  it  was  represented  in  State  Associations  or 
Conventions.  The  necessity  for  such  action  will  be  apparent. 
Granted  to  one,  it  must  be  granted  to  others,  and  soon  the  income 
of  the  society  would  be  insufficient  to  run  its  machinery  and  clerical 
force.    A  long  list  of  refusals  had  gone  before  the  refusal  of  the 


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Puget  Sound  Association,  and  no  change  of  local  associational  con- 
ditions would  have  changed  the  action  of  the  officials  in  New  York 
In  August  a  meeting  of  the  committee  was  held,  in  which  it  laid 
plans  for  a  district  convention.  The  two  members  of  the  committee 
who  had  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  of  the  North  Pacific 
Coast  m  October,  reported  back  the  lew  plan  of  work.  This  was 
adopted  at  the  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Association  in  November, 
1083,  when  the  commiti-e  says: 

secuHd**'whni'th'/"nr'"*^''  benefits  of  entire  independence  of  action  were 
the  North  P»rifi^  ?•  ??"'  successful  management  of  the  Convention  of 
the  North  Pacific  Coast  gave  us  additional  cred  t  in  the  East  and  the 
S;?K«f,l  ?'"""•">'  °l  ^^  Northwest  in  its  mission  work  was  preserved 
without  lessening  the  freedom  of  the  various  districts.  P-^eservea 

The  committee  also  reported  a  year  of  successful  work.  Every 
department  was  prosperous;  the  number  of  members  in  the  Associ- 
ation had  increased  forty  per  cent;  twelve  churches  reported  they 
had  baptized  fifty-seven;  every  church  letter  was  written  in  a  hope- 
ful tone.  After  a  full  and  er-.-nest  discussion,  the  Association  voted 
to  contmue  the  mission  work  on  the  same  basis  as  the  previous  year 
and  not  to  form  a  convention.  The  six  hundred  dollars  which  had 
been  pledged  in  the  event  of  securing  indepehdent  work  had  been 
withdrawn,  and  the  uneasy  spirit  of  independent  work  was  laid 
aside,  at  least  for  that  meeting. 

n  ?T'S  ^-  'r°^'"^"'  D.  D.,  Western  secretary  of  the  American 
Baptist  Missionary  Unior,  brought  to  the  Association  the  fraternal 
greetings  of  the  brethren  in  the  East,  and  of  the  great  society  which 
he  represented.  His  presence  was  always  a  blessing  when  he 
visited  the  Northwest.  Especially  was  his  presence  appreciated  when 
he  spoke  on  Foreign  Missions  "  and  preached  a  sermon  on  Sunday 
evemng  from  the  last  clause  of  Ezek.  47:9.  He  spoke  also  at  the 
vvomen  s  meeting,  stating  to  the  Puyallap  "  Band  of  Cheerful  Ones  " 
that  twenty-five  dollars  would  support  a  Telugu  boy  at  the  seminarv 
for  one  year.  The  band  took  up  the  matter  and  paid  in  over  sixteen 
dollars  of  the  sum  at  once,  and  then  by  taking  a  collection  provided 
the  whole  amount.  In  all,  one  hundred  and  nine  dollars  and  fifteen 
cents  was  contributed  to  foreign  missions. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Superintendent  of  Missions,  preached  Sunday 
morning  from  Acts  i :  8,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  dollars  and 
seventy  cents  was  contributed  to  home  missions. 

The  Association  now  had  sixteen  churches,  with  four  hundred 
and  fifty-eight  members. 


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CHAPTER  V 

THE  PUGET  SOUND  ASSOCIATION  IN  1885 
1885-1888 

mi.„'i  ^'pI  ?'  P'-<"'P"i«y-  An  unjustifiable  act.  Caught  in  a  net.  A  itrange  tow 
~,.v  i„^««*"r'  "■",''"■  .!".»<=<'«"''»  ">e  mistake.  The  church  restored  Prov 
Prol~ritv  ?n  ,M,"'"1  ''"°<='»"<'"»>  ra»«ionary  The  pro  rata  c,„„i„ue<l.  Kina,.c«. 
r-lV^I}'  "  '?*'•  •*  '*"'"''  '■«"'»«««e<l-  First  parsonage  on  the  ndd  British 
Cohurtia  strongly  entrenched.     First  brick  meetinghouse. 

In  June,  1885,  when  its  annual  report  was  made,  the  Puget 
bound  Association  was  prospering.  The  number  of  churches  had 
increased  to  twenty,  and  their  members  to  five  hundred  and  ninety- 
two.  The  new  plan  of  work  was  apparently  satisfactory,  and  the 
report  of  the  Executive  Committee  indicated  improvement  and  grati- 
fying results;  but  a  very  unexpected  and  unjustifiable  action  was 
taken  by  the  Association,  refusing  representation  to  the  Tac-ma  First 
Church,  although  it  was  represented  by  its  pastor  and  properly 
authenticated  delegates  with  a  letter  from  the  church.  This  refusal 
grew  out  of  some  cases  of  discipline  by  the  church,  in  which  the 
.\ssociation  had  no  right  to  interfere,  and  over  which  it  had  no 
control.  The  Association  was  caught  in  the  net  often  set  by  the 
adversary  to  entangle  Associations  in  the  meshes  of  usurped  au- 
thority. In  this  case,  after  refusing  the  church  its  rightful  place 
and  Its  legal  standing  in  the  Association,  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  overshadow  the  acts  of  the  church,  and  to  prefer  charges  against 
It  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Association.  When  this  meeting  was 
held  at  Victoria,  B.  C,  the  committee  reported,  as  instructed!  pre- 
ferring charges  against  the  church;  but,  by  this  time,  some  of  the 
leaders  had  apparently  discovered  their  mistake,  and  moved  the 
following  resolution:  "Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  As- 
sociation that  the  action  of  the  Association  at  the  last  associational 
meeting  in  excluding  the  delegation  from  the  Tacoma  Church  upon 
the  letter  tendered  by  that  church  was  an  inconsiderate  and  mistaken 
action,  and  that  the  delegation  should  have  been  received  " 

A  detailed  account  of  this  misguided  action  will  be  found  in  the 
history  of  the  Tacoma  Firs'  Church. 

At  the  meeting  in  Victona.  in  June,  1886,  the  following  results 
appear  from  the  year's  work.  The  churches  of  the  Association  ha.] 
increased  in  number  to  twenty-six.  and  their  members  to  eight  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six.  The  Association  had  employed  Rev  A  B 
Banks  as  general  missionary  at  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars  a 
year,  and  both  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Superintendent  of 
Missions  spoke  highly  of  his  work.    It  was  kept  in  accord  with  that 

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tinuing  Revs.  Walter  Barss  at  V^rtr  ^"'""""^^  ''^P'^""'  "^O"- 
Lennie  at  New  Westminster  1 1 J  '"'''.  "^  ''""''^'^d  ^°""*:  «• 
Harper,  in  Clark  Co.mfv.i,.      'T""   ''""^''^'l   J«"ars;    P.    H 

LaffLt;   at  tc^rTilh  Ti'  \  ie-drrs't-^i  ^  ^^  4 

entire   salary   of    Brother    Rantc      t^  '^  ^'  ''''"''=  '*  P^'^  the 

onethousand^ourhrdtdandtJ-:ven^^^^^^^^^       T'"'    ^'^°^^-^'' 
cents  collected  for  all  purposes   of  v^hf-l  l    '  ^"'^  "'"ety-seven 

nine  dollars  and  twenty  ceSrilnL  f"'  '.''°"'^"^  ^"^  '^'^"'>- 

and  four  hundred  and  s S  ^  Vht  ""ifar's  TnH  "  '"""'  '"'"'°"^^>- 
forwarded  to  the  Home  Mission  So.iif  ^  «venty-seven  cents 
showed  one  hundred  and  fiftvlifi*'  ^'  ^'^  '**^-  ^he  report 
hundred  and  seventy  dollars  "^andrh/"'  *°  '"^^f ^  ^°^'''  ^"'^  °"^ 

coma  First  Church  was  back  n'tlTJ  J  "^^'^-°"^  baptisms.     The  Ta- 
Laflferty  as  pastor   Ind  he  ««       Assoc.a'  en.  under  Rev.  B.  S.  Mac- 

church'had  a  Sb:;ship%r^xTyturLd';a;  hT'**'°"-  "^"^ 
at  a  cost  of  one  thousand  Uull'  ^'T  J^^^  ^uilt  a  parsonage 

was  all  thoroughly  ori„Ld-H^-^^  '"^  ^^'^  '^°"^"-  ^'^  ^o'"^" 
by  nearly  every  avai°Smen;h.r  p  ^"'^''  '""*'"««  ^^^<^  »«ended 
ation.  brmherTy  To  'prevaTed  and  fn"  T  ''"•'""^  '"  '^'  ^ssoci- 
hopeful.     Foreign  missElnl;.!."  Executive  Committee  was 

lication  Societ7al|  ~S  £^1^^""^'  ^°^'''  ^"'^  ^''^  ?"•>- 
The  British  Columbia  churrh.«  ^    ^"•'^  """^  ^^^^  represented. 

Brother  Lennie  had  ded.cateH  T"  k°"J'"^  '^^^^'^  entrenched: 
six  thousand  dollars  the  F?r,.  rv.  "'u'  •"'.'f''  "meeting-house,  costing 
organized,  and  had'  Rev  w"*"^' ty^"^°»-^'  »•  C-.  had  been 
Church  of  Victoria  wl  ;,J'  .^^•.°^"'els  as  pastor;  the  Calvary 
Brother  Barss  ^  °'""^  '"  '"""^"^  «"d  usefulness  under 


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A  GLANCE  BOTH  WAYS 
1871-1888 

..on.       The  hi,tory  of  th«  Assoc U?ion    " cr.^dT^  h ",     yTK^'v  '''°"''>-««   Conven- 
policy.     Future.  merged  in   that  of  the   Convnuion.      Present 

This  was  one  of  fh™  ^^'^'^t^en  years  by  the  Association, 
on  the  Padfic  Coast  It  wTth'TJ'""'  '^"'^'  °^  development  too 
laid  for  the  hiSest  id  h«t  .  ','  '"""^  °*  ^'''^  foundations  were 
Christian  charact  T^e  obstades'tT"*  °'  "'"^^'''P  ^"^  °^ 
only  which  are  ordinarily  to  hTU.  °^*^^'=<""e  ^vere  not  those 
the  cosmopoHtan  character  of  th.  ,'".• '^""^  "'^  *=°""*^y:   •>»' 

late,  the  u'nprecLmXiel  ateT  ^'cTe'r  ^"f  tif t"'  '°  .t^r" 
finance  and  religion,  every  "  ism  "  /n,.  ?•?  •         u    l™^''  '^^'^  '" 

lower,  found  a  fodg^ent   Ld  h?d  to  be  d  'ah  wTt'h't'th"'"'':-  ^"' 
climate  and  country      AM  ft,«c«  .u-  "'  '"  *"'^  enticmg: 

the  times.     Factions"  could  not  J    "^'.TV"''"''^^  *°  ^^e  peril  of 

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Of  it  the  Puget  Sdlind  Association  was  to  have  its  holdings  and  to 
do  business,  and  in  King  County  and  north  of  it  the  Norfhwcstern 
As8oc.at.on  was  to  have  the  right  of  way.  thus  occu/ying'the  "S 

This  same  year.  1888.  was  m'-morable  for  the  Pueet  Sound  A. 
SlTin'^'r »:'  *'^""'*  '•''  »""''  °*  ^h"  «^  Northwest  Bap^t 

AssodJinn.  tL  ^  ?"*  A"°<='»»'0".  covering  the  field  of  both 
ti^uT^r  \-  ^"'°1  Z^  **'"  «^"^"'  ^^'^  ^vi»  henceforth 
tin^^h.  K  r"'""!!  '";'*'  "'^  ''"'°'y  °^  ^'''^  Convention.  To  con- 
of  th.  f.  .  'I  °!  *'''  Associations  would  lead  only  to  a  repetition 
of  the  facts  and  data  which  they  report  from  year  to  year  to  the 

everrTne.!''  '''°«"'"^'  '!"'  """J'*^'^  ''''''^'  ^''^  siiaker%nd 
even  the  speeches  are  so  nearly  the  same  in  the  Associadons  a^d  in 

atin^rr""?.'*'*'  '^-    *"*''°'  ^'"'  '^"'^^f'^^'  -"^ke  only  such  quo- 

Is  mat  beTeeH.V/'°"V'r'  ."'""'"•  '"'*  '^'^  ^^^««""«  '°  them 
ult^Z  ^.TJ  t  ^  *""  '":'  continuous  record,  conforming  to  the 
present  method  of  associational  work.  What  the  future  policy  of  the 
Assoc.at.on  may  be  is  not  easy  to  forecast.  Since  it  w^s  Sreft  of 
all  missionary  responsibility  by  turning  this  work  over  to  the  Con 

fTsol"  "1"!,°"'^  ""*V"'  ^'^^  ''''  Association  should  be  looking 
for  some  work,  distinctively  its  own,  to  occupy  its  attention   such  at 

an^fe  ETf '"/''"^^'"^"  '''°"^'  ^-  P--oting  acquaintan 
doctrin!^  .nH^Vn  '''^^""!"g."'^thods  of  church  work  and  cardinal 
doctrines,  and  for  communicating  the  minor  details  of  helpfulness  to 
churches  and  fields  beyond  the  reach  of  the  Convention.  Surely  these 
S-  f  T^'u^  ^"'"^  ^"°"^''  '°  °^«="Py  the  attention  of ^an  as! 
tS^nr  °^^'^"^*:''";  *"d.   'f  t^en  up,  would  add   immensely   to 

toZk  T'1^^  "T""  °^  '^'  •=''""'^"'  *"d  ^°"'d  be  helpful 
o  the  Convention  beyond  measure.     As  churches  having  no  dis 

drvii.T''  'I  ^°,r°"  '?"  '^'"  ^'^^"^y-  ^^  ^°"verts  having  no  in- 
dividual work  will  soon  become  dwarfed  and  stunted  in  their  growth 
so  will  It  be  with  the  Associations.  Our  Convention  too  may  grow 
and  thrive  for  a  time  under  the  stimulus  of  a  large  pro  rata  of  cash 

buMt^'^Tl  ''°'"'  X  ^"PP!^""^  ^"  ^'^^^  '^  ""  raTse'upon    he  fie  d' 

but  .t  will  never  know  its  own  ability  and  its  own  power  in   the 

erv.ce  of  the  King  until  it  takes  up  work  distinctively  hs  own"paid 

£  r   °l  '*V^"  ''"'"'■y  ^y  '^'  *^^^-^^'"  offering'*  of  God's  f^eSp le 

Lther'ani'n^o  °"  T ■^''^-     ""^   ^"^'^  Sound  Association'  hell 
together  and  prospered,  in  spite  of  errors  and  factions  and  iealouMes 
and   unchristian  ambitions,   because   it   had   large   interests  and  Te 
sponsibilities  at  stake.     Bereft  of  these  responsibilities,  h  has  rea  h 

"poT'?o"rel^"i-''  '"'*"  ""•  }'  '"^y  ^-^"^'""^  '^^  ''^-e  -i-Ton 
reports  foreign  mission  reports,  educational  reports,  etc.;  but  it  can- 
not vote  away  a  dollar  of  missionary  money,  o?  authorita'tivey  direct 

great  work  of  the  denomination.    It  had  be   er  go  out  and  look  up 


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some  work  of  iu  own  for  the  Master.    There  is  plenty  of  it  un- 
touched. 

When  the  Northwest  Baptist  Convention  was  organized  in  1888, 
and  the  great  work  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association  passed  into  it^ 
hands,  it  rendered  all  due  honor  to  the  earnest,  consecrated,  and  self- 
sacrificing  workers  who  had  bestowed  upon  it  a  legacy  so  large  and  so 
well  kept. 


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AIouND   Prairie   Baptist   Cul'rch 

This  was  known  also  as  the  New  Prospect  Church  (igw)  It 
was  the  first  Baptist  church  organized  in  Washington  Territory 
and  was  located  on  Mound  Prairie,  about  fifteen  miles  south  and  east 
ot  Ulympia;  it  was  organized  October  25,  1859. 

Bro  T  J.  Harper,  a  Tennesseean,  came  from  an  old-school 
Baptist  family.  He  was  converted  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  Finding 
himself  a  missionary  Baptist  at  heart,  he  soon  became  affiliated  with 
that  body  and  performed  much  valuable  service  for  the  Master  as  a 
lay  preacher  at  various  places  until  1853,  when  he  settled  on  Bush 
i^  rairie,  near  Olympia,  now  capital  of  the  State. 

He  was  now  thirty-seven  years  old,  and  had  been  a  lay  preacher 
for  eighteen  years.  He  found  some  Baptist  people  at  Mound 
Prairie,  where  he  held  services,  and  finally,  a  protracted  meeting 
resulting  m  several  converts,  among  them  his  eldest  in,  P.  J.  Harper 
Having  no  one  to  baptize  the  converts,  b-  sent  his  son  to  the  Corn- 
wallis  Association  in  the  Willamette  Valley,  Ore.,  a  distance  of  over 
two  hundred  miles,  for  help,  asking  that  a  minister  be  sent  to  them 
to  organize  a  church  and  ordain  a  pastor.  The  Rev.  R  D  Gray 
and  Dea.  John  Lloyd  were  appointed,  and  funds  provided  to  defray 
the  expense  of  the  trip.  On  the  way  they  spent  one  Sunday  at  the 
monthly  meeting  of  the  La  Creole  Baptist  Chur 'h,  and  were  much 
cheered  and  ne Iped  by  this  devoted  band  of  brethren.  The  minutes 
ot  the  Cornwallis  Association  for  i860  contains  their  report  After 
referring  to  their  meeting  with  the  La  Creole  Baptist  Church  the 
report  continues: 

SounJ^^'liThrlu''-'''  7^1-'  "?"''•  '''"  "'"'^"^'^  •"  the  vicinity  of  Pugct 
bound.     The  brethren  at  this  place  rece  ved  us  like  brethren    and  th^ir 

for'^srx"d.?/'n'"'"  ^f'  ""''  °"^  "Pectations.  We  labored  wkh  hem 
IJ.-  a¥~-  .During  that  time  we  constituted  a  church  with  siv  mVmwT 
S'nl  ^-^  '"^°  ^^'"  fellowship,  and  ordained  Bro  T  rHarperTo  the 
work  of  the  mm.stry.  This  brother  is  calculated  to  do  much  good  and 
has  a  good  report  of  all  who  know  him.  We  view  tliis  as  an  in^S  fil  d 
for  Baptist  labor.  The  brethren  and  friends  contr  buted  mea,  for  our 
expenses,  and  pressingly  requested  us  to  vint  them  agai" 

Brother  Harper  calls  this  the  Mound  Prairie  Baptist  Church 
and  just  how  it  later  becar.ie  known  as  the  New  Prospect  Church' 
does  not  appear.  The  meeting  was  held  in  what  is  known  as  the 
bcattcr  Creek   schoolhouse.     A  council  was  called  by   the  church 

^nn<t  ?,  .  f^""  '=°r'-"t«^<^  'o  ^e  ordained.  He  had,  heretofore! 
constantly  refused  to  take  this  step,  and  only  consented  now  bec-<e 


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established  a  mission  a  few  mi^L  h"''"''*^'^-  I"  '860  the  church 
preached  for  the  church  unt  Ma  "h  '4  x"86/"?  ^'^'''l  ''^'^'^ 
War  broke  out,  and  for  two  vearV  !t  T'  ^"  '^^  *''^  ^"^ian 
together,  the  settlers  bein'  under  thJ  -  ^  '^  congregations  came 
homes.  This,  in  connecdon  vv^th  thr^"""^  °^  defending  their  own 
caused  a  scattering  of  the  member  '  .'°T^  °*  "^'"'"^  '"'^^"t^. 
March,  1867.    This  church  wTsuItrr    "?  '^'  t^""''^  ^'^^''"^ed  in 

a  "legal  administration  "w'rnecessa'^o'^rH'K'^"    ^^'■''"^'>'  ^'"* 
tance  to  the  Lord's  Supper        '"'"^  '°  "^^"^  baptism  and  admit- 

II 

Salmon-  Creek  Baptist  Church   (1863) 

,vas]^t^-;:;^L^S;,^-  -^^Bn;s^P...e  Church.     I. 
'ngton,  and  was  composed  l^r^elTf  u       ^l"^  County.  Wash- 

Baptist  Church,  near'B":tn  S  ^n  o"?on"%r'  '''  ^''^^^  ^"«^ 
SIX  members  on  August  i  186,  bv  th^p  a^  organized  with 
Rev.  J.  J.  dark,  twf  bro  herf  who  both  n'"'  u^7l  ^^"^  ^"^  "'^ 
-'ong  prominent  in  that  county  Lcidzen.r^'n'^  ^"l  '''  ^""^  ^^^--^ 
of  them,  J.  T   ClarW    rp^rlcl  .  j    ,      ^  ^^  ^^"  as  relig busly.    One 

'ature.    Tiis%h?r:h  wl?  ^  ,0  ^ic""^^     '"  "'^  terfitoria^  leg^s- 
"feetwashing"  as  anrlTnce      ri^tf' f '"'•  ^'""^  ^^^P"^"^ 
name  to  the  Brush  Prairie  Baptist  Chur.f.   f?  '""'   ''  "'^^"^^^  '^^ 
of  Salmon  Creek,  until  in  i^itLS^T  '  '^^^^  '"^^^niing  the  name 
Church  again,  by  which  It  i?^fllil        '  "^\"'^  °^  ''^^  ^rush  Prairie 
the  Willamette  AsrocSion     NmwhhT..^'^\'=''"^^^  ^^''^^^'l  with 
the  oldest  Baptist  church  exiS^h!^  1;?.*'"'  vicissitudes,  it  is 
.stered  to  by  the  Rev.  J.  J    Clfrk    though   v'  ""^  "  ''^  ^""  •"'"- 
contmuous.    Feetwashinp^  «,=,=  X    a'     .  .^"  *"^  pastorate  was  not 
organized  a  Sundays S  ^hich  ras'h^^^  '"  '^5  the  church 

being  only  suspended  foT'thTee  month.  ^  ^""''""^"^  existence, 
almost  impassable  state  of  the  ro^ds  Jo  th"./T'  'f'  ^"'-'"^  '^^ 
Bapt.st  Sunday-school  in  the  sLte  ^f  WashinioT'^  "  *'^  °''^^^ 

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The  Puyallup  Baptist  Church  (1867) 

twelve  members,  November  16 \86,  ^7,.  ^^^°'Pb"^   Weston  with 


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after    arriving   on    the    Sound,    the   Lord   called    for   his   youngest 
child  to  come  up  higher.     At  the  funeral  he  found  many  pioneers 

wH.h V^l"?  ^"^""^'^P  ^"^  sympathy,  and  showing  a  fellow  feeling 
which  the  Lord  used  to  give  him  access  to  the  hearts  of  the  people  by 
mtroduc.ng  h.n,  to  the  pioneers  over  a  large  section  of  country. 
Those  present  at  tne  funeral  carried  the  news  to  others,  and  these 
repeated  ,t  again  until  he  was  widely  known.  He  was  a  devoted 
and  cultured  minister,  simple  in  his  habits,  ever  listened  to  gladly 
and  esteemed  by  all  classes  as  a  true  man  of  God.  At  the  funeral 
he  made  an  appointment  to  preach  on  the  next  Sunday,  and  was  heard 

ZV^^^:       ."!  ^'f  ""^  ''''^  ^'"^  '^'''  ''  ^^^  'he  first  Baptist  sermon 
he  had  heard  for  fourteen  years.    Fifteen  miles  from  his  home  was 
Puyallup,  where  he  established  a  regular  preaching  station;  and  in 
1867  a  brother  presented  himself,  told  what  the  Lord  had  done  for 
i.s  sou  ,  and  desired  baptism.     Brother  Weston's  membership  was 
m  Portland,  and  he  knew  of  no  Baptist  church  organization  on  the 
i>ound.    He  baptized  the  brother  and  gave  him  a  letter  certifying  to 
his  baptism,      fh.s  brother   was    Dea.   L.   J.    Holgate,   uncle   to   the 
Hanford  boys    and  long  a  man  of  parts  and  influence  in  the  First 
baptist  Church  of  Seattle,  and  in  denominational  work  on  the  Sound 
In  October,   1867,  he  was  able  to  report  a  "glorious  meeting  '  at 
i^uyallup,     •  backsliders     reclaimed,     sinners    converted,    everybody 
happy       November  16,  1867,  was  a  great  and  blessed  day.  the  natal 
day  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Puyallup,  the  first  church  on  Puget 
bound  to  maintain  a  continued  existence  under  the  same  name 

This  foundation  work  of  these  godly  men  was  sometimes  not 
y.ithout  Its  ludicrous  side.  Brother  Weston  relates  the  following 
'"'^  ?I"  ,^,.^*^thodist  minister  came  into  this  section,  and  finding 
some  Methodists  as  many  Baptists,  and  some  of  other  denominations 
he  persuaded  all  to  go  into  a  union  organization  until  each  de- 
nomination could  organize  a  church  of  its  own.  To  show  his 
special  regard  for  Brother  Westcn,  he  designated  him  to  bring  a 
bowl  of  water-  for  him  to  baptize  a  brother.     Brother  Weston  ob- 

r  u  ,J'"J  l^T"''  ^^^^  ^^  *=°"'^  "°'  h^"<lle  a  bowl  large  enough 
to  hold  the  brother,  but  would  gladly  serve  him  by  hunting  up  a 
place  where  there  was  water  enough  to  baptize  him 

f„,/*"A5!"^'^''u?  ^•"f."?''  '"^^  ""^^^^  ^^""'y  churches,  had  its  vicissi- 
tuues  After  a  blessed  history,  and  constant  associational  representa- 
tion for  several  years,  the  church  declined,  from  removal  and  other 
cciusc.  until  m  1877.  though  several  families  remained,  it  seemed 
withou  a  working  force.  New  impetus  was  given  to  the  place  when 
the  railroad  came;  immigration  set  in;  the  town  took  on  new  life 
and  growth;  the  Baptists  rallied  under  the  visits  and  advice  of  the 
Kev.  P.  U.  Harper,  the  Rev.  William  Games,  ind  Dea  L  T 
Holgate :  and  the  church  was  reorganized,  with  six  members,  at  th^ 
house  of  Bro.  P.  A.  Taylor,  by  the  Rev.  R.  Weston.  The  Rev  t' 
\\  ichser  was  called  to  the  pastorate,  and  a  house  of  worship  was  built.' 


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BAPTXsr    HISTOKV   0.   THE   XORTH    PACIFIC   CO..T 


g^ven.     The  ch.irch  at  Olymoia   fumi  h^  subscribed,    lumber    wa< 

materia]  help.     The  PresbytS  pas"or  '    oi    "'"'^""^  '"-"^  ^'^^^ 
ceeJs  of  a   ecture  «i6  cc   «;.Tu-     ?       "^  '^^  Olynipia  gave  the  nm 

Brother  \Vichser  'ht  tlin  up  U.r  l'"'  ''''^''  '^'-^  ''  ^  «  '-C' 
regularly.  He  usually  reached  henroTr?"'  ''''"'  ^^^''^'^hed 
wife,  and  always  carried  a  baskef  in  i  I  !°°^'  ^"•'"'Panfed  by  I.is 
eggs,  butter,  m'eat.  or  Inythtg  the  toi^  "Th"^*^^  '"'^'^  '°  ^^^^ 
them  .nto  money  for  his  church  FinS  th  ^ '^"'-  ^"^  ^""'^'l 
and  secretary  of  the  Board  of  M  ssion  '  Lt  '""'/";•  '''^^"  ''^^^*''^'" 
Mission  Society  a  gift  of  $  ^f"  d  ihf "'''  ^"''"  ""^  "°me 
The  struggle  was  great,  but  by  keeping  it  il  thl'","'  ^^  ^°'"P'^"'''- 
in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faifi;      I-  *' '^  ^''"'"'^'^  «'^s  dedicated 

had  a  steady  grow'th.Tebu  ,dtg  one,;"  mo    '^  "'"^  ^"^  ^'^-'-'h  "- 
aga.n.  and  is  now  one  of  the  sLZ'^ZlT^rl'tll.    ^"^^^ 

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S^^-^TLE  First  Church  (1869) 

Jan,e?::.dThty°S?:!:^;i:;-f  ^  «„  Fourth  Street,  between 
Rev.   Rodolphus   Weston    lyr"     °"  °'""'''"'-  2^'  '869.  bv  the 

Elizabeth  H'olgateIrdt;r:o\tm;':,rHo'r^  T^'  --^- 
Hanford,  and  four  members  of  their  L^f^^W  ^^'-  ""^  Mrs.  E. 
Chn.st,an  Clymer  and  his  wife  The  or^^'  ^^ '  ^-  ^^^'^^  ■'-' 
the  residence  of  Dea.  E  HanfnrH  a  "'S:a"i2ation  took  place  at 
bers  sacred  memories  ami  vaWd  r"     •  '■°""''  '^'  constituent   mem^ 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  H^ltrS  '.  "''"'^^""'^"^  ^^^''<^'- 
She  was  converted  aJd  f  pti.^^in  Tsre"  T''"'  ^''™-  '"  '796. 
widow  in  ,853,  to  Oregon!  Td  n  8,!"  1"  ''°''''^  "'^  P'^'"«.  ^ 
was  the  first  Bapti.t  woman  on  pj'?  Sound"'"' 1°  ^'^"'^-  ^^e 
Baptist  woman  for  several  years  Her  iTfp  '  ^""^  '^^  "°  "^^^^^ 
F.rs  Church  of  Seattle,  where  she  stin  .  '^•^'  "^""^^^  '"f°  ^^e 
the  hves  of  children  and  grandch^Mren  who'  '"  "?*^'"°'> '  '^^  '"«o 
Chnst  largely  to  her  faith  and  Christian  if^  ascnbe  their  hope  in 
January  22.  1880.     (See  sketch  )  ''^^-     ^'^^  ^'^^  *"  Seattle. 

l^^^^'slnZ.^^^^^^^^^^  made  the  first 

VVeston  in  White  River,  i'j2  flL  ^^^  ''"P""^  ^y  ^^e  Rev.  R. 
standmg  up  in  the  meeting  i  a' straLr  '^  ""'"T  '''.  P"y«""P:  and 
experience,  and  asked  for  baptl,  if  ^thA  t '''"'f^  '^'^  marvelous 
wished  to  be  baptized  in  the  p'eseice  of  n'J \k"  ^'  ^^"'^''^^^^'  ^ut 
his  previous  life.  This  man's  conversion  "^I'T  ^'^^  '^^^  '^"o^^n 
interest  and  enthusiasm  among  Te™!^  0^*'^'"  ^^°"^«d  an 
Sound  that  would,  if  described  in  1  '''?."f^^  B^Ptists  on  Puget 
"sensational."  described  in  the  dialect  of  to-day.  he  calKv 


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The  Rev.  R.  Weston,  under  whose  ministry  the  first  Seattle 
church  was  organized,  was  a  member  of  the  Portland  Church,  and 
was  sent  to  Puget  Sound  by  the  Rev.  S.  Cornelius,  his  pastor,  who 
obtained  for  Brother  Weston  a  commission  from  the  Home  Mission 
Society,  which  he  finally  declined. 

Bro.  W.  L.  Rogers  was  chosen  the  first  deacon;  and  trusti-cs 
were  elected. 

The  churcii  was  supplied  with  preaching  for  nearly  two  and  a 
half  years  by  the  Rev.  R.  Weston,  occasionally  aided  bv  the  Rev. 
S.  E.  Stearns  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Casto.  In  1870  the  church  applied 
for  help  from  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  but  it 
was  not  granted  A  lot  then  worth  $150  was  donated  by  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Holgaie  as  u  site  for  a  house  of  worship.  A  modest 
structure  was  planned,  and  in  1871  the  church  began  building  on 
Fourth  Avenue,  between  James  and  Cherry  Streets.  Upon  the  advice 
of  the  Rev.  E.  Curtiss,  who  was  then  general  missionary  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society  for  the  territory,  the  plans  were  enlarged  in  the 
expectation  of  obtaining  $1,000  from  the  society,  if  the  church 
would  rai«e  $1,500,  which  it  did.  The  house  was  dedicatid  August 
25.  1872.  the  Rev.  E.  Curtiss  officiating;  but  the  church  was  left  with 
a  debt  of  $1,295,  on  which  it  had  to  pay  eighteen  per  cent  interest. 
Failing  to  obtain  the  $1,000  from  the  societv,  this  dibt  became  a 
grievous  burden,  borne  for  nearly  ten  years.  At  one  time  it  threat- 
ened the  existence  of  the  church,  which  was  saved  only  by  the  de- 
votion and  sacrifice  of  its  members.  At  another  time'  a  judgment 
came  near  leaving  the  church  without  a  home,  when  Dea.  L.  T. 
Holgate  came  to  the  rescue  with  his  special  gifts  and  undaunted 
efforts. 

In  November,  1875.  a  wind-storm  injured  the  building  to  siuli 
an  extent  that  another  debt  had  to  be  contracted  for  repairs.  Fol 
lowing  this,  some  of  the  largest  givers  failed  in  business,  some 
moved  away,  and  Deacon  Clymer,  one  of  the  strong  men  of  that 
period,  died.  Such  was  the  financial  pressure  that  the  pastor,  the 
Rev.  J.  A.  Wirth,  gave  up  his  stipulated  salarv  for  a  time,  and  served 
the  church  for  the  morning  plate-collcctions.  The  mortgage  was 
foreclosed,  and  one  brother  at  least  nearly  went  bankrupt  to  save 
the  property;  but  the  struggle  continued  until,  in  1882  $700  was 
loaned  to  the  church  by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  and  la^er  a  strip 
twelve  feet  wide  was  sold  from  the  church  lot  to  aid  in  paying  the 
debt.  Prayers,  tears,  faith,  and  sacrifices  untold  marked  this  dark 
period;  and  yet  there  .vas  always  a  silver  lining  to  the  cloud,  and 
rays  of  divme  sunlight  were  beaming  upon  these  devoted  men  and 
women  of  God.  To  grasp  them  by  the  hand  and  look  into  their 
shining  laces,  to  hear  them  tell  how  God  had  blessed  them  and  how 
they  were  looking  for  a  bright  and  glorious  future  for  the  church 
was  both  inspiring  and  helpful,  as  the  author  can  testify,  to  all  the 
servants  of  God  who  met  them  in  their  church  home.    N'or  were  they 


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144      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

Without  plain  indications  of  the  Masters  approval  and  help   as  the 

following  incident  among  others  will  show: 

A  brother  desired  to  pledge  $iso  to  the  churrh    h„f  i,;.  • 
was  barely  sufficient  to  sup'port^iLlJry  wttrt^e'  Ir.^^^  s  ^cZrnT 
^rrtfi^  f  awberry  bed.   which  ordiLril.  yielded  tTeni  3," 
After  mu^h      ""'^   "''   ''"^  ^   ^'^   quarts   ,o%elI    for  pTn -money 
nffu  T?  P"^^''  "  '^^'  '^"^">'  ^"•'led  to  give  the  entire  prreeds 

year.  Enough  berries  were  sold  from  the  bed  to  pay  the  $iw  and 
the  marve  of  .t  was  that  it  was  the  onlv  bed  of  s^rawberrie;  far 
several  m.les  around  not  seriously  injured  by  the  fro      of  t  "at  yea/ 

Josep1.Tr?e„;a;  'oTaiV'''  ^'"^"^  "^"'^'^  '^  '^^»  ^^^^^  «- 
iZft.  T'  ^-  °*  ^'^•■"'ont.  a  student  of  Newton  Theological 
Semmary   and  a  strong  and  faithful  worker,  who  served  the  church 

past^rlJe  HP  h  Y""""'  °/  °''«^°"  ^'^y-  O^*^'  ^-^^  "lied  to  the 
pastorate     He  began  his  work  in  January,  1875,  when  the  member 

.h.p  had  mcreased  to  forty-nine.     He  served  the  chinch  forn^rlv 

teTcVng'hirun'Srh   'f"^'^  ''^^"^"^  '''  ^°^'^  Hving  and'faith 
teacning    his  unselfish  devotion  and  personal  sacrifices    his  honef.,1 

spirit  and  trust  in  God.  that  the  church  was  tided  oVer  the    ough  a„J 

hallow  places  m  its  early  history.    He  too  laid  the  foundation  for  the 

cTeZJZ^  f  :'''  '''''''''■  '"  '"^  P^^^°"^^  »'-  -embe?ship  in- 
creased from  forty-nine  to  one  hundred  and  twentv,  fifty-one  of 
whom  he  baptized.    Improvements  in  the  church  propeVtv  were  made 

t.lr      "J  !^-     ^"   '^7«  '^'  P"^^'  Sound  AsSciation  LTat 
Seattle    and  the  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  pastor  at  Portland,  Ore     Sing 
ZlTr^  request,  made  an  appeal  to  wipe  out  the  debt  of    h! 
Seattle  Church  resulting  in  the  raising  of  $r  611.    The  way  had  been 
prepared  for  th  s  by  a  special  offering  from  Portland,  and  a  gerS- 
o«s  g,ft  from  Mr.  J.  H.  Coleman,  of  Seattle.    The  burden  vanS 
bTess  n' ^fl7"°"^.'""'  '°"'''  ^°y°"^'y  P^^'«-«  God  from  whom  ati 
the  church       •  '"^  '  "'^  '^'"'  '"^^  '  '"^^'-  P"^P°^^  P-^^ed  into 
A  Sunday-school  was  early  organized,  and  has  always  been  i 
vigorous  adjunct  to  the  work  of  the  church.     In   187s,  whe^     he 
author  first  visited   che  church,  an  active  and  enthusiastic  sch.^r 
numbering  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  members,  was  in  progress 

ttcherf  "und^rP^^T"'^:''?"^'  "'PP°^^^^  "^^  *  devoted  banTo 
nenf  n.;.  ^1    ^"^^  ^"'^^'  leadership  the  school  took  a  promi- 
nZZ<   '!i  ^''^^^^"".n'oyemr-it,  inaugurated  that  vear.  in  the 
Baptist  Sunday-school  work  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast    ' 

T   r   n  'f^^  ^  ^'°?'"l'^,  ^°''*''^  "'""'O"  circle  was  organized  by  Mrs 
J.  C.  Baker,  who  had  been  sent  to  the  North  Coast  by  the  Women's 

nZ"Z,ir:T'^  ^°f''  °'  ?'''°^"'^  *°  ^'^  the'sisters  on Ts 
new  field  in  taking  up  their  work  in  the  various  ch?'rchcs.    Mrs.  A. 


CHURCHES    OF    THE    NORTH WLM  14- 

J.  Ha.uord  was  made  president.    The  scope  of  the  circle  was  after 
ward   enlarged   so   as    to   cover   both    foreign   mission     Tnd    home 
m.ss,ons.  and  the  circle  has  contributed  much  to  the  cultivation  ^f 
the  missionary  spirit  in  the  church.  cultivation  ot 

In  April.  1882,  the  church  licensed  Mrs.  Mav  C  Tones  to 
preach,  and  in  July,  while  the  session  of  the  Puge?' Sound  Soci" 
ation  was  being  held  with  the  Seattle  Church,  a  ffw  .uenrrs  of  t^ 
church   were  gathered  together,  not  by  appointment  of  the  church 

K.  S.  Greene  acted  as  chairman,  and  H.  H.  Weston  as  clerk  and  the 
ordination    was   proceeded    with,    although    the    vvhole    affafrja, 
without    denominational    precedent.     The    pastor    wa     aiS       and 
s^Ierirmemh'  ^"PP'>-^,*'^^. "church.    In  October,  of  the  sarJe  vea 
several   members   were   dismissed   to  organize   the   Second    Ba'nti  f 

ChrTt\"nTtr;'  ''°"."'"  '^'^  -"P'--  upon  the  sec'oXl  "nTo 
Christ,  and  those  who  supported  tlie  ordination  of  Mrs  fo.us 
They  were  led  by  Judge  R.  S.  Greene  and  by  the  Rev.  J  P  LuXvv 
who  still  held  their  membership  in  the  Olympia  Church 

Rev  D-rp""^'  '^fu-T^i'-  •■^-  ^^'''■'''  ^^^'S"^'''  •■>"''  i"  April  the 
ceeded  him  h;  °^  ^^^"^^^j"'--  formerly  of  Portland.  Ore.,  suc- 
ceeded him  He  was  as  different  from  Brother  Wirth  as  the 
times  and  the  coming  "  boom  "  could  demand.     Brother  Wirth  was 

Brother?""  "''"'  "^  '"''''''  *°  •"^''"^^  *"d  '»'«"  ^o^k  out  a  p  a^i 
i^  nnnn  tf "''.'  T"^'".  °"'  ^  P'^"  '"  ^'''  '"""I-  ^^^  then  spni.u^ 
upon  t-  .  church  or  the  denomination  for  consideration  with  the 
rush  of  a  tempest,  and  .sometimes  with  the  results  of  one-  and  vet 
many  01  his  plans  were  feasible  and  far-reaching  ^ 

Seattl   conl't?!'"/  ;'/  sunnnary  of  Brother  Pierce's  pastorate  in 
.Seattle,  collated  first  from  the  author's  own  knowledge  from  "  Mat- 
toon  s  Annals, '  and  from  Brother  Pierce's  personal 'memoTrs : 
f..f»       7  r  v''        -'•  P"^"""  «as  a  graduate  of  \ew  Hampton  Insti- 
hri-c"n„  ''''°"  Theological  Seminary.    He  was  introduced  into 

Christian  service  as  a   teacher  by  the   Rev.   Dr.   Lorimer    and    nto 

wi'tTwhrr'  "''"  ''^^^°•"'=  ^^'^^'°"  ^^'^''y  -"*  him   o  w"'mrn! 
with  what  was  practically  a  carte  blanche  commission,  since  he  had 

/.""'!."'  VT  °'  °P«^^»i°ns.  and  not  another  BaptS  church 
withm  three  hundred  miles  east  and  seven  hundred  miles  vesr  He 
became  pastor  at  Portland,  Ore.,  and  then  went  back  0  Laramie 
thence  to  Walla  Walla,  and  thence  to  Seattle.  He  was  a  genS 
m^sionary  by  self-appointment.  No  one  church  or  field  coufd  hold 
fiiu  .  u'""^''""  ^*^  ^°"«idered  as  the  center  of  a  great  missk, 
field  for  the  occupation  of  which  he  held  himself  perso^naSy  Tespr 
sible.  He  was  regarded  by  his  brethren  as  visionary,  and  his 3u- 
ence  was  limited.    No  church.  Association.  Convention  or  ediica  Snal 

'zz  r  f  tt;^  f:.-'^ "-'' '''  ^'^""'"^'  -^  --  '-^- "-  ^-5'" 

Brother  Pierce  rightly  calls  the  First   Church   of  Seattle  the 


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BU-Ti.T    inSTORV    OK   T„K    XORTH    P.CIKIC    CO.ST 


"Mother  of  Onirchc-.'  ;,n,|  savs'  ••  Th-  u- 
both  by  US  posu.on  and  by  hs  earlv  ^  •'"'  *^''"'"''  °^  ^*^a»Ie. 
mother  of  churches.  It  was  a  hro£„  "'"'"^'  "  ^''''^  '«  ^'^  the 
■".migrants  of  the  sixties  and  y^c^tlo^^rf'' ."''^'■'^  '"''^^  °^  '"<^ 
letters  and  scattere.l  to  place    wii".  'o  »-.  u'"'  ''"*>■  '^^'  »heir 

panted.     Much  of  the  mater  uT  of  ,he  Wh^t     p"'"''"^''  """"^  ^'^  ^^'^ 
Kent.  Fairhaven.  Snohomish    Port  Town  ^VV  ^^''''^-  "^  '''e 

was  first  gathered  at  Seattle  Whin  '"'"'•  ''""'  ^'^'""^  ^^^urches. 
he  "  found  one  hundred  and  fourle„"  ^l^'""'''  "P°"  "-  P^^'orate 
were  non-resident.'  •Three  0^^!  f"'  °*  *''°'"  forty-nine 
stituted  the  entire  force  of  yoC^-conr  ""^.T  -^"""^  ^^°'"^"  -^"n- 
bers  were  at  Seabeck  ^.^nh^  '^i  ^^^  ^'"'•^  ""any  of  the  n.eni- 
Dian,on,l.  Port  To^Snd  a.  rotr  ''"'"'"•''  .  •'■^^■^^^''^-  ^'cc 
Brother  P.erce  began  preaching  .tt^  '"""*'■  ^"'-^  '"  '^e  year 
supplied  the  Seattle  Ch'^rch  in  fis  aLscn/''7''',^V''''  ^'°'^''  ^^ '^'h 
of  the  church  had  taken  new  form      1  '   ""^  '"""'^"  ^^«'-'' 

been  formed,  and  reported  t^  h  chutch"'"  tS' R "  "i'T^  ''^'^ 
cncouragcl  by  the  comnmtec,  was  now  2;..  .^''^-  ""  ^  ^'"O"' 

ner;  that  by  advice  of  the  comm  tterRer^p'^H  ^^"^K^\L'-'^on- 
Newcastle  tw.ce  and  Renton  once'  that  Rev  r  \ '  u-  T u  ''^''  ^■''"•■'' 
work  at  Seaberk;  that  Rev  r„hn  V\  irh  !  "^  '  ^^  ""^'^  '^''"^  '^'^'^"  "P 
mittee,  had  gone  to  Wh^  con  sec^  M  '.'"""'•''^^''  ''>'  '''^  ^«"'- 
house  of  worship,  an.l  had T'ns  Tai  '  '°'  ''"  ""'^''^  *«  ''""'l  =' 
that  Brother  W  „h  had  cDene-    J  '  organizing  a  church,  and 

and  organized  a  S  m  a  '  Xo  of  fi"li?r  '"  '  i!^"  ''  ''^^^  ^'"'"n 
hall  at  Lake  Union  w4  ct'sumed  bv  fir^  "'T^r''  ^"  "'«■»  ^'^'^ 
organ,  library,  and  furnisl  ne  .\  In.  '  ^"'' J'^'  ""^^'°"  '*^^'  ^'^ 
chapel  built,  and  Prof  "  n  onn'^  'ot  was  then  secured,  and  a 
there  for  several  vears      Ti?.'  /        •  """'^'^^^  '->  ^uccessf.d  mission 

aid  in  the  -Wort"o7- a  m\'  s  o^rrL'ttl^' ^  Tr'  ^^'"^^  '^ 
d'stricts.  and  recommemle.l  that  tht  ..       .  ^  ^"'^    "^^   outlving 

Brother  Wirth  in  view  or  the  fiell  Z\''"'' 1"'^°  "-^  ""''•^'-  -'"' 
monthly  service  for  Seabeck  Ren^^  that  he  m.ght  furnish  regular 
the  Scandinavian  churches  'The  comm^«o'  ^"'°"'  ^^^^^^^^le.  an.l 
chase  of  a  lot  in  Relltown    Denm's  nZ  ;^<=°i"mended  the  pur- 

terms  of  payment-  it  ilso  mil  '^''^''t'""-  f"""  $600.  and  arranged 

Sotuh  Seattle  for' a'^h^rchTuHdi.'ir'xZ  of'r  ""^^"^^^'"^  ^  '^  '" 
by  Richard  Holyoke  for  a  Rapti  t  univer  kv  The  ;''r"- " '"  '''''■''"' 
>ts  buildmg  should  be  used  on  Sundav  Tftlrn  ^'"V  "•""''  ''"'''^  'hat 
-service.  This  comprehensi^^  ohn  wrn  ,T  '  •^°''  ^  Scandinavian 
adopted  by  the  chLh.  "and  ,£"„,rki  f  "ti"  T  "I""'"''  ^^'^^ 
and  worked  out  many  of  these  probletrls  '"''''   ^""■''^■'^<'- 

^piritu'a['"w"o;k''it^  H:r'chrr;h''TarJ'  "'  '''  ''''''  ■^^"-  'h'^t  the 
growth.  The  Sund.  v-.choo Is  were  thr  '""^  ^T  ^'*^  ^''  '"^'-nal 
and  Foreign  Mission  Societv  and  the  r"f'\"r  '^'  ^^'"'"^"'^  H^'"*' 
.ood  working  order,     m  tS  fij:^',^  o^t^  ne^p^  l^ 


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the   church   adde.l   to    its    building   an   extension,    costing   $000    for 
prayer-nucting,  Sunday-scliool,  and  >ociety  work. 

Jn  February,  1885,  the  pastor,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  A.  B.  Bank-* 
held  meetings  ol  great  interest,  a  hundre.l  persons  or  more  often' 
remaining  to  the  inquiry  meeting,  .\bout  thirty  of  these  professed 
conversion,  among  them  a  ten-year-old  child  of  the  pastor.  In 
-March  of  this  ye.ir  the  Women's  Home  Mission  .Society  established 
the  Jackson  btreet  Mission,  which  afterward  grew  into  the  Market 
Mreet  Church.  In  .April  Brother  Pierce  ^ummanzts  the  results  of 
the  two  years  ot  his  pastorate  as  follows:  'Baptized  fifty-two- 
receivejl  by  letter,  forty;  by  experience,  twentv-one;  restored  three 
total  additions,  one  hundred  and  sixteen :  dismissed  by  letter  nmeteen  • 
by  death,  four;  by  exclusion,  five;  total,  twenty-eight;  making  a  net 
gain  of  eighty-eight. "  There  were  one  hundred  and  twenty  iaimhe. 
represented  on  the  rolls,  and  two  humlre.l  on  the  pastor's  calling  list 
The  church  had  three  Suiulay-schools,  with  over  three  hundred  pupiN 
and  an  average  attendance  of  two  hundred.  The  Sunday-school  also 
liirnished  supplies  for  several  other  schools  on  the  Sound.  Eighty-six 
of  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  nieml.ers  signed  the  subscription  li'st  in 
the  hard  tmies  of  1885.  In  June.  1886.  the  chi;rch  made  the  following 
..nique  report  to  the  .\ssociation:  "Steady  growth:  two  missionarie> 
hopeful;  thirty-five  non-residents  to  furnish  seed  for  five  churches 
m  near-by  town.-.;  desire  a  missionary  for  King  County;  envelope 
system  a  marked  success.  Wom.ns  Home  Mission  Society  pays  rent 
and  furnishes  libraries  for  two  schools.  The  Women's  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Circle  supports  a  Bible  woman,  and  the  Girls'  Ban.l  a  boy  in 
school  in  a  heathen  land." 

On  November  4.  1885,  the  church  advi.sed  some  of  its  members 
to  unite  in  formn.g  the  Houghton  Church,  nd  dismissed  four  for 
that  purpose  Tins  church  was.  in  1886.  absorbed  bv  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  kirkland,  organized  bv  the  Rev.  .A,'  B.  Banks  The 
-Alaskan  Mission  was  started  in  1886.  and  the  Rev.  T  A  Wirth 
called  to  that  work,  an.l  the  First  Church  shared  liberally  in  its  sup- 
port. In  the  .same  year  a  Sunday-school  was  established  in  North 
.^eattle.  .\mong  its  leading  workers  were  the  Hon.  R.  S.  Greene  and 
Robert  Knipe.  It  was  a  flourishing  school  for  a  time,  but  its  property 
was  afterward  given  to  other  churches,  and  the  <chooI  was  dis- 
continued. 

Meanwhile,  by  suggestion  of  Pastor  Pierce,  a  Scandinavian  Bap- 
tist church  was  organized  from  the  members  of  the  First  Church  who 
belonged  to  that  race.  This  church  fell  heir  to  a  good  house  of  wor- 
ship, built  by  the  Rev.  O.  Okcrson,  in  1882.  and  left  in  charge  of  the 
^irst  Church  until  his  own  people  should  organize  a  church.  The 
hirst  Church  had  taken  a  liberal  part  in  its  erection.  Pastor  Pierce 
secured  $175  from  seven  of  the  Swedish  members,  and  with  this  sum 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association  secured  t' - 
services  of  Rev.  F.  Christopherson  as  pastor. 


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BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE    ,V0HT„    p. 

lit.    iVORfll    PACIFIC    COAST 


tarly  m  1887  Brother  Pi-r- 

months,  in  which'he  attenJei.rM"y /""'''  '  ^^"''°"  °^  '^rec 
upon  his  return  he  foumi  ■,  h^  ^"J' Anniversaries.  He  savs  fh-.^ 
w.th   the  fragrance  of  a  hundred^'bo'""'"   '"'  XalsomlnSf  fi S 

ACThis''r;r'"^  °"  ^  •>e'-d''tra;r"^''  ""'^' "  "•  - 

Hmhs  salary  as  Alaskan  mis  bnaVJ  7^,  """''^'f  «^  brother 
a  box  valued  at  $60,  while  th«'  '"^  "'^  ■'*'^»"s  sent  him 
up  both  .he  foreign  and  home  worrSrn"^"!'^^    --   ^<^^ 

ra^Sl  ''  "'"''*=  ^°  "^^P  P^ce  witi    he  need  /""'^''   '^^'  *"°'''^" 
rapidly  growing  city  and  its  suburb       n     ,1°'  '"'"'°"  *o^k  •'"  the 
ook  action  upon  a  comprehensive  st,/       ^^^^"^"''>"  ^o  the  church 
Jutions   were  adopted,  and  a„  1.-^  "        '^'  conditions,  reso- 

sisting  of  Pastor  Pierce.   Bn!    hT'  """'"'"^'^   appointed    con- 
to  confer  and  act  with  lit  '^"'«''  and   Sister  L    V    u-     i 
;He  Scan,inaviS  2" -^ramiS;  t°'"  '''^  ^  -'cD     ::^^' 
and  so  adjusting  the  work  thT'^?  ^  u\"''''y-  •''"^"'•'nR  missions 
consecration  of^„r  p.opTe.  d'ue  to  the' V'  '°'"'''"'^''  Prave  ""^  ,' 
occupy  the  field  for  the  pern'ane m     „.     n'"''''  ""  '■"'^"'t   faithful! ' 
^ame   month   the   church   licensed    Un'':'^'  "'"  '''^  '^ause."     The 
Humblett  to  preach  the  go  Sr  The       ?'/'••   ^'"'""^   "^"^I    Alonzo 
all  purposes  this  year  ai/ounted  to  $-'^:""*;7'^  "^  '^c  ciu.roh  for 
bered  two  hundred  and  twentAeven"^'^']-    ^^'  '"^"'bership  num- 
"utposts  and  non-residents      The  2r  I    f'T.  ■'•^^'"'^y-'*''  ^ere  "  t 
-ork    mchuling  the  mission  schoo  s    the  V      '^"o"  ''^P^^^'nents  ..f 
Chautauqua    and  a  Teachers'  Norma-         ^  °""\  P^^P'^^'s  Societv.  a 
ordajned  ministers.  Brother  Pierce    Brother  J-K'^'"''^  ^ad  three 

t^^xnf^,  "^'"^^'■"^•"'•"ionarrwork^^^^^^^  '"   ■^'^^'*^'  ^-^ 

twenty    teachers   in    the    Sundav  L^     ,     ^"'^'' P°'nts.    There  were 

services  each  week,  and  had  on;  H     "'  ^       °"'"'   ^'^^"   ''''^   t"" 
on  his  calling  list.  "''  °"^  ''""'^'■^d  and  eighty-seven  families 

The  first  work  of  thu   t  •       f 
Seattle,  in  January.  i888   wh.n'"'  Committee  was   begun   in   North 
with  sixty  pupils,  "a'nd  $7^  Zas^raisTdT  '""'^^>'-'^oo'  was  staS 
Penses.     In  Pebruarv  Rev    Geor^  p  T  ^  '^^"'>'  ^"^  for  other  ex 
revival  meetings,  in  whid/ t^^.f  °f-'  ^^--  held  a  series  of 
of  this  year.  Brother  Pierce  re<Jin. ,      J    "^''^  converted.     In   Tune 
State  University  as  proSr "o^rm:?' h^ ''^l'  ^  P^^'"-  ■"  "'" 
oarf     ,^"''r°"'-'^"'^  vears  shows  a  reco  d  J'/ "'"P^^"     ^^''  P^^^orate 
paralleled,  ,f  it  has  its  equal  in  the  S       "'"o""  ''°'^  ""t  often 
beer,  organized,  six  of  which    oon  tr^         '"*•    ^'^^^'^  ""'^sions  hI3 
heads  of  families  had   been   received      ?'° ''^"'■*^''^^-    Thirty- even 
young  people,  and  eightv-tuo  other         '?  °   "'^"'hership,    ninety-two 
an     ten.  the  dismissiL.^  IZ^^,  ^^f^f  ^;otal  of  two  hu;;dr:d 
thirty  members.  ^  ^"^  ^''"rch  with  two  hundred  and 


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RcT.  Robert  Wlvtaker  was  called  to  the  pastorate  to  succeed 
Ktv.  D.  J.  Pierce.  He  was  a  youii!,'  man  of  culture;  Itnlliant.  capable, 
and  devoted.  Hi>  pastorate  was  characterized  by  unusual  activitv 
.iniong  the  young  people.  The  city  was  growing  rapidly,  and  every 
center  of  influence  was  challenged  to  expend  its  energy  to  meet  the 
increasing  demand  upon  its  resources.  C  hurches  of  Jcsiis  Christ  were 
no  exceptions.  Along  with  this  growth  and  development  came  de- 
mands upon  pastor  and  people  to  breast  and  beat  back  the  increasing 
tidal  wave  of  iniquiiy.  Every  pastor  was  a  general.  His  church 
wa>  a  division  of  the  army  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  called  into  serv- 
ice to  meet  the  foe  of  world-regeneration.  Each  such  pastor  would 
need  eyes  to  look  in  every  direction.  Quick  of  perception,  and  wise 
to  forecast.  Brother  Whitaker  foresaw  the  importance  of  develop- 
ing the  young  people  and  building  them  into  the  life  and  activities  of 
the  church  so  as  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  coming  great  city.  .Mtliough 
his  pastorate  continued  only  about  one  year,  yet  he  left  the  young  peo- 
ple with  new  and  broader  conceptions  of  their  lifcwork  and  thi. 
church  vigorous  and  hopeful. 

In  1889  the  church  dismissed  eleven  members  to  organize  the 
church  at  Kent,  and  eight  members  to  organize  the  Market  Street 
Church  of  Seattle,  where  a  chapel  had  been  built.  A  promising  down- 
towii  mission  was  established,  which  finally  drifted  away  from  the  de- 
nomination. The  record  of  the  year  shows  eight  baptized,  fifty-two 
received  by  letter,  and  four  by  experience. 

Brother  Whitaker  having  resigned,  the  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett  was 
called  to  the  pastorate  on  January  11,  1890.  The  same  year  the 
church  dismissed  thirty-five  members  to  organize  the  North  Seattle 
Church,  twenty-one  members  to  organize  the  Fairhaven  Church,  and 
eight  to  organize  the  Hoquiam  Church.  The  year  was  marked  by 
colonization.  The  church  had  two  Sunday-schools  in  the  city  and 
several  preaching  stations  near  it.  In  1891  a  mission  school  was  or- 
ganized in  South  Seattle,  with  eighty-seven  present.  Bro.  ].  B. 
Fox,  a  young  man  of  promise,  was  licensed  to  preach. 

December  30,  1889.  was  a  high  day  for  the  First  Church.  Its 
new  pastor,  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett,  had  just  come  upon  the  field.  Rev. 
Thomas  Baldwin  had  accepted  the  call  of  the  North  Seattle  Church, 
and  Rev.  I.  W.  Read  that  of  the  Market  Street  Church,  thus  tripling 
The  Baptist  churches  and  pastors  of  the  city.  In  honor  of  the  event 
a  banquet  was  held  at  the  Rainier  Grand  Hotel,  which  was  largely 
attended  by  the  Baptists  of  the  city.  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce  delivered  the 
parting  address  to  the  retiring  pastor  and  the  address  of  welcome  to 
the  new  pastor?.  Both  this  address  and  the  responses  were  full  of 
hope  and  enthusiasm  and  left  the  Baptists  of  the  citv  sailing  on  the 
high  tide  of  possibilities.  Brother  Whitaker,  in  his  response,  re- 
marked "  that  he  felt  flattered  to  know  that  three  such  large  men  were 
employed  to  cover  the  field  he  had  ocupied  alone  for  a  vear."  Th" 
incoming  pastors  were  all  men  of  strength,  ability,  and  experience , 


hI! 


'"atumy.  and  tli^L^^'X^I^'^V  ^i  "ers  had  rapid.v  grown  I" 
corner  of  Seventh  and  Cherry  StrJof  )■"''  P^'-^'iased  at  the 

■"  &"-- ""' "  '■*^'  °" "  -.^ -""^  ri 

>'ar.     11,0  young  p„  ,  .    ;„, ''''    ,';'e'">->"'  were  received  in  one 
»a.  repre,enled  on  ,|,o  ^^,,i™i|  ,  ™  '"  *"''''  '"">  -ieor   MJ 

l^er  of  devoted   work       '  T  1;''":""'  """'''"•  --"P'-ving  a  num 
what  Doctor  Price  nil- •  ^^^   ^^   the   time   in'fh„     •,      ," 

.,/  ^"^  months.  Doctor  Pierce  .-,,  f  J,  Theater  was  rente,! 
Large  and  enthusiastic  audience, T  ^^^--^'her  Taylor's  effort- 
permanent  growth  was  received  f'  /tT^  '^^  ''"P^^^^^'^'  ^ut  no 
Taylor  resigned  and  acceded  a 'a'!  fin  '"'^  °^  ^'^^  year  Brother 
there  were  runior^^  nf  ,  .     '  '°  Dayton,  Ohio     At  ft,.  »• 

R-t  is  credited':[;h      v  ng'.'"TL'Jr"L'°"-    ^"^  sain1  d' DoctT 
'"  tJ^e  world  to  build  up,  ^aus^  h      fs  s'  .^  J^  ^""^  "^^'^^^^  <^^-c ^ 

msists  upon  a  regenerated  church- 


cauRciits  or  THK  .north wtsr 


i^i 


mcliiberahip."  \Vc  l)elievc  he  was  correct,  and  we  believe  fiirllier 
that  a  Baptist  church  is  the  hardest  church  in  the  world  to  kill,  tor 
the  same  reason.  At  Ica3t,  so  it  proved  with  the  old  First  Churcli  of 
Seattle.  It  had  been  filled  with  Newton  and  Hamilton  theology  under 
Doctors  I'reeman,  Weston,  and  i'iercc,  as  teachers,  and  with  the  nM 
Welsh  theology  un<lcr  I'aslor  W'irth  as  teacher  for  nine  year-,  and 
with  William  Jewel  theology  under  Tastor  Hurchett  for  four  years. 
Such  a  combination  as  this  must  live  and  Micceed,  and  so  did  the 
()1<1  duinh.  Samsoiilike,  it  r()>e  alH)ve  the  ^rcit  depression,  leaving 
nil  open  gate  for  another  pastor  to  enter  the  tield,  and  called  the 
Kiv.  E.  L.  (Jhruin.  of  lioston,  a  nieiiil>er  of  Doctor  (iDrdon's  church, 
and  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of  his  peculiar  viewj.  He  was  en- 
gaged for  six  months.  When  the  period  of  trial  was  over,  and  a  vote 
was  taken,  there  was  some  opposition;  and  about  thirty  of  his  mo-t 
devoted  adherents  withdrew  and  proposed  to  organize  a  new  church 
with  Brother  Ohrum  as  leader.    This  was  in  March,  1896. 

The  proposed  organization  was  perfected  under  the  name  of  the 
Tabernacle  Church,  with  Brother  Ohrum  as  pastor.  This  was  a  new 
experience  for  the  old  First  Church.  The  opposition  to  Brother  Ohrum 
did  not  result  in  bitter  strife,  though  variou-  statements  were  made, 
any  one  of  which  might  have  led  to  strife  long  drawn  out.  Tlu 
members  going  out  believed  that  they  were  led  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  in  their  first  prayer  meeting  began  praying  for  those  who  were 
left  in  the  old  church.  Those  who  remained  in  the  old  church,  be- 
lieving that  they  were  led  by  the  same  Spirit,  began  praying  for  tho-r 
who  had  gone  out  to  establish  a  new  church.  The  prayers  of  both 
uere  answered,  and  the  First  CImrch  entered  upon  a  new  career  of 
luiity  and  usefulness,  while  the  new  church  thanked  God  and  pros- 
pered. It  was  not  an  entirely  new  solution  for  church  trouble.-,  but 
one  worthy  of  imitation. 

Though  it  remained  pastorless  for  some  months,  yet  the  First 
( 'luirch,  with  a  unanimity  seldom  seen  where  diftieulties  of  such  magni- 
tude had  to  be  overcome,  held  its  forces  together  and  continued 
vigorously  active  in  all  departments  of  church  work.  In  November 
Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman,  pastor  of  the  church  at  Randolph,  Mass.,  wa- 
called  to  the  pastorate.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Newton  Theological 
Seminary,  and  had  experience  in  church  work.  This  call  appeared  to 
be  given  by  the  Spirit's  leading.  When  Brother  Bowerman  had  spent 
two  weeks  with  the  church,  he  called  the  committee  of  sixteen  to- 
gether after  the  evening  service,  and  after  prayer  and  consultation 
released  them  from  all  responsibility  about  his  call,  and  asked  them 
that  they  would  vote  upon  the  recommendation  again,  and  if  any  nf 
them  had  reason  to  change  their  minds,  they  would  indicate  it  by 
their  votes.  There  were  fifteen  of  the  committee  pre-ent,  and  the  vote 
was  unanimous  and  hearty.  Brother  Bowerman  accepted  this  as  an 
indication  of  the  Spirit's  guidance  and  accepted  the  call.  At  this  time 
the  church  had  two  Inindred  and  sixtv  members,  over  a  hundred  of 


,r , ""'"  '"■"""• ""  ™^  -""  -■-  CO... 

'ncm  HI  the  Voung  IVouIp'    s; 
i>Ja.ss.,   where  he  sim.,,*   ....      -^         '    "'^''  pastor.tte  wa<  nf  \«    ir 

hundred  and  sixty  members  Sedo„T"''"l''P  """''  °"t  of  tu" 
five  rrs.de„t  members  were  left     '  '  °"'^  °"'=  '^""'^^d  and  seventv- 

yrong  sup|,<,r,„s  among  Ihe  br.,h  '     l""'  '""  "">  ■»»«■     Ha  A, 
".  A°'",f  r ''  "■="  "•«  a    thin,    Th°.  "'""'•»"  comme^Tiy 

-<<  wi.h"t^?srar„r;r' "-"  ^"•"  -«-■»■ .«  p™ 

Duildmg  was  occupied  on.  or  abo„?  \t  .      basement  of  the  new 

was  completed   excent  fr.,  "^ptized  three  canchdates      tHp  km- 
.^«99.   having  ^oro'^ir'^^r "  ^^  ^^"^0%  and  dedici  e/j^^^^^^^^^^ 
-creased  to  over  three  hnn^^'.     '^'^^"^^'^"^   ^^^   membership   hafi 


Mrs.   A.  J.    Hanford 
(••  Mother  "  of  the  First  Seattle  Church) 


i  ICLKHIKS    Ol     THE    NORTllWFST 


'53 


lii.MA  Chubch   (1870) 

l.mo",'8,o'"T.  ^*'"'?  '"'",  "'■B;L"*«''  «i'h  tuenty-four  mcnbt-rs  in 
■  :  \Iuul  ''"  '°"«e'l  '"  Chchalis  County,  about  twenty  -niles 
wes   of  Chchahs.    Brother  Weston  supplic.l  tho'church  until  Jan^a 

i?„  ;  I  r'\  -'"'fP''  ^  "'•"  ^"^  ""•''  '"  "'^  l>asun.tc.  A  union 
>un,  ay-school  that   ha.l  been   in   progress   vvas  changed  bv   Bro    P 

2r  o?ThJ  P.!^  1  <"''"?  r*"""'-    ^'^'  '^""''^  *"  »  constituent  men," 
,^n.  I      f     .  ^      i'oun.l  Association,  reporting  fourteen  accesMons- 
ninc  by  baptism— and  six  dismissed.     Rro.   P.  H.   Harner  was  or 
darned  by  the  church  in  1872  by  advice  of  a  council  consistinR  of  Rev 
R    Weston    Rcv^  Joseph  Casto.  Rev.   S.   E.   Stearns.  Dea.  T.   Han^ 

w1e.r  l^vf'"  .  k""''-  ^"'"''  '"'«'*'°"='^y  of  the  Home  Mission 
N«cict>.  The  church  was  represented  in  the  .Xssociation  until  1874 
ZZ!tJ  co^i'^ee  from  the  Association  reported  that  most  of  tht-' 
members  had  removed  to  Shoalwater  Bay.  to  Pugct  Sound,  to  Cali- 

IZl^J  flu  l"'\  T'^  ''•'  ^''"  '"^*  '^'"^S^'  ''  •^«  to  strike 
the  name  of  the  church  from  the  list,  which  was  done. 


VI 
Forest  Baptist  Church   (1872) 
Located   in   Clark   County,   near   Salmon    Creek    Church.     This 

the  Salmon  Creek  Church,  and  consisted  of  about  a  half-dozen  mem- 
bers who  agreed  with  him  in  his  feetwashing  notions.  He  preached 
for  It  about  a  year;  some  moved  away;  Brother  Clark  died,  and  the 
church  came  to  nothing.  It  made  an  application  to  come  into  the 
/  Sound  Association  in  1873.  but  the  committee  to  which  it  was 
referred  did  not  recommend  its  reception,  and  it  made  no  further 
efforts  for  recognition. 

VII 

Oysterville  Church  (1871) 

The  church  is  located  on  Shoalwater  Bav.  Washington,  and  was 
orgamzed  June  4,  1871.  by  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns,  colporter  of  the 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  with  four  members,  among 
itiem  K.  H.  Espey,  for  many  years  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Baptist 
cause,  both  m  Oregon  and  in  Washington.  This  church  was  one  of 
the  constituent  members  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association.  In  No- 
-tI  L  ^^''  '''*  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  church- 
1  hat  baptisms  administered  by  any  other  than  a  Baptist  will  not  be 
considered  by  this  church  as  a  valid  administration  of  the  rite  " 
i'or  a  year   Brother   Steams   visited  the   church   and   held   services 


■;»j 


^54 


BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF    THE    vno 

^«E    ^ORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 


it 


once  a  month.    The  cIut-i,  , 

these  counties.--  °""^^-     ^ "^"^  -e  Baptists  scattefec 'Si  Jve'; 

Xon^tififc^a  f?  "^^•-  J-  ^-  Huff,  general  „,i    • 

which  there  we^es  „"'"'■""•  ''<^''^  n,;e!i!' 3       '".,""■-■  "^  "'^ 

'le  resigned  and  Rev    A     I    V\    ''^'"'^^  """'  1891    at  whili,  .■ 
members.     Brother  U-m    '^\^^'"'am  succeeded  hin  '    ^.rf^  '""« 
Brother  Hnff?n?f  "'^'"  ^^'^  remained  but  JT"      '"'  ^°"''t^«i 

'"''  t'' nme  ''  ""'■    ''  ""  '  ''■"^^'  ^"-   S' 

South" BenT'an?M-n^''   ^°^'^^   ^•'""ch   was  nastnr     .  r^ 

work.     The  prayer  meetings  were 


CHURCHES   OF   THK    NORTHWEST  155 

we»  attended  and  were  having  a  good  influence.    The  Sunday-school 

w.th  good  ofhcers  and  teachers,  was  doing  a  good  work       ^  ' 

in  June,  1895,  the  church  again  reported  changes.     Its  beloved 

pastor,    Rev.   Frank   Ireland,   had   been   called   to   his   hot^e   above 

tTaS"al7ed'R  v^T'r  5^^"  '  '''''  ^^>'^  '^'^^-    «"  J-"-^" 
It  nau  calied  Rev.  W.  A.  Stark,  its  present  pastor.    The  praver  nieet- 

mgs  and  the  Sunday-school  were  well  attended.     Fourteen  of  the 

members  were  non-resident;  and,  so  far  as  supporting  the  wo"k  of    he 

church  was  concerned,  were  as  dead  roots  tS  a  tree     The  numS^r 

v  thirth"vea?'ThV  ^''^^^■'°"^'  ^'^'^^  ^^  ^'^^  ^''^^  ^y  ^"P"- 
n  V^      ^     «■  ^''""^^  attendance  at  Sunday-school  was  forty 

minu^  iTl^^uZr"  ""'  "°  '-''''  °^  '''  ''-^''  ^^^'-  -  ^h'" 

did  not-'r"eo'or;^^\.^''A^°'''"  ^'''""'"  ''^'  ^'''°' •  ^'^^  '^e  church 
In  ,<^oo   hn  ''  Association  or  in  October  to  the  Convention. 

In  1899.  however,  it  reported  thirty-seven  members,  with  a  Sunday- 

?  Dorted  th.?H '"'^  V""^-  •^"  J""^'  '^'  ^''^  0.v^tervilIe  Church 
reported  that  the  regular  services  had  been  maintained,  that  a  special 
eitort  resulted  m  one  baptism,  and  that  the  outstatio^s  had  aS 
>hare  of  attention,  but  additional  work  was  needed.  There  were 
thirty-eight  members,  and  forty-five  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school 

VIII 
Olympia  First  Ciil-rcii   (1871) 

of  th?p,i'?  "^^f  organized  with  nine  members  by  the  messengers 
Irh  ^l  S'""'!  Association  at  the  close  of  the  initial  session 
wh«:h  was  held  at  Olympia.  the  capital  of  Washington  Territory. 
Keu    E.   Curtis,   who   was   at  that   time   general   missionary   of   the 

^1  the'nr.  '"r  "°'"^,^^'^^^*°"  Society,  was  present  and  participated 
M.  the  organization,  and  baptized  Judge  R.  S.  Greene  as  the  first 
convert.     Rev.  Joseph   Casto  was   chosen  pastor.     Two   lots   were 

:r1uSa:ed'for1:'.o:'^'"^'  ^  ''  '''^  ''^^  ^--•>-  -"  '^^ 
In    1872  the  church  was  received  as  a  member  of  the   Puset 

sh°r.,'^''°"'"°"-.  ^"  J"""  °*  '^'''  y^"  the  treasurer's  report 
showed  $344.15  as  the  income  of  the  church.  Nine  dollars  of  this 
was  for  home  missions,  and  five  dollars  had  been  raised  by  the 
\\ omens  Foreign  Mission  Circle.  Besides  this.  $800  had  been  raised 
tor  a  house  of  worship,  which  was  completed  and  dedicated  Sep- 

utrP  •  <^%'-  '"  '■'•"■"''■>'•  '^73,  Brother  Casto  having  resided. 
ih.X  \  Greene  was  given  a  license  to  preach:  and  he  supplied 
the  church  as  his  official  duties  permitted.  In  August.  1874,  Brother 
Greene  was  ordained  and  chosen  pastor;  an  advisory  council  of  seven 
ministers  and  two  deacons  participated  in  the  ordination.  Brother 
-rvxt:c.>  pastorate  continued  until  May,  1875.     Besides  preaching   he 


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^56 


§1 


"='"1  as  sup<,„„,„  ,  "  '■''"'''C  COAS, 

'"  December,  187c  v  "'^''  Ludlow  ent^^o?  ^^"^mento.  was 
Early  i„  its  ck/eer  ^t  J^°  .'"''^'■''"  «'d  was''?  T"  '^'^  P^^'torafe 
»^"  families  in  the  T  '["'^  ''^  'he  membe  t??'*  '°  "'^  -''"re? 
e'vmg  bin,  ^  tenth  of  r'''  '^^^^  0"ght  to  L  '  "''""  ^'^^--^  "e  e 
"•^J'astheaveralf.  •"■  '"-"'"e  he  col  ^P""  ^  Pa^tor.  Bv 
P"t  into  operat "f  J;^„"^^'n  the  church.  7hfs  tiS°^  '"'^  ^^-'v  as 
f 'ready   furnished   by  "  emh  ''"'  ^"^'°^  arrived  'n^  T^  P^^"'""y 

Greene  had  adopted  th?h,- ?""'"-•««.     Bofh  T  ^  ""'  """^.d 
Chnst/an  hfe  had  been  ,tt.!fj''"'  ^"<^h  a  S  J  '"1   ^^^'^er 
was  under  the  d.recri^?'""^  ^y  'hem  that  Xt  ,h     P^'-f««'"on  in 
^^Pecally,  held  that  whl   u'  °^  '"^^  Holy  SpTwf  '^>-  f^'^  and  did 
Jesus  Christ.  somet?me?aL^  ^''''^''^  his  S  tJ/""'""  ^"^'°«'. 
'"   he  church  at  the  hn!  ^""°""c.ng  that  JesurM  ^^  ""erance  of 
^<='rcular  letter  to  tL  church  "'^''^  ^^^vice.  " At  onf ."""'''  ^^'^^^ 
The  church  thought  th,""=^'  '^"d'"&  it  out  sfl!^  •/r'"^  ''^  '^^ued 
^.nd.made  it  obS  o^aW         ''  '°'"'"^  of  "Jr  f!'^    -^^^"^  Christ." 
Christians.     Such  Z.  "t"^  Prominent  in  th^  L^"^  '«  he  at  hand 
<^hurch.  both  in  the^/^'"?'  ""^'^ed  upon  ne"^;""'"  "^  ™anv  good 

!"  the  Association    I  a  *^«thodists."    Thev  rlV  •     !  "^embers  were 
■"terest  in  mSn's    J^  "^°"^  °"r  peopl?  becf"''^  *''^''-  standing 

example;  but  most  of  all  u  "^  ^as  both  an^w  •  Christian 
crated  hfe  of  Judeenr.!'  ^''''''^P''  because  of  tZ  f''"^'  ^"^  an 
'I  exegete,  in  whi^h  .al"^'".'^  °^  '^''^  ^eing  so  s  ho'  .'""'^"'  '"'''' 
^.here  was  always  a  belf  ^^  ^'  ^''^  ^^^  Peers  on  1  'b  '"''  '"''''■-«' 
^ws  would  be  reachin  ..°°'  '^^'  ''^  Jonesuch  !  ^^''^'^  Coast. 
<=hurch  with  the  organted  "I  ^^J'^tions  to  the  'J^-^'^^'^'^^'on  of 
P      J"    February     ^s'^^'-k  of  the  denom^iL''^''iL'°"   "^ 


CHURCHES   OF   THE   NORTHWEST  157 

they  retained  their  membership  at  Olympia,  and  supplied  the  church- 

Camobe^f   ^:'  f'^l  '''  '^i"''^*'  ""^'^  ^  ^°""<='''  and^Sa  ned  Fes  us 

t^m7  In  ,88^  nn7  r''"*''''^  ^'^  "'""'^"^  ^''^  '^e  church  for  a 
time.     In  1880  only  five  resident  members  were  left.     Thev  had  no 

Sr'stl'TnTsgTTT^f  '"'  ''T'  '"'  '  Sunda-LCof  f"o? 
v.Vf^  r"  u  -^^^  ''"^  ^°"''  resident  members  were  left  and 
yet  the  chtirch  raided  $100  for  home  missions  and  $30  fo  foreign 
r.  h  IH      "■'^'  '"    \^5   Sister  May  C.  Jones  visited  the  dS 

SelH  nr.-r  "T'7'  ^'■'"''^  '■""'^^'^  '"  ^^°  conversions.  Sister  Jones 
held  practically  the  same  doctrines  as  Brothers  Greene  and  Ludlow 

untl^ne  ;^r  P;^'°\-d.— '  «he  church  one  half  the  .me 
pa    0/  .nd  ,f.  •"  '*?''  '""'  ""'*'  J""*^'  '888.  the  church  had  no 

So  s  bn  a  ^.TTr"  •"^^"y^^'f'-d  away  to  other  denomina- 
;rSun5;3^ch;o l'""'^'  """'^^^^  ^^^^  "P  '•-  •'-■-■  -"-ting  and 

fumiHes't^yiv  ''h"''''f  f\'=°"'-^g'-''>.  t^y  the  arrival  of  new  Baptist 
P? cation  'n  .h  H  ^^  m  '""''u'  '"  *''"  Sunday-school,  made  ap- 
fSlT  •  T^  '^'""°"   ^°"''  ^'^  '^''^  "P  "'«   work.     This 

resulted   m   the  settlement  in  Olympia  of  the   Rev.   W.   B.   Pope  in 

In   1890  the  church  reports  a  year  of  disappointments.     There 
uas  no  pastor  i„  June,  but  the  preaching  supplied  was  acceptable 

lu  r;L!ihe"ch"",^";  •'• "".  ?°"^'^"  '^^'^^  ^^«  pastor  rst 

.lune,  1891,  the  church  welcomed  the  Association.    The  year  had  been 

hers  had'wftir""?  '"'  ^i-PPointment.  About  ha'f  the  mem- 
bers had  rvithdrawn  to  organize  the  new  Temple  Church  under  the 
lead  ot  tiie  pastor.  Rev.  J.  C.  Douglass.  Twenty-one  members  re! 
mamed  and  they  were  pastorless.  The  church  had  a  fine  large 
orner  lo,  well  located,  an.l  a  small  house  of  worship.  Miss  Emr^a 
L.  M  Her  had  just  organized  a  Women's  Home  and  Foreign  Mission 

fh.  ^^"'u^'  ^'  ^f''=''^'"^  became  pastor  in  September,  1891,  when 
he  church  was  still  suffering  from  the  shock  of  the  divi^ior^  Unde 
his  wise  leadership  and  the  blessing  of  God,  it  was  greatly  strength 
ened  and  encouraged.  Before  June.  ,892,  some  twenty-eUt  m!m- 
thln  Tir^'^'u''  '"'°  ''''  ^'^"^'^''-  ^^^^"  °f  ^hem  by  baptfsm,  moTe 
n^Slled  aS  "  '"^"'^-^'^'P-  The  Sunday-school  had  sixty  fi" 
TyiiA  I  Tu  P''°^P^'"'"g  ""^^•-  the  superintendence  of  Bro.  J. 
R.  Mitchell    The  services  were  well  attended,  and  the  prayer  meetings 

Lh  h        l""';  '^^■'-  '*"""  P''"^'-^^^  '^^^  ^''"  •"^''--  though  the  tS 
town     TherY''  ^"d/"«"y.-^-bers  had  been  obliged  to  leave  The 
town.     There  were  forty-nine  members  in  the  church 

from  th^So^'^'Al^^'   'n   °l^"'P'^  "^'""P'^  ^^""""^  ^^"^ed  for  aid 
from  the  Home  Mission  Board  of  the  Convention;  and  a  committee 


\ 


H' 


I, 


'5«    "-nsT  „,„„„  „ 
con,i,„„g  „f  R,„   ,  _  .  """^  '•■'awe  coAsr 

/"m.sh  a  Jist  of  its  me^K  ^'^  ^^''eed  upon      P  ^^"'^^g'ving  Dai 

Jhe  property  of  both  chu't'   °'^'"P'«    ^1]  V"'  '"^  <^onsti. 
officers  were  to  be  elecfPH      '^^  ^^'  '"  belong  to  ,h      ^^'"^   ^-^hurch 
"-  '"-l  church   for  a  1  '■  ''"''  '^'^'-  Brothef  Pr,  1^  "f^'  '^''"'■^h:  new 

«?a'n  Pastorless.      "Vn   I'^'o   "-   ^«ober    ,L^    ?"  '"'PP'-^^-al  was 
Player  „.eetin/.  the  S'  '°  ?--^^-  who  hl^  ke'^T'"""  ^-•^^'•"'  " 

Oc/oie:\tlh„''^h^r  ^^-"  "^e^ch^riX  '"^  ^^^"  ^ 

Sa-:3^-Sn-£.^^^ 

-  behalf  o;";    ^trrVr^"^'  P-^^''e.fa"7exT'^':f'  ''-"  ^" 
grother  Sawin  to  the  ^  P'*'''"'-^  "^  other  oJ     u'^  ^  ^^'^'^on'e 

Proper,  welcomed  i5^^;'>'^  and  ^^e  generarmi  3,?„"f  "l  ""'"^^'"^^ 
Convention.     Pastor  Q      •   ^^  '""otherhood  of  th!f  m    ^''  ^"^-  D.  D 

•  1090,  the  membership 


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Z7l'„V''Kr'""r'^'.''  '"i  '^^  Sunday-school  enrolment  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty.  In  1897  Rev.  W.  E.  Randall,  the  general  mis  on- 
ary.  reported  that  the  Olympia  Church,  with  a  gem  of  a  bui  dmg  and 
a  jewel  of  a  pastor  was  making  substantial  progress,  and  woul  1  soon 
requ^e  a  larger  edifice.  In  1898  the  church  reports  in  June  hatTts 
numbers  had  been  greatly  diminished  by  removals,  but  rejoiced  ha 
others  had  come  to  fill  up  the  ranks.  Kev«.  D  C  Ellis  and  \VE 
Randall  had  assisted  in  special  meetings,  which  resulted  in  much  good 
The  regular  services  were  well  maintained.  Four  outstations  were 
supplied  once  each  month  by  the  pastor,  and  three  Sunday-sch^ls  had 
been  organized  m  the  country  districts.  Brother  Sawin  r^ainSd 
until  after  the  opening  of  the  new  century,  which  the  church  entl^S 
with  one  hundred  and  twenty-three  members  and  a  Sunday-school  en- 
rolment of  nearly  three  hundred.  Rev.  E.  O.  Sullivan  Yeld^iitor 
of  the  PaaficBapM,  visited  Olympia  in  1898.  and  describes  condi- 
tions in  the  church  as  follows  • 

fact,  till  twenty-five  or  more  voted  themselves  out  after    he  ■'unon"    AM 
this   IS   in  the   past.     The  present   condition   of  the  church  ^s   Peaceful 

mmmsmm 

father  nflfrl  r  p  ■J°^''\  George  Sav.dpe.  and  Rev.  G.  N.  Drurv 
fhf  rste°eV:rSu^nda^:sc'h^o°or  ;;wfn.e^nZ?''-;nd''M^s  ^^X  VT  ^ 

and  also  superintenden't  of  a"lnrsL-on  SundVv-rch^illirw'esrsTd^of 

Christian  courtesy  in  his  home  and  among  his  people  and  it^if  ,Li 
furtrvkes  '"ln%ddiS;'-r  "l,^-^'"^'  !,"^  ''^  inV ways  and  thought" 

Z-\rA^i  Jacr^ofsX-'S^rrot  ^"^  --  ru;?^lt= 

thp  1^  ']  d"'^  I"'*'"  *"  ^^^  ''^''^'^  •'^  ^^^  "•^'"e  Mission  Society  and 

uoirtt.  Tni  '"'  '"  ''''  ^'^""^"^  ^'"'^'^  ^'^^■"  *hey  assist^ m 
supporting  at  Olympia  to  state  that,  prior  to  the  pastorate  of  Brother 
^awin.  conditions  existed  in  the  church  there  w!,ich  rendered  it  ap- 


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if 


^60      BAPTIST   HISTORV  OF   THE    vn 

"*•    THE   NORTH   PArrpr,, 
ParentJy  necessary  t.    .  ^  ^^^^^ 

y  «=^Pect   ,n   a   city  like 
IX 

"St  Sunday-schoo  s  V  ''™^Pe'-""S  and  n\  7°"  *''.'"'=^  J'ears.  I„ 
>-■>'•.  Kev.  George  TayL""^  "°'  "-^P^esemec  aC'iT!  '"°  ^^p" 
"i^n-ty,  and  preached  f     '  ^  ^"^''^^  Baptist  1       '^^^-     ^"   ^hat 

Jecan.e  widerscat  eted  ^nd  ?""'  ^^  -"  '  H-T  ^  '^^  -- 
that  two-thirds  of  fi,  °  ^'^ce  a  ruJp  ,^f  ,1       .   ^"^  members 

'"e  church,  until  he 
X 
^^■""^  R'v..  Chukch  (,874) 


This  Church  is  i'"^""  ^^«^'4) 
'cZT'u'  ''^'  "-"ahou"  ?our^!/'"^^e  where  there  was  a 
^  r--'VSurrtot^'''r"^-  -^^^^^^^^^  ^^"^'^^"^ 

'■^  -as  votS  ZlVT\  ^  P^^^-  -eetSTvS   ''ft     ^'^'^' 
^fad  at  the   regular  111  f*""""  "^  ^^e  paS  '/L    '^'""'''^ '  and 
elected,  and  acJve  preoaT'"^'-     ^"   Feb^uaJy  '  187TT"  ^''^"'^  ^e 
Bro.   M.   W.    Cilco   w»f    '°"'  '''=^"  to  buifd  a  h„^'   ''""I'''   -ere 
and  received  a  vote  of  ..'" ,  ""P^^ant   agent   fn    °"i'  °^  ^""^ip. 
completed  and  dedkated  r^'"'''   ^'■'""  the  ^cSrch    ^Tu'"u'^   ^""^s, 
the  sermon.    In  Seote-K       '"  '^'  '^^S.  Rev    /a    aa^^^''""^^  -as 
and  was  succeeded  k^'  "'^ '"'"evearBro;h^  ,v'''^  Preaching 
fnued  about  W       ^  .^^''-  W-  H.  Bradford       u'  ^^''°"  resigned 
-as  chosen  pastor '"a '''•  °"'^-    ^"  ^^a-t  l;'.?  pastorate  ^^on' 

June,  1883,  on  ^c- 


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count  of  removals,  the  church  was  reduced  to  seven  members    and 

un   i!!H.';''"=  ""'^  '"'  '"  '^'  '^«"'^'-  "'^^''"?«  -i  the  church' kept 
up   including  prayer  meetings  and  covenain  meetings.    In  1884  Re? 

;^h„r;h  'T^'^  f  P"''"""'  P^^^ching  on  alternate  Sundays      The 

church  was  strengthened  during  his  ministrv.     In  the  fall  of   188- 

g'  c'Sis"'    r"^  .'"   '^^i'^''™*^-   ^"^    --    ---ded    by    R?v: 

S!7r  ^'  .  '"'^'^  ^"^  ^^^-  f-  W.  Beaven  became  pastor 
Father  Beaven  claimed  that  this  church  was  the  banner  church 
.n  proportion  to  its  ability  in  its  offerings  to  home  mi  ?ons" 
Father  Beaven  was  stricken  with  paralysis  in  OctobeT  ,887  ^.i 
never  recovered  sufficiently  ,0  engage  inactive  work.  Th  s  chur" 
was  a  constituent  member  of  the  Northwestern  Association  The 
toTJit      R  '  "''7>-  changed   the  business  center  of  th  riocahtv 

Kern  tL^;  uTV^°^  "P  '''"  ^"'"^  '"  connection  with  tha^at 
Kshli  in  r.  i""^  "'  '""""'^'■^'^'P^  ^"  ^^Partments  of  work 
althoutr^t'^      ^  house  was  repaired,  and  the  church  prospered, 

although  the  community  had  been  largely  Roman  Catholic  all  the! 
years.     The  author  visited  this  church  in  1876  and  later,  and  kwar! 

t'rvantTfToV''  '"■°^"'  ";'  P"-^'"^-"^  '^'"'^  of-its  meirs 
A  o  servant  of  God  ever  received  a  cool  reception  from  them  no 
matter  on  what  mission  he  was  sent. 

The  year  1892  was  one  of  spiritual  growth  and  jov  under  the 
mmistration    of    Rev^  Thomas    Baldwin    as    pastoral  'sup^K       t'I 
Sunday-school  and  the  young  people's  societv  shared  in  the  uplift 
The",  *°  *'^\^hurch     Rev.  E.  G.  Hamlin  served  the  churcl    in  1893 
I  he  author  has  no  further  data.  ^^' 

XI 
Centralia  (Formerly  Ce.nterville)  First  Baptist  Chl-rch  (1875) 
Its  location  is  in  Lewis  County,  on  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
nH  hS  k"'p^  ^^'l^S.  thirteen  Baptists  met  in  the  schoolhouse 
and  a,ded  by  Revs.  P.  H.  Harper.  J.  Casto.  and  R.  Weston,  organized 
what  IS  now  known  as  the  Centralia  Church.  Brother  Harper  was 
called  as  pastor    and  the  church  was  aided  in  his  support  by  th^ 

andTor^rr  ^T'''' l""'  ^'r*^'^  "'^^^'"^  ^^  ^^e  fi's't  year's;, 
and  for  the  second  year  $200.    In  the  two  years  of  his  pastorate  7vc 

IIZ''""VT  '^'  '^''''''  '^  baptism, -seven  bv  experience   foir 
rl    Tuf""^  *r°  ^"■'   "'""^^^   ^y  death.     In   April.    187      tic 

ire  sinceTHH°  ''T  ^"*'"  "^^^^^  '^  receive  membSels" 
"here,  since  he  did  much  itmerant  mission  work 

In  the  summer  of  1875  Bro.  George  Washington  and  his  wife 

colored,  gave  the  church  two  acres  of  ground  for  a  cemetery    and 

two  fine  lots  in  the  village  for  a  building  site:  trustee.  ^veJe  chosen 

and   the   preliminary   steps   were   taken'to   build   a    meet  ng-house' 


n 


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^"   -W-.  '«;5.  .ho  ch„r..  ""'"    -""C  COAST 

Baptist  Publication  Sor,-./  i/""""'  *  ""ssionarv  of  I  ^  *^^'  = 
w'«h  the  church  ",L"'''  ^«'"'  his  labors  o7n  ''«  Americai 
pastorate  the  church  h.'^^  *'"''  S""^^'  i"  eac^^'''^.^^''^  Xear 
attended  Bible  S.  .1  '"  '"'^'■"«'"&  Sundav  srh  ?""'•  ^"  *>•' 
two  by  exDerL         '  """^^  ^^re  added  , ,  "f  ^-/^''ool  and  a  well- 

five  excluded^r-  '""^  ^'  '^""•-  ^o"'  we'"      :  '?''"'?''  ^y  bapHsm, 

,     ^n  Ma^t'  SrVrs^r^''^  "^  t^emyC'^  ''  '^""   -'<« 

WeTTlr  ~-^^^^^^  t"?3^^r^^^^^^^^      -  ••"  June 

P'oying  Mrs.  /one,  rTor^?'''""  ''^'  "^^de  St^L  f"'  .**'"'°» 
reported  rich  expe  ienc,?'^""  ^^'P-  I"  /"ne  5?/^r''''  *'"■ 
^  On  Xovember  nS  tie  l'^'^^^  -"veisions  """•  **"=  ''''"''^ 
death  of  Dea    r    i     j     ^'  ^^^  church  met  v  ith  =.  J    • 

^8^3.  converted-^-„^,  J^^'f-"-     "e  was  bo^nln'N'rth'r'^l'"  ''' 
moved  to  WashinL^^,:  "°"^d  the  plains  in  n,  .*^'"'°^'"a.  in 

organising '^h:Ste^;.J<'"t/>  74.    He^wTs  oi"  of  tK '"  '«S4.  and 
'"ost  earnest  worSrinJ  ^"°*  ^^"^'•^"a)  Chu  ch    an?  ™°^'"  '" 
^  When   Sister  Jone'l,^^^'  -^^'^"/^^^  ^"PPoS'  ""'  °"«  °^  ''« 
unfavorable  anw  ^u     I.      ^^"  "er  labors    th^     ■ 
under  her  Lh      u^  ''^'''^^  ^^^  >"  a  vervoAn       • '^.""^"'"stances   were 
as  the  result  of  .'"  ''''  '^"''^^  repaTre^S  h^"'''"'i~"*'»'°";  b"t 
-embers  were  addeVf'".°^  ^^^"«'  and    I  thful'f  .°,^  '^^"''ip/and 
by  e-Perien    !fou'r  tt;'^  ^\"'-<^b.  tifteen  of'  tmt'i^'^^*^-"'"^ 
by  death,  lea^ine  a  L   l"';*'''^^  ^^re  excluded^n^^^'^P'""'  *«" 

superintendent   a„H^,^""*^^J'-««^bool   under   BrA     n      '''"""'^^  '"ain- 
Manyofthe^'l?/™'"^^^^  '    ^^^°"    ^^'^^^^   as 

and  it  was  only  by  eTeat  ^"^  P"""-'  «"d  many  were  wi^  , 
of  the  pastor  rSzLf!  ^.^^""^^  that  they  were  S  .  "^^'^  scattered, 
church  borrowed  ?,L/  '"'  '^"""^^"^  "Penses'  I^  f  ^^^  ^''^  ''^'ary 
debt.  The  church^^  "^  ^''^  "o-e  Mission  W-  ."^'''  '«86.  the 
monious.  but  it  Ini.^TJ"^  ^^^^dily  and"ts  reT/?  '°  P^^  °ff  '•»« 
In   September    iSf,    .^P'^'^  ^y  its  debt  and  hi  fi       '''  ^"'^  ^ar- 

prayer  meeting  and  in  the 


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bunday-school  increased;  and  thirty  had  been  added  to  the  member- 
ship by  the  time  that  the  Association  met.  In  May.  eleven  asked 
lor  'etters  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  another  Baptist  church. 

In  18^  Brother  Spencer  had  resigned;  but  the  church  was  much 
encouraged  by  the  prospect  of  the  building  of  Grace  Seminary,  and 
of  having  Rev.  S.  W.  Heaven  as  pastor.  The  church  was  thriving 
and  its  house  became  too  small.  In  1890  two  mission  stations  were 
established.  In  1891  the  church  procured  a  more  eligible  site  in 
another  part  of  ihc  town;  and  built  a  new  meeting-house  on  it,  cost- 
ing $7,600,  which  was  dedicated  on  October  25.  1891.  At  this  time 
on  account  of  poor  health.  Brother  Beaven  was  compelled  to  resign! 

XII 

Centhalia  (1891-1900) 
The  church   was  without  a  pastor   from  October  iK    1801    to 
January   I,   1893    when   Rev.   R.   McKillop   assumed   the   pastorate. 
Meanwhile  the  church  had  kept  all  its  forms  of  activity  increasing 
from  one  hundred  and  seventy-eight  to  two  hundred  and  one  mem 
u     ,  !*!%^'*P"'a"y  noticed  that  many  members  of  the  Sunday 
school  had  found  the  Saviour;  the  town  now  numbered  about  three 
thousand,  ana  was  building  up  rapidly.    Brother  McKillop's  pastorate 
began  with  a  series  of  revival  meetings,  in  which  he  was  assisted  by 
Key.  J.  J.  Proper,  general  missionary,  and  Mr.  Brown,  an  evangelist 

RJh°.r\f  J, .?"""'"''  ""^  "'^"'"'^  ''"'^  ''^''^  vitally  helped. 
Brother  Mckillops  pastorate  cominued  until  the  summer  of  i8qs 
when  the  financial  depression  had  fallen  upon  the  churches  wwi 
discouraging  effect.  Loss  of  property  and  removals  with  necessary 
pruning  reduced  both  the  ability  and  numbers  of  members  until  often 
he  very  existence  of  the  churches  was  threatened,  as  in  the  case  of 

-nn,im."/>  K-  "'°"'!^'  °^  '^'  '""^  °^  '^^  y^^^  '895.  in  which  he 

continued  his  services  at  Centralia.  the  church  had  allowed  him  to  be 
co-pastor  at  Chehahs  and  the  membership  had  decreased  to  one  hun- 
fired  and  seven. 

^"I'^u^*"";,^-  ^-  ^^°^^"l^e  was  called  to  the  pastorate  to 
succeed  Brother  McKillop.  Brother  Brownlee  came  frorS  the  North 
Lhurch  of   Seattle.     The   work   revived   somewhat   under   the   new 

Z.ir  .  ,1  ^""^  thirty-seven,  and  the  effect  of  tho  financial  pressure, 
though  still  continuing,  was  not  so  depressing.  Centralia  a.id 
Rochester  were  combined  as  a  mission  field  in  1896.  Brother  Brown- 
he  Put.?  9  ^^?1'"  ■^""''  '^'  *•"="  ^^''■^'•^  C'^^^'^h  entertained 
ZluA  Sf»nd  Association.  The  membership  was  then  reported  at 
one  hundred  and  five,  with  general  conditions  hopeful.  Soon  after 
the  meeting  of  the  Association  Brother  Brownie*-  resigned,  and  the 
church  was  past>rless  until  November,  when  Rev.  T.  S  Fretz  was 
called  as  pastor.     In  February  and  March  the  work  was  much  re- 


§ 


il 


■64      .APTOT  HBTORV  OF  THE    V„. 

XIII 

Mountain-  Vieu,  *- 

V     ^»  -  'ocated  in  Clark  C  "'  ^''''^ 

Vancouver,  Wash     17 ^o       °""'^'  "«^arjy  thirty  mi 

//•  ^»77.  and  was  also  t     °'«^'«d  by  Rel    r\   rf' ."°«''^«f  of 

''ccnsed  Bro.  P M  T,*'""^^''^  ««  the  Le^Ws V;/' 5/"'''  November 

^  "«  Bap,i„  „,"»""«    forces  under    J,?"-  """<'  ""  Held  Jd 

XIV 
Thi      h  ^'""'°"  ^"''"'^"  ^'879) 

Jacons  must  serle  one  /'"''="  P'-^^^'Cf  -n  llteV^,"      ""^  ''™«. 
then  serve  onJv  w  n.        •^"'"  °"   trial  before  h       ^'^-      ^hat  its 
'"to  the   Pueit  ^'^     /"''"S^  satisfaction  '     Thl    u  "^  '''^^'"ed,  and 
Three  membfr     &",?  '"'   ^"^'^'^   SnnbTa    a''""'*-:''  .^'»«  "-Reived 
\^hool  of  from  twenty  fi^  /''/'^^^'  ^"d  one  had  ??"°"   '"    '88^ 
the  church  asked  thT'  *°  "^'^  "^embers  L,^  ^'^^:     ^  Sunday- 
»heir  isolated  DositT.     •^"  ^^^"^elist  be  sent  tht      '"'^*"*^-    I"  i88s 
of  the  time   JT''^r  '"  ^^ose  early  days  left  tlT  °««^'onaJJy.  si^e 

Lewis.  Past;r'afwt[ocrrj'^'  ^^P'^     I"    ul'/'^sS^t'"'  "■-" 
pastor,  givip,  :.      '    '^^'  fook  up  the  work  an^  ^o.  Rev.  M.  M 

«hen   he   reslJ,^ ^  °'  *"'o  services  I/h  1*^'''*='^  '^e  church  a, 

George  E    w^.^''  ="d   went  East  L  "!°"^''  ""«'  April    ,Rftt 


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MM.  Lewis  and  L.  Ph.l.ps.  and  deacons  of  the  Winlock.  Salkun. 
.M.d  Bo.sfort  churcho.  Brotlu-r  Hardwick  was  poor,  a  cripple,  his 
wife  was  bhnd.  and  yet  he  could  do  work  for  the  Lord  Jesus.    He  held 

liL"  p"°"r'  n'"  '^'  ''"''  '^'  "'^'"t^'-ship  increased  to  sixteen.  In 
i»»9  Kcv.  L  D.  hpcncer  preached  to  the  church  once  a  month.  He 
was  followed,  in   1890,  by  Rev.  Isaiah  Phillips 

Xo  more  data  are  available  until  1894.  when  ihc  church  reported 
no  pastor  and  but  four  meetings  the  year  previous.  At  one  time 
the  church  attained  a  membership  of  thirty.  Ihere  was  no  further 
record  of  it  until  the  time  when  our  history  doses  in  if,oo. 

XV 

Skomockaw.w  Church    (1879) 

Wa  Ji!ll»nn°r''T''^  S*'"'"''  '"'*'  '°"'"^  ^'  "'^  P''^"  "^  ""t  name, 
Washington  Territory.     It  was  organized  by  Rev.  VV.  E.  M    James 

Srrh'fi  .TT^";/"  ^"'^  '»•  '«79-  He  writes  from  there,  on 
nuU \nH  tt  K  ^uT.'"  '^'"'''"^  '"^  °^"  ^^"'•'l  '"  'he  salvation  of 
r!'  •??l*'u''*  u^**  ''^P""^  ^''"'■'  '""'  ^^"^  expecting  others  to 
umtewtth  the  church  soon.  In  November.  .878.  Brother  James  made 
his  first  visit  to  this  country.     Of  this  first  visit  he  writes: 

u>^l  "p""  ^^  steamer  to  Skomockaway.     Here  I  find  a  grand  field  for 

val«  A^^.f?  Swedes.  I  organized  a  Sabbath-school  in  the  center 
.n  h/',m  .  *'""?  ^'T  .•'.°""  ♦"  house  in  the  other  valleys  I  ho^ 
be  th/nnV°J""*',"'"  »  Sabbath-schooI  in  each  of  them.  1  find  this  wdl 
believers    "^     "^  '"  '"'''  '"°''  "^  ^^e  parents,  who  are  infidels  and  un- 

«n,i  4^°^}u    h'  «'*•*   '^  yo"   would   send   me  some   Swedish   tracts    and 

\V.   E,   J.-IMES. 

Brother  James  supplied  this  church  and  the  other  valleys  as  he 
had  opportumty  until  his  Sunday-school  work  called  him  to  another 
field.    There  is  no  record  of  the  church  having  joined  the  Association 


XVI 
Hopewell    Baptist   Church    (1881) 

mileJ^rTm  \°!r^'^  '"  ^t'^'''  ^""""'^  ^^''"*^°'"  ^^""ty-  •"'bout  six 
miles  from  LaConner.     It  was  organized  with  five  members,  at  the 

ar^  nf  ;        ^   }   "^f  "riT  •■^presented  in  any  Association,  and  there 
g    ater    tr°^th       J   l'' .^''>'^^l>'  '««3.  for  the  purpose  of  securing 
greater  strength  and  efficiency,  the  church  dishandH,  and  the  men. 
bers  united  with  the  Baptist  church  at  LaConner. 


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"APTIST   „,STORV   OF   T,,E    v 

Tilt    N'ORTI?    J.^rrt,^ 

'•ACIHC    COAST 


Uavis  uat  ^».^-    '•'K"'y-one  years  nu  .  '  ^'^'Ober  2    iftut      -ri_ 

Sunday-school  irom  tZi      '"«*""«r-hou.se      f  L    I'"''  ^'^ociation 

**ak  and  poor   h.,!        "  'f"'<^n  by  the  h  m  J  ^"^onner,  about  »•« 
Jy-schooCd'  other:  'r'^  »''  «  couid\^,T-   •'''''  ^"-"h   e,t 

^'"»-ng  of  God.  it  wouT7^'  '"'^  "^«'ng  a^d  h„  '^'"«^  "P  '»"  Sun- 
Kev.    VV     P    c     •   *^°"'a  see  eJorinn.  .      .    "  "op'ne  that    h«  .l 

f'«torofthechurd,r^L!!°'  discoufagei  ^'"'0'°"^"^.  and  *e 
J"tern  Assoc/atSn  "  j?^"  '" '888  it  Sped  '  ^^  ^-  ^^'^''n  was 
development  has  Z*       °  '■*?'"•»  vvas  mr?,  •      °'"*f«n''^e  the  North 

L  C  ^^"^ 

"■Cgon   an^  .1.""°  teachers    hf.f       '"^^ying  n  it "    r  k  T'  '"amma.  that 

'Wth  P^aye?**  *w   '"""  '^as'that  th?J  ""^^^  'hem  wa",**  '  ''»"' ^ith  ^ 
Later    Rr«''  SV  «"^ool  was  al!L7  P"'  ''  "Pon  me  m    ^  P'-°fMsor  of 

•  "■  Atkmson,  a  Con-  j 


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gregationahit  minuter,  came  here  and  persuaded  us  to  ro  into  a  "union 
church  for  the  time  being."  Bro.  B.  N.  L.  Uavis.  livrng  over  on  the 
?T  "l-i  •  '^''J'  "*"■'•  O'  *"'»  «"**  came  down  to  inuuin-  whJt  it  meant. 
Not  hkmg  the  arrangement,  he  persuaded  the  Baptists  to  "  come  out  and 
be  a  separate  people.  This  we  did,  and  fh<-  v-  commenced  the  Baptist 
church  of  UConner;  and  we  have  prospt  ever  since,  and  are  still 
prospermg. 

The  Bethcsda  Church  was  orgfanizcd  with  five  p-^mbers,  March 
12,  1882,  by  Rev.  B.  N.  L.  Davis,  who  became  its  pastor.  The 
church  began  to  talk  about  building  in  May.  and  in  July  was  repre- 
sented in  the  Pugct  Sound  Association,  and  was  reported  to  be  pros- 
perous and  courageous.  The  church  was  refresiied  bv  a  visit  from 
Rev.  A.  J.  Hunsaker,  the  general  missionary,  in  1883.'  and  its  mem- 
bership was  increased  by  the  addition  of  the  members  of  the  neigh- 
boring Hopewell  Church,  which  had  disbanded ;  and  a  women'.*  mis- 
sion circle  of  ten  members  was  formed.  Lumber  was  secured,  and 
on  March  9,  1884,  tiie  building,  though  still  incomplete,  was  dedicated. 
A  thriving  Sunday-school  and  a  good  prayer  meeting  were  main- 
tained. The  church  continued  to  employ  Brother  Davis,  with  the 
assistance  of  the  Home  Mission  Society.  When  the  building  was  com- 
pleted, It  was  again  dedicated  on  December  5.  1886,  and  a  debt  of 
$700  was  provided  for. 

In  March,  1887,  Rev.  J.  G.  Pulliam.  of  Marion.  X.  C.  a 
graduate  of  Judson  College  and  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Theological 
Seminary,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  was  chosen  pastor.  The  church  was 
aided  in  his  support  by  the  Home  Mission  Societv.  Rev.  S.  W 
Daniels,  of  Vancouver,  B.  C,  assisted  the  pastor  in  revival 
meetmgs  in  August.  Eleven  professed  conversion,  and  eight 
were  added  to  the  church.  It  was  agreed  to  permit  the  pastor  to 
preach  once  a  month  at  Skagit  City.  He  also  preached  once  a  month, 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  at  Padilla.  about  five  mile,  north,  and  at 
Pleasant  Ridge,  about  two  and  a  half  miles  froin  LaConncr. 
Bethesda  Church  had  a  well-attended  prayer  meeting,  its  Sunday- 
school  averaged  fifty-five  present,  its  congregations  were  good,  and 
the  membership  was  constantly  increasing  from  the  immigration. 
In  Apnl,  1886,  it  ordained  one  of  its  members.  Bro.  \V.  G.  Jones,  to 
the  ministry.  The  council  consisted  of  Rev-.  I.  P.  Ludlow,  A.  B. 
Bank.s,  and  J.  G.  Pulliam,  and  Bm.  J.  R.  Francis  and  R.  L.  Peck. 
Brother  Jones  was  a  graduate  of  Wake  Forest  College.  X.  C.  and  a 
young  man  of  promise.  Brother  Pulliam  resigned  in  September, 
1889,  to  go  to  a  position  in  Montana. 

In  1889  the  church  united  with  the  Xorthwestern  Association, 
and  m  October  Rev.  R.  T.  Gray  became  pastor  and  served  acceptably 
for  one  year.  Rev.  J.  E.  Coombs  succeeded  him  in  1890.  and  has 
received  great  blessings  from  the  Master's  hands.  One  of  the  finest 
parsonages  on  Puget  Sound  was  built  for  him  -n  1891 ;  and  with  the 
nssistancc  of  Rev.  Thomas  Baldwin  he  held  a  series  of  meetings  in 
which   more   than  eighty  persons   professed   conversion    and   thirtv- 


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■#•.4 

■; 

^•^^n.T   insTOKV   OK   THE    v 
'"'■'^d  with  the  .h..,..u      ...  ""^'^   ^'^^ST 


'isht  united  with  the    .  ""^'^^  ^^^ST 

Planting  colonil,    „  tS"'"*-"''-     '^''e  cht.rch  is  .  • 

-staining.  '"  '^^  --rrounding  count  ;  'Z'  t  'T'  --'<•  - 

'•^  ^ad"  Jut  nr "-''  -ported  to  the  Vo    ,  ^^'"  ^^'^- 

?,t^  -"arsfv;..s  --  s^^^^r;",fr^'-'-  that 

'^^  Sunday-schoo?.  '"  '''  ''^-'^^  ^''^  --  hu.  d  eTa^  '""^^^^  -^ 

5.  1896,  when  he  h.n'l  ^'"''  Pt-^achin^his  f!  '  '^"'^^'"^  Pa.tor  an,, 
-embers  into  tt  .^[^^"diences.  tlj'  a^tSf /T ^"  "f--  ' 
^;hich  almost  prostrated'  h  '  ^^'^'ation  was  I?;  '^  '""'^^'^ed  five 
PhysicaJJy  unab/e  »«  '"'"•  and  made  1,  *°  ^  severe  ilJne« 

-'y  the'BethSVch'ch'r  ''^  --kVXsTS^''^^'  "e   S 
^^>'  View,  and  Fir      a     '    "'  '''  ^o^'H-shiL  k  '      u*^'  '"*^'"ding  not 
uccessfu,  pastorate"  to  Z'f  ""'  '^'^  S  w  ft?"/'  ^'^^ewa^ 
•896,  as  follows :  ''^  '^'  ^"^'^c  BaptisfX/Z^  ^^  '"^  "  h-ghly 

^'  "lay  not  ha  "'  ""'"''^''  "^ 

^o""-  yearsna,/     d  K"*""  spiritual  "•  ^^ ''•'"''  we  are  caV?"'""al  stand- 
'"arfc'on  1  fe'^slurn™"'.*^  ^^ke  ""i^  °"«'"°"  to-4  than  'r„'''^!"»  "'"' 


--—n^  on  jifes  foiir^ — .'   "aKer.  whr,  .„ —     lu-aay  than  ,_    'V'ls  tnai 

'ces  both  at  I  nr^  ^^  kept  his  wnr/  r       '  expected   the  n^ 

;-nths  Preach;^'tr  huL^^'j^'    '--  ou  ttat  ;;^^''7.-^tained:erv 
f  prayer  meetings   btn^,!?  '"^  ^^"  ^"mons  heM    '"  '^'  «"t  ten 

-  ^"r  missions  and  he- 


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ncvolences.     The   interior   of   the   church    was    refitted   and   greatly 
beautified;  and  no  deficit  was  incurred. 

.u     ^'°'  f'  ^-  S*"^""  ''■'■''^'  '°  ^^^  ^"^"'^'  ^"P'i^t  at  the  end  of 
the  year  1897,  as  follows: 

We  are  now  without  a  regular  pastor,  hut  are  not  in  the  least  dis- 
couraged. Through  the  able  leadership  of  Bro.  S.  A.  Abbott  the  oast 
twenty-one  months,  the  church  is  in  a  splendi.l  ^piritua!  condil'i^  .  ^ul 
lZiZT°T  ^'•^'^^8^•  »he  machinery  of  church%o vernn?ent  is  in  fme 
working  order,  and  the  prayer  meeting,  the  true  barometer  of  the  sn  ritual 
condition  of  a  church,  is  well  attended.  .  .  Although  Bro  her  Ibbott^s 
resignation  took  eflfect.  the  first  Sunday  in  November,  the  pulpit  com 
mittee  secured  his  services  for  two  additional  Sundays.  November  14  and 

for'hf  new"fieId^of"l.h'   '""^K^''  ^.T''""''   ^"'^^  ^^'   "'"'^^'^''    '^">'" 
time   .t   h      .fi    .        *""■  ^'  '^>*  Whatcom,  where  he  will  work  for  a 

K^f'^h-e  Bettes/a-'B^pti-s^l^er^  *^  '^  " '"-'  ^^-"  -'  '"'  — 

On  February  26,  1898,  Rev.  C.  R.  Delepins  of  Walla  Walla,  was 
elected  pastor,  and  occupied  the  pulpit  for  .he  first  time  as  pastor 
on  March  6.  He  was  considered  an  able  expounder  of  the  eospel 
and  very  spiritually  inclined.  He  was  assisted  in  revival  meetings' 
by  General  Missionary  Randall  and  Brother  Parish,  a  sweet  gospel 
singer.  On  September  19,  1899.  the  following  statement  from  Brother 
Delepine  appeared : 

xvifh^^^  ''^^l'^^  "  LaConner  not  being  able  to  agree  with  me,  nor   I 
hl^J  °l  ^a''  "l""""".  «^  discipline,  and.  moreover,  on  accoun    of  its 

?h^irh    Ih^u""^  '°/^''«"  ^^'  ^"  .^"^"'y  d'^'''<^d  '■°'^-  I  tendered  to  the 
church,  which  accepted  it.  my  resignation,  to  take  effect  on  October  is 

h  s  ow„''h^^^t  ^V"  "'l,  ^'■^,  ,'*'".'•  V°-  '^'^  ^''"^^^  a  pastor  according  to 
hi*  own  heart,  who  will  be  able,  by  his  grace,  to  do  what  I  failed  to  do ! 

On  February  18,  1900,  Rev.  Harry  Fergu-on.  of  Portland  Ore 
was  unanimously  called  to  be  pastor  of  the  Bethesda  Church.  Brother 
I-erguson  accepted  the  call  and  began  work  on  March  11  The 
church  had  not  become  disorganized  by  its  four  and  a  half  months  of 
waiting  for  a  pastor,  and  now  the  work  moved  forward  honefullv 
with  good  congregations. 

XIX 

Second  Seattle   (1882) 

It  was  located  on  Jefferson  Street,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth 
Mreets.  It  was  organized  with  eight  members  by  Rev  R  S 
(ireene.  October  8,  1882.  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association 
in  1883.  Revs.  J.  P.  Ludlow,  R.  S.  Greene,  and  Mrs.  Mav  C  [ones 
preached  for  it  as  occasion  offered.  In  1884  it  reported  a  weeklv 
prayer  meeting,  two  cottage  prayer  meetings,  a  flourishing  Sunday- 
school,  and  employed  two  missionaries  to  work  among  tliv   Indians 


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men's  Home  and  r.     "'°'"  '''«"  double  its  „,.    k.    . 

The  service  2^  !^    1'^"  **'«'on  C.T.'    IL'"';"'^"'"P.  had  a  Wo- 

t^>e  next  tw^  o  1hTe°;^  °^  "'^  '^''"^ch  -e're  t't  ^f"''  °^  «'^^  *°rkers. 

October,  1887  Pel  ^^'*"  "  ^^^  «  steady  S  .^  H^^^^Y'  and  for 
came  to  sStlle  !L  '°-  ^^-  ^urnham  f/o^J  '*'^''^"' ^o*th.  In 
church  hop?d  to  r'^M"'"^'^'^  ^he  church  aThf''-^™^'d^"ce,  R.  I 

<^''apel  purposes  Uh^/  /"'^^^  Greene,  whkh  2^  worshiped  in  a 
ation  that  year  ^.nH^.P*'^  *«  organize  thlM  .^^  ^"^^  "P  for 
banded  in  ^  ^"^  '"^  0"tlook  wfs  e^coX^r  rr^"?  ^"°<='- 

S'ng-    The  church  dis- 

XX 

A  E\v   Hope   B^*  dt 

^    I'  was  located  on  the  S.        T  """'"'"    ^^^^> 
Mount  Vernon     r^  *'^*fi^"  R'ver  ahoi.f  f 

L-  Davis  Tnd  A   Vh  °'^f '^^'^  -'th S^  ^.^"^-fi- ™'''^^  '''x've 

were  continued  with  s^venT''-  ^^«'"^'-  ^^^2   X^'^''  «•  N- 

day-schooJ  were  e!f»K?  u  .  ^^P^'^ms.    a  oraverT  ".•  ^^^  meetings 

Association   T  xS"' tr';. '"''^  '^''"^<=h  c Se  inrth"^p^^  ^  Sun- 

year  or  so  and  tSL.h    ^^^"   ^'^^'s   served   thl     u  ^"8^^'  Sound 

^f  S.  .t  ordained'oTf  k"B?:  '''  "°  P^"-  s  "  e'^tl  ^'""'  ^ 
he  an  impostor,  in  ,««?  •,  '^°.*"  *»  the  ministry  h.,fu  ^^Pfember. 
church  in  sustaining  [^fj'  "^'^^'^^  to  co-op  rS'  ^l?'  P^^^^^  to 
--ag.ng.    .vo  latef  rVoS"'  '"^  ''^  ^''-P-^'  we^noT  veVt" 

XXI 

^'  's  J:::  :t  '"^"^^  °^  ^--  c-«3) 

^acoma,  as  ifwas  "Ln  ","!.  '^'  '^^3.  Sh  ten"  "^T  ^"P^^'"- 
Jhe  terminus  of  the  Vorth e^'' p '^  ^^^'Votingl  ™!™'^"-  New 
Company,  controllingthe  I™  ^"'^"^'^  Railroad^  ?h°  Pfommence  as 
churches,  requiring  ^erLn^-  '""'  ^^««  ^beraSy  mfndJ'r'""  ^'"^^ 
church  purposes.  IniSs'^u '"Jf^^^^ments  upon  Iot^^/°*"'l  ^he 
officers  to  secure  lou  /^^  ^"ect  Sound  A«l-  .*     ''°"a*ed    for 

Jots  to  be  held  ,'n  i       ?  '^hich  to  erect  a  Ro  »  ^'**'°"  '^'rected  its 

prudential  reasons  /n^K"'.''^"°m'nation  was  r^^  °"''  ^^^^'fic 
Jhe  Convention  Board  fE''  '^^'"  °^  ^he  correJoL?'  '°  ''"''^-  ^or 
Greene,  who  secured  ll      '"'"'''  ^^^  P"t  LtoX  |!^  'J^'^'^'y  of 

fc  ^e  a  deed  m  fee  simple, 


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desiring  to  put  a  clause  in  the  deed  that  it  should  revert  under  cer- 
tain conditions.  Finally,  through  the  diplomacy  of  Judge  Greene 
the  company  agreed  to  give  a  clear  title  if  it  was  paid  $400  cash, 
•lether,  as  some  thought,  the  company's  agents  were  of  opinion  that 
-iiat  amount  could  not  be  raised,  or  not,  some  of  our  own  people 
A  ere  staggered  by  so  large  a  sum,  and  advised  giving  up  the  lots 
and  gomg  back  farther  where  lots  were  cheaper;  but  the  counsel  of 
Brother  Greene,  supported  by  that  of  the  Superintendent  of  Mis- 
sions, prevailed.  The  lots  were  held;  the  $400  paid;  and  the  church 
receivmg  the  deed,  took  measures  to  build  at  once. 

Rev.  Joseph  W.  Beaven,  who  had  been  sent  by  the  Convention 
Board  to  work  up  this  interest,  was  called  as  pastor.  A  Sunday- 
school  had  already  been  organized,  and  was  in  a  flourishing  condi- 
tion, with  eighty  in  attendance.  Good  congregations  were  in  at- 
tendance upon  church  service,  and  the  progress  of  the  building 
awakened  interest,  though  much  difficulty  was  met  in  raising  funds 
The  Surerintendent  of  Missions  was  a  frequent  visitor,  as  he  re- 
garded this  as  the  most  important  field  at  this  time  being  opened 
on  the  Northwest  Coast.  During  the  progress  of  the  work  a  time 
came  when  it  was  difficult  to  meet  maturing  obligations  on  the 
building,  and  a  proposition  gained  favor  in  the  church  to  sell  the  lot 
reserved  for  a  parsonage  and  use  the  proceeds  on  the  church  building 
This  would  probably  have  been  done  but  for  the  strenuous  inter- 
ference of  the  Superintendent  of  Missions,  who  aided  in  relieving  the 
pressing  financial  strain,  and  at  the  time  of  dedication  raised  enough 
to  coyer  the  cost.  The  furnishing  was  largely  provided  for  by  the 
ladies  society  of  the  church. 

The  church  was  completed  and  dedicated  on  March  16  1884 
costing  $2,638.52,  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  loan- 
ing $500  from  its  Church  Edifice  Fund.  There  was  great  rejoicing 
and  songs  of  praise  when  the  final  announcement  was  made,  Hiat  the 
house  was  given  to  the  service  of  God  without  debt 
T  '^''fo'*'"''.''!'  jr^'  received  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in 
June,  1883,  with  Rev.  Joseph  W.  Beaven  as  pastor,  and  reported  one 
baptism  and  fourteen  members.  Soon  after  the  dedication  of  the 
church,  Brother  Beaven  resigned  the  pastorate  and  accepted  a  call 
to  Moscow,  Idaho.  Rev.  B.  S.  MacLaflferty.  then  pastor  at  Astoria, 
Ore.,  was  called  to  be  his  successor.  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce  thus  speaks  of 
his  coming:  "Rev.  B.  S.  MacLafferty  opened  his  pastoral  work  May 
IS.  1084,  and  at  once  took  a  prominent  position  in  the  town  and 
gathered  a  growing  congregation  about  him."  At  the  meeting  of  the 
Association  in  June,  1884.  the  church  reported  twenty-eight  members 
a  flourishing  Sunday-school,  a  Women's  Home  Mission  Society  most 
helpful  m  church  life,  as  well  as  in  the  more  general  home  nission 
work  At  the  meeting  of  the  Association  held  in  June,  1883  the 
church  wa?  refused  admission  to  the  Association.  Rev  D  J  Pierce 
was  acting  as  chairman  pro  tempore  when  the  action  of  the  Associ- 


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«tion  refusing  adn,  u  '''''^''^''^  ^°^^^ 

Woiir."K,°l!'  0/  a  sermon  bv  th- 

and  that  ther^'w'*"*^"'  «"d  "hat  fc"*- *«.''«  ""embers  J  Vh^^l^^   a 
recomm"  nAh"I^,«'"'Iing  to  die  de   ^  I"**  '"  ""^  Ass^cSon    ^•'"''^  n°t 

S-   ^OUDEBUSH, 

•'A  motion  was  the,-,  „  Comtnittf^ 

of  the  letters  fro„,  fh?  ^'"'""^^^  ^y  Rev.  Walter  R 
«t'on-    Brother  MacL/ff!'°"'"  ^''"'■'^h  be  r^e^v.^K"  '''"^  "^''her 
of  this  motion    wh    u^'*^'  ""'^^^  Permission Tor"^  ^^'  ''"'^  Associ- 
Goble  was  a  s?grlS  J"""""^  ^^'    on   motion   """^ '''^  ^'^opt'on 

"  ^\as  earned. 


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173 


Before  the  Association  adjourned,  further  action  was  taken,  as 
follows,  copied  from  the  minutes: 

Brother  Pierce  presented  the  following  set  of  resolutions  regarding 
the  I  acoma  Church,  which  the  Association  voted  to  adopt  without  de- 
bate, and  adopted  unanimously ; 

Resolted.  That  with  deep  and  unfeigned  regret  we  deplore  the 
troubles  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Tacoma  which  have  so  far  prevented 
that  church  from  being  represented  in  this  Association. 

Resolved,  That  we  affectionately  re-.uest  the  two  sets  of  persons 
claiming  to  be  members  of  said  church,  to  call  a  mutual  council  of 
neighboring  churches  in  the  month  of  July,  if  possible,  to  secure  an 
amicable  settlement  of  their  difficulties. 

■  J  ^"f'*'*''''  That  this  Association  in  its  earnest  desire  for  the  perfect 
independence  of  the  churches,  and  for  the  welfare  of  all  concerned,  is 
ready  to  receive  any  delegation  of  unquestioned  members  of  the  First 
Baptist  Cliurch  01  Tacoma  which  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  unquestioned 
members  of  the  two  delegations  presenting  themselves  to  this  body,  and 
Whereas.  Grave  and  troublesome  statements  are  made  and  damaging 
reports  are  publicly  circulated  in  the  country  representing  that  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Tacoma  has  departed  from  the  common  Baptist 
usage  in  its  methods  of  transacting  business  and  administering  discipline 
which.  If  true,  render  all  subsequent  acts  of  the  church  null  and  void, 
and  destroy  Its  character  as  a  Baptist  church,  and  question  its  right  to 
the  fellowship  of  this  Association  as  a  properly  constituted  Baptist 
church.     Therefore  be  it. 

Resolved.  That  this  Association  appoint  a  committee  of  live,  from 
hve  churches  nearest  to  Tacoma:  such  members  to  be  nominated  by  the 
delegates  of  said  churches  and  confirmed  by  vote  of  the  Association,  who 
shall  inquire  into  the  truth  of  such  statements  and  report  at  our  next 
annual  meeting,  with  power  to  formulate  charges  if  necessary  and 
present  them  to  the  proper  officers  of  said  church,  citing  the  churches 
to  answer  said  charges  at  our  next  annual  meeting. 

Resolved  That  the  committee  be  requested  to  attend  any  cou;icil 
Which  may  be  held,  simply  for  inquiry  and  information,  but  having  no 
vote  or  voice  in  said  council,  except  as  questions  may  be  asked  for 
information. 

The  following  persons  were  then  selected  in  accordance  with  the 
resolution  already  adopted,  and  were  confirmed  by  the  Association  as 
Its  committee  on  Tacoma  Church: 

Centralia,  Byron  Kelsey;  alternate,  E.  R.  Butterworth. 

Olympia,  Rev.  F.  Campbell:  alternate,  B.  W.  Johns. 

First  Seattle,  Wm.  M.  Morse;  alternate,  C.  E.  Adams. 

Second  Seattle.  C.  L.  Mitchell ;  alternate,  Jas.  Freed. 

Puyallup,  VV.  S.  Freed;  alternate,  A.  W.  Jones. 

Voted  that  this  committee  be  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  reso- 
lutions concerning  the  Tacoma  Church. 

Following  this  action,  and  fearing  a  long-drawn-out  trouble 
and  injury  to  home  mission  work,  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker.  Superinlendent 
of  Missions,  called  together  a  number  of  the  most  orominent  ministers 


'74       BAPTM    i„„o„ 
''"".O^^MU.  ""■""'"■«'"C   COAST 

"stenine   nati«,»i.    .^    '  '*o  days  in  th^.v 

<=hurchVSd\i°   ""   P*^''«-      BrotL'«™'"at,on  of  ,he  case 

asked  and  permitted  to  com!  Zf'"'-  ^''^  agSLed  ""'"  ^"^' 
^t^  stated  anj  arLed  ^^^  ^^°'*=  '''«  ^ounc.f  S  ^"'^^  ^^^'•e 
°;"  a  summary  oJthet  "'"•     ^"^  whl  .t"''.  "^^>'  ^id,  and 

whole  case  from  theirn  ""=  ^"«en  for  tl^i.  -"'"^^  ^^s  spent 
Association  t^i    ,       P°'"'  of  view     tj,»  occasion  covehnpr Vk 

"se  wa  "oJ'/^^^^^^fter  and  be  pTesem 'a?T'"^^  ^ppoinS  by  Z 
The  brethren  of  SeJ°  ^f  P^«'"^  Xul  The'°""'''  ""^^  °"    'e 
examine  assocfatiotlT"'  '''""^''^  'he^were  „i  ""n^'"  ^^e  city 
committees      ,!  °"^'  grievances,  or  to  L  ".°*  «^a"e(l  twrether  L 

^L-s  ;nU:r  ^rfv,"  ^^'^^-^  ''^^"waTt  t^  ^r^-^-^ 

^''a;  the  action  of  the  p-  ."^J,"^  °^  ^be  courcil  """"'^  ^°'-  a« 
cxammed  by  us  was  if'"'  ^'P^'^'  Church Tk  '  '"  ^°"«»'s- 
Baptist  usage."  ?„'  "f  ""^criptural,  no  out  ^fT'  '"  "^^""5 
S'gnature.  '°   ''"^  each   member  of  thT         'harmony   with 

,,     At  the  meeting  of  th.  a  '"""'''  "'^'^^'^  ^"'^ 

the  Associations  I  r         •    ^  Association  in  \r  .    • 

TacomaCht?h'L'JTtro?:"^^P--"^with1s°ch'  ^'  ^-  '"   '«86, 
"•cport  was  presented  1  ^   °''  ^'  '"structe d  th.  ^^^'  ^^^'»'t  the 

"feived  by'theTdyX'lv'T  '''  ^K,  ^ ro'T  P^^^""-    '''^ 
he  communication  fin,  fhe  p       'n  ■"  ^^'^^  "Jovld  ^'  4  ^"'■'^'  ^^ 
was  carried  an^  »«  "^  First  Baotist  ri,      ,    a,      That  we  hear 

'"«  Mion  u™^  '"'  ""•"■"".cation  rS     n"''  "'  '^'"■>«'."Jh'cl, 


Baptist  ChnrM,    r  .1"*'°"  Concerning  tL  „  °"°^'n&  this, 
••"the  sesfL'.' W^'l'  -d-  of  busies'^'  l^'f^"f-". 


■  — •  J'  I 

'  P'erce's  resolution: 


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Resolved.  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Association  that  the  act  of  the 
Association  at  the  last  associational  meeting  in  excluding  the  delegation 
from  the  Tacoma  Church  upon  the  letter  tendered  by  that  church 
was  an  inconsiderate  and  mistaken  action,  and  that  the  delegation  should 
have  been  received. 

The  substitute  was  adopted. 

In  1887  the  Association  met  at  LaConner.  The  Tacoma  Church 
was  rq)resented  by  letter  and  delegates.  On  the  ballot  for  moderator. 
Rev.  B.  S.  MacLafTerty  received  a  majority  of  votes,  and  by  motion 
of  Rev.  J.  P.  Ludlow  the  vote  was  made  unanimous.  The  church 
reported  the  number  of  members  last  year,  thirty-eight;  baptized 
nine;  received  by  letter,  twenty-one;  dismissed,  six;  present  number' 
sixty-four.  Meantime  they  had  built  a  parsonage  costing  $1,500;  paid 
church  expenses,  $1,113;  pa>a  to  foreign  missions,  $27;  home  missions, 
$35;  to  the  Publication  Society.  $7.50.  They  report  a  prayer  meeting 
of  deep  interest,  with  an  average  attendance  of  sevonty-eight  per  cent 
of  their  members,  most  of  whom  took  part  in  the  meetings.  They  also 
report  a  flourishing  Sunday-school,  Young  People's  Society  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor,  Ladies'  Mission  Society,  and  all  departments  of 
church  work  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

In  the  fall  of  this  year,  October  16.  Brother  MacUfTerty  met 
with  an  accident  that  paralyzed  his  lower  limbs  for  life.  It  occurred 
by  his  falling  from  an  embankment  twenty  feet  high,  where  a  street 
was  being  graded,  but  left  without  light  to"  signal  danger  to  the 
pedestrian  in  the  darkness.  The  church  was  overwhelmed  with  sor- 
row, and  expressed  it  in  resolutions  of  condolence  and  acts  of  lo  e 
At  the  meeting  of  the  Association  held  at  Tacoma  the  following  year 
the  following  preamble  and  resolution  of  condolence  were  adopted 
being  offered  by  Rev.  R.  S.  Greene :  * 

Jn^  ^^^'J^'  ^"  1^^  .sfange  providence  of  God,  sudden  and  most  touch- 

w  v«r"li,<P7.f*""°r  ""^.  '•i'"''''i*'y  J'"  ''«^="«''  o"^  moderator  of 
ast  year,  late  the  pastor  of  the  church  w  th  which  we  are  met  our 
brother  in  Christ,  B.  S.  MacLaflferty,  and.  ' 

Whebeas.  The  stroke  has  fallen  not  upon  himself  alone,  but  upon 

?r,JZT^    *'^^  f"*    "J"'^"".'    "P°"    ^^'^    community    where    his Tx 
traordinary  capacity  and   acquirements   had   made  him   widely   fek   and 
honored  upon  this  Association  and  the  whole  church  of  God.  with  which 

Jaut  wh"i?h*'tf."h,^"'°^;^''r"j"  ''If  «°^P*''  "P°"  the  foreign  mission 
cause,  which  he  has  greatly  loved  and  to  which  he  has  given  his  best 
drought  and  endeavor,  and  upon  mankind,  among  whom  he  has  for 
many  years  moved  conspicuous  as  Christ's  ambassador,  therefore  be  it 

n^r.A^Z"'"'''''  '^•'"**  *''•.*''*=  ^"^K?'  Sound  Baptist  Association,  take  this 
mode  of  expressing  our  deep  grief  at  what  has  thus  come  to  pass,  our  pro- 
found sympathy  with  him  and  his  family  in  their  immeasurable^iction 
«  I»*™.^\h  """^  ^*  the  loss,  this  community,  our  Association  thrchurch 
fiin^H^Jni''*'  ''"T  "^  ^'"■^'8?  missions,  and  his  fellow-mei  have  sus- 
n^  th;^:i^Tf  ^'1?'"'  appeal  to  all  who  pray  to  unite  with  us  in  Ask- 
ing the  God  of  all  comfort.  Jehovah  the  prov  der,  Jehovah  the  healer 

that  he  will  comfort,  provide,  heal,  and  turn  this  evil  to  blessing,  ?his 


% 


Jn  consequence  oi  fh'        j 

'»e  we'l.  knoVe tnT^'"!^"^''  Pastor  A?ay      S  ^^'^^^^  ^-  «• 
^vith  the  "Cch       5''r''  ^'^^^  ^^^orge  RoberfV.T      "/''"  ''""""^r 

^.trength%;?r'c;„  :?  Th"^'  '"  '"^^  ^d h  "s'a':  '  uhT ''"^ 
t'sms.  efehtv.thr„„         ■     '■^^  '"^Po"  of  i88q  .h«  substantial 

restored  wfhif"  '"^^'^^'^  ^y  Jctter.  ten  bv  .  ■''''^"'>'-fi^^  bap- 
and  te,  n?  K  ^''"'  diminutions  leaxinl  ^  ^^'^P^'^nce.  and  three 
Home'l^irn^kT!'^  ?''"-h  «  -^f  -e;  g'-^one  h  J^ 

commended  fnr  Iv  ■  ^^^  subsidiary  sociefp  ^ '^u  ^""^  ""Pi^ove- 
year  tw  nty.  even  m/^K^'^^-  '"''  ^^pST  ?,  S'/J""-^"  were 
Avenue  Church    "rTv^'b  ^^'''^^'''-^^0  o'^a^^ltl  W  '""l' 

>- i'  a\%er^,-C^^-  -^  a„X;ttn?s"  o^^  .t^Vj," 

^891,    wheV'Sev^W  T''^"  "^y  ^---  persons  until   Sent     K 
ceremony  began  one  of  the  ^"'1'   ""    '"^^^"^^    as   p Ltor'     Tb7' 

p-p  Ht;if^H-r^^.a^ev:,  ^^^'--  -  ^^-;d''i:"^t 

Tacoma  First    W    P    u 
and  blessing  of  God   th  ?    u'^  direction  of  our  nasfn?       jP[°*P«rity. 


CHURCHES   OF   THE    NORTHWEST 


^77 


♦«  r^mV?  .1'  °^  °/",  }!"'"'**  *''^°''**  »"<»  faith  in  God.  we  have  been  able 
to  complete  a  beautiful  house  of  worshi»i.  with  all  modern  conveniences  at 
*  "rl*.f  furnishing  of  Ig.aoo.  all  of  which  ha,  been  prSd  for     ' 
our  churrh    RtLh""''n^  '"  J»"""*'  '""".'d'ately  after  the  dedication  of 
pur  church.  Brother  Brown,  the  evangelist,  began  a  series  of  meetinirs 

M?!^*'''"  *"■*'•     "'  "=*•"«  «"•=«»    "i'h  'he  fpi.it  of  the  MasTer  Tnd 

ing  Sry5a^'!'';Sy%tht°K!et%ar^  '°  °"^  '"^'"'''"'^'•'  '•"^- 

during  the  year'!'"*  ^°'"*"  ""'"'"""y  ^^t^■'■.i  have  done  efficient  work 

.vn.IliL^**'''*'  .u'**  Society  has  rendert-i  great  financial  aid,  havinn 
expended  durmg  the  year  $1,300.  The  Young  People's  Baptist  Union  is 
Tunfn/s^W°""/'ji!:«-  '=.°"ditio".  having  a  membership  of  eighr  A 
i^w  L^"*''*'^  °i  Christian  workers  was  organized  dur  ng  the  year  and 
now  has  a  membership  of  thirty.  Our  Sabl.ath-school  was  never  in  a 
more  prosperous  state  than  now.  and  the  imerest  exhibited  by  e  cry  one 
in  the  work  of  the  Sabbath-school  was  never  more  manifest 

encouraging      '"  """"''°"  *''^  °"''  "''«  '"'"'o"  *<:hools  is  also  very 

$15,695.52"!*'"'*^*'  ''^'  "'"''  ^"'^  expended  during  the  year  for  all  purposes 

Ac^^LE*"^^  ^A^l  '■''^'^^**  blessing  may  rest  upon  everv  church  of  the 
Association,  and  that  we  may  always  be   found   faithful  and  loyal  am' 

m"av  bi"a^^LTo''  °^  '^\  ^T"'  ^"t't^'  T'"^  ^'^"^^^  in  the  Asloc  at'on 
^rfcLi  ™     religious  center  from  which  shall  be  constantly  flowing  the 

fnrhis  S'        "  '''"°"  ""*''  '''''  ''°'''*  '*''"  ^"^  *°"  ^°'-  o""  Lord 

J.  W.  Watkins, 
j.  m.  vv.vlker, 
Geo.    W.    Fowler, 

Committee. 
Great  was  the  sorrow  of  the  church  when  Brother  Harper  was 
obliged  to  leave  this  climate  by  the  state  of  his  family's  health,  and 
resigned  the  pastorate  to  go  to  southern  California.  He  was  quite  as 
much  missed  in  the  Convention  of  which  he  was  president,  being 
also  president  of  the  Mission  Board,  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  the  North  Pacific  Universitv 
1  he  loss  of  such  a  man  to  the  c?.use  of  Christ  in  any  State  or  com- 
munity, while  not  irreparabi'.  leaves,  nevertheless,  a  vacancy  hard 
to  nil.  ■^ 

God's  favcr  to  this  church  is  clearly  shown  in  its  report  to  the 
Association  in  1894,  from  which  we  quote: 

Tacoma  First  Pastor,  Wm.  H.  Pendleton,  D.  p.  The  closing  year 
rnntr«f'!ii"-*'''5"'^"'  ?"'=  *'^''."*-.  Circumstances  over  which  we  had  no 
Acc3  .•  P"r^*'  "*  °^  ''Hr  beloved  pastor,  Rev.  VV.  F.  Harper,  and  this 
Association  of  a  most  active  member  and  officer.    But  in  the  providence  of 

.^r.nnH'lr''^*^*''  ^  ^'''"«*?  ^'i''  *«^  "°*  ^'^J^i"  '"  «  new-found  treas- 
ure, and  are  permitted  to  introduce  to  you  our  beloved  pastor.  Rev  Wm 
H.  Pendleton,  D.  D.  Since  Doctor  Pendleton's  cnmiW  we  h-ive  ex' 
baS  tw"°K^'^  blessed  revival  during  which  sixteen  were  received  by 
baptism,  two  by  letter,  and  two  by  experience.    Our  praver  meetings  are 


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ij 


Japanese  of  the    '.tv    fn /■    ^i   ^-  ''••"•  a   prSn^^jr'""  ""* '•"''f"' 

■Mirmc  G   uS       '"*""■  ''""'  »"  "•■1-1  BrVl*',?'^"  "■■"•?'■"« 

'         "ara  and  Sister 

He  was  succeeded  by  Rev   N    H   w 

report  given  of  him  by  the  churrh  f  "  Prayvr;   and   the   first 

any  of  his  predecesso^^^s      He  [^  '    'u''  "  "j^P^^"'  "  'ts  report  o 
favorable  circumstances,  and  seeded  to   L?;''  1"   "^^  undef  n^os 
pastor.     In  all  the  accessible  records  ?hl.        "J"'  "  "  '^''X  an  ideal 
h'gh  appreciation  and  of  Chr7st?an   .   %  .  "  ^'"""'^  "°  ""^'^  but  o 
reported  as  tender,  lovine   ^ndl'L  '°"''.''*^"«  a"d   love.     He   was 
as  spiritually  eloquent.     Hirlth'S'""'  '"  ""^  Preaching,  and  ofTen 
revival   services. 'instructing  it^tlTV'''''  of'conduSg 
h<ghly  commended  by  leading  SmC;        .  ^.""^'"«  converts,   were 
one  could  say  that  he  was  not  a  rJ^n'  "."''.  ^^  °"^"  Pastor  .     ?„ 
consecration  of  a  high  order     The  churcl  '^""^  ''"''  ^"^  P^^on^l 
in  I     7  \  ""^"^^  °f  ''"ch  value  a  uastor    ^''''-  "°"«"'"'ated  upon 
«n  his   leadership.     The  ch.irrh  ^     ^  ^"^  '"-'^^  and  so  coninetcnt 

yeloping  in  the  g'races  of    he  Spirr^'^''^'"   "-"*>-"";?' 
a  man  of  the  type  of  Dr    Air    a   ^^'  •^°"»'''  ^y  many  to  L 
as  much  as  any  of  his  predecfssois     H     «      ^^'  '""^'^^  '«vecl  him 
g^  justify   all    these   expec  attnTanf  hiln'  T ^  °'  ^^^^'"  -«=med 
Converts  were  multiplied,  and  ^he^ork  fn    ',7?'    '°'    "^^    ^"'"- 

Pinnacle":?   PpT^^"^'"^   ^^''''factoriTy  '  If"  a    fal^T'"'"'^'  °'  "- 
pinnacle    of    Christian    fellowshio    anH    rl  ^  . ,       ^'■°'"   ^'''s   high 

foundation  laid  by  iis  6,,,  3       "_,"  "'"'<l  "ol  be  gprooted     Tk. 


■'^■v:i.!ww!L.  ir. 


:3iw«  K- 


CHURCHES   OF   THI£    NORTHWEST 


'79 


?hurc"'''  *'"*'  ^"■'"«""-"^«J  »»'«  ^rMh  of  unity  and  fidelity   i„   .lu- 

The  hi^torian  would  shrink  from  explaining  the  cause  of  the 
ca  amrty  that  now  befell  the  church  and  denomination,  save  for  Z 
^ct  that  he  .s  wntmg  history.  Fron.  our  first  knowledge  of  Brother 
Harnman.  we  loved  him;  but  at  the  same  time  felt  sur?  that  he  w^I 

cxEnco'  ,'".'■«"«""-  '"  l^-  interpretation  of  hi.  persona 
experience  He  impressed  our  n.in.ls  as  being  in  danger  of  exageer- 
atmg  the  bcr.pture  doctrine  of  holiness  and  his  own  su  ritual  a  - 
.a.nments  .n  ho  ines,  and  in  power  to  work  the  mirS".  in 
Chnsts  stead.  If  he  could  only  maintain  the  unity  of  Scripture 
teachmg,  with  such  a  remarkable  experience  as  had  evidently  b"^ 
given  him   It  seemed  that  he  would  become  a  wonderfully  successful 

"""'m"  k^!':'P"  °^  '^''''^  ""  '"^'  ^"•'  P^'-hing  men,  an  -'h". 
would  upbuild  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ.'  On  the  other  hand,  i" 
loM  the  Scripture  balance  and  elevated  the  doctrine  of  holiness  out 
of  relation  to  other  Scripture  doctrines,  and  assumed  a  persoJJ    ho 
ness  and  a  personal  revelation  from  the  Spirit,  he  would  at    en^h 

TntlJu  ■""'"  ''^""'  ^'"=*'^'  ^*^^»"-    I«  «»^  ^ith  no  spirit  o 

antipathy  or  criticism  that  I  saw  this  man  of  God.  in  pursuit  of  1°' 
hcones,  dropping  one  after  ano,  er  of  the  fundamental  doctrines  of 
the  church,  and  finally  discarding  the  church  of  Christ  altogether 

ScllT.V      ""-'^   ^  ''"'"  /°"°^'"^   '°   "^K^*"'"    'hem    into   an 

orovedtn?        "n""''  "T  *'^""  °^  °"  "'^  ^''Bhway  to  ruin,  as  it 

Jaules  suchTl,      >  ""  ^/''  ""'^^  ^^"^-"i^^^tion  ^or  the  man  who 

cause  of  S,H  ^T^'  '"u  '""'T  ''^  ''"^'  ^°^  ^''^  ^^urch  and  the 
cause  of  Christ,  where  such  a  calamity  occurs 

shaken  <hd  nnrfn^T'^u  ^''""'1'  ^  '"  ^"^'-  '^'  -^'^"^^h,  though 
shaken  did  not  fall  into  the  pit  the  adversary  opened.  On  the  con- 
trary, ,t  rose  up  m  the  .strength  of  Israel's  God:  and.  in  the  sD°r"t 

D  D  Son""  '"'  '"'•  T'''  ^'"'"'"  ^"^'  -"luished  them  HI-. 
FebruafvTs    ,«o-  ^  ""^^i^'-^ry  at  the  time,  under  the  date  of 

^ebruary  i8  1897,  summarizes  the  statements  made  and  the  condi- 
tions prevailing,  as  follows: 

•<.A&^Z\tL%''','i"'"""  •«"»;  •■»'"  "'"San  tSrrt  hi. 


-    .Efl'      ""    JL..        ., 


-^r-'^trr'^^wmmr'. 


.^-^-W^  '1*^ 


i8o 


"™"   •"'""'^    "^  «-   -OKTH   P.c,P,C  COASr 


j^g 


22    i8n7    M.    J      ■     '°'^'"  01  a  commanH     n„  »u  .  '"^  meetings, 

i'J"yJ^"^  and  united,    ft'  L  feared  ^T  ^"''«^-    '^''^  "church,  as  a  bodv' 

Lonsecr„.ed,  spiritual,  and 


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CHURCHES   OF   THE   NORTHWEST 


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active  Christian  workers,  who  will  stand  by  the  church  to  the  last.  They 
are  men  and  women  who  read  and  think  for  themselves,  and  who  do  not 
readily  change  their  views;  but  yet  are  not  at  all  bigoted. 

Now  we  want  another  pastor  to  lead  us,  and  we  want  a  good  one 
in  every  sense  of  the  word.  Whoever  comes  will  follow  able  men. 
Brother  Harriman  is  a  man  of  no  ordinary  ability — well  educated,  a  deep 
student  of  the  word,  and  one  who  made  himself  felt  among  men. 

For  a  time  the  church  was  supplied  by  various  brethren,  prom- 
inent among  whom  were  Rev.  E.  Randall,  Rev.  D.  C.  Ellis,  and 
others,  while  the  church  was  looking  for  a  pastor.  It  was  thought, 
at  one  time,  that  Rev.  E.  A.  Woods,  of  Williamsport,  Pa.,  would 
become  pastor;  but  he  did  not  come.  On  October  5,  1897,  a  call 
was  extended  to  Rev.  J.  Lewis  Smith,  D.  D.,  its  present  pastor 
(1900),  which  was  accepted;  and  he  began  his  pastorate  in  November, 
1897.  Under  his  leadership  the  church  was  drawn  together,  all  past 
differences  buried,  and  the  church  united  heartily  in  its  work.  The 
large  debt  of  $10,000  was  about  to  come  due  and  measures  were  taken 
to  meet  the  obligation  in  part,  while  the  time  on  the  remainder  was 
extended  and  a  plan  formed  to  liquidate  the  whole  indebtedness. 
When  the  associational  year  closed,  the  church  had  two  hundred 
and  fifty-five  members,  and  an  enrolment  of  two  hundred  and  sixty 
in  the  Sunday-school.  Doctor  Smith's  pastorate  was  still  in  the 
zenith  of  its  prosperity  in  1900,  when  this  volume  closes.  He  had 
drawn  together  and  developed  one  of  the  strongest  churches  on  the 
Northwest  Coast.  In  the  year  the  church  dismissed  one  hundred  and 
nine  members,  and  yet  had  three  hundred  and  seventy-eight  remain- 
ing. The  church  became  vigorous  and  influential  in  the  general  work 
of  the  Convention.  It  had  developed  a  goodly  number  of  strong  lay- 
men who  held  prominent  positions  among  Convention  officials.  Its 
Sunday-school  enrolment  stood  at  four  hundred  and  fifty.  It  had 
great  influence  in  the  work  of  the  Baptist  Young  People's  Union  and 
in  the  women's  work  of  the  Convention,  and  was  prepared  to  take 
its  place  among  the  foremost  to  promote  and  carry  forward  the  work 
of  Christ's  kingdom  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast. 


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XXII 

Seattle  Scandinavian  Church  (1883) 

The  First  Scandinavian  Church  of  Seattle  was  organized  iti 
1883  by  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Seattle  belonging  to 
that  race.  They  came  into  the  possession  of  a  good  house  of  worship 
built  in  1882  at  a  cost  of  $2,200,  by  Rev.  O.  Okerson,  while  serving 
as  general  missionary  of  the  North  Pacific  Convention.  He  left  the 
property,  free  from  debt,  in  charge  of  the  Seattle  First  Church  for 
use  by  his  countrymen  when  needed.  The  Home  Mission  Society 
had  paid  $500,  and  the  First  Church  had  taken  a  liberal  interest  in 
erecting  the  building;  and  now  the  pastor.  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  had 


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and  the  Seattle  ^orl^Z^nJ^^T Z^t;"'  '"  Seattle  SwS 

XXIII 
Whatcom  First  Church  (,88,) 
Th.s  church  is  located  at  Whof 

ReT?  w'V"^^  organized  w  th  S  n'e^"^^-?^^^  °^  ^^'''tcon, 
Kev.  J.  Wichser,  an  itin^ranf     •    •       ^  members,  July  21    i««-.    u 

velr^fi  f ''°'*^ '''^ '^""■Jding.  and  exoTt^H  .  ''^.^  ^'""^  ''^  asked 
>ear  to  finish  it.  In  August  he  h=H  ^''P*^'^^  'o  ask  for  $400  the  next 
more;  and  Rev.  D.  J  Pif";  „.  ^"^  ff"''«l  $200,  and  expVcteH  «f^ 

e  ' '  ana  on  July  27  the  meoHn^  1,^'  "*•  '^  organized  a  Sundav 
Some  friends  in  the  Ea  t  draid^'n""''  ^'''  ^""''^"^  and  dedSed 
the  result  of  the  labor  of  i.^?i         ^"  """^^an  to  the  church     Th.^f 

f«r  :      "•  ^^'^  *''at  he  found  eooH  R.^- !        "^  reported  progress 
In  September,  1884,  Robert  rVn  ■     l^  obl'&ations. 


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sometimes  a  baptism.  The  church  was  presented  witli  a  communion 
set  by  Mrs.  I.  S.  Kalioch,  wife  of  Rev.  I.  S.  Kal'och.  Mrs.  Wi-^hser 
said  that  the  church  was  generally  kind  to  them,  but  "  one  evening 
the  members  came  and  pounded  them — with  pounds  of  coffee,  tea,  and 
sugar.  Some  used  cans  of  raspberries,  tomatoes,  peaches,  and 
cherries,  and  finally  pounded  down  a  new  carpet  in  our  sitting- 
room.     They  brought  sunshine  and  they  left  gladness." 

In  1887  Brother  Wichser  removed  to  Canyonville,  Ore.  For 
some  months  the  Whatcom  Church  was  without  a  pastor,  but  kept  up 
all  its  regular  services.  In  May,  1888,  Rev.  W.  G.  Jones  was  chosen 
pastor,  and  the  church  began  a  new  growth.  On  August  27  Brother 
Jones  writes :  "  I  have  preached  at  nine  different  places  since  com- 
ing here,  and  o..ier  calls  are  heard,  but  cannot  be  heeded.  What  we 
need  is  help." 

In  November,  1889,  Rev.  E.  M.  Bliss  succeeded  Brother  Jones, 
who  had  resigned  to  take  up  other  work.  A  period  of  growth  set 
in,  and  the  church  in  one  year  increased  from  twenty-five  to  sixty- 
five  members.  The  Sehome  Mission  was  established  in  November, 
1890,  and  promised  to  become  the  nucleus  of  a  new  church.  Brother 
Bliss  resigned  at  the  close  of  his  second  year  of  service,  and  Rev. 
C.  E.  Brownlee  succeeded  him  in  September,  1891.  At  this  time  the 
church,  with  its  sixty-one  members,  was  in  a  prosperous  condition, 
and  was  planning  to  build  a  new  house  of  worship.  During  Brother 
Brownlee's  pastorate,  which  he  resigned  in  1894,  the  church  had  a 
substantial  growth. 

The  next  Sunday  after  the  annual  meeting  in  1894.  General  Mis- 
sionary Proper  went  to  pastorless  New  Whatcom,  and  without  any 
particular  authority  from  the  church,  made  an  appeal  for  subscrip- 
tions to  build  a  new  meeting-house.  In  response,  pledges  of  work, 
material,  and  money  were  made  to  the  amount  of  about  $2,000.  A 
written  proposition  was  secured  and  Accepted  to  exchange  for  the 
old  church  property  a  good  lot  centrally  located.  This  good  work 
was  followed  up  by  District  Missionary  Abbott,  and  soon  a  fine 
meeting-house,  the  best  in  the  place,  and  worth  about  $5,000,  was 
completed  free  of  debt,  with  some  aid  from  the  Home  Mission  So- 
ciety. Meanwhile  Brother  Abbott  was  holding  revival  meetings  with 
the  church. 

By  October,  1895,  Rev.  M.  C.  Cole,  of  Walla  Walla,  for  fifteen 
years  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  at  New  Orleans,  had  ac- 
cepted the  pastorate;  he  and  his  family  were  nicely  domiciled  in  a 
comfortable  house  about  three  hundred  feet  from  the  new  meeting- 
house, and  they  were  well  pleased  with  their  new  field  of  labor. 
He  had  a  great  helper  in  his  noble  wife,  and  two  fine  workers  in  his 
son  and  daughter.  The  building  of  a  commodious  and  beautiful  house 
of  worship  in  these  hard  times  without  debt  reflected  great  credit 
upon  the  heroic  and  consecrated  band  that  composed  the  church.  The 
lecture  room  was  ready  to  be  used  for  the  Christmas   festivities, 


^m 


■Ml 


""■Hh  tor  ,h=  «„,    .  "  '•'""':  "Asr 

<:<''«  *«d  found  a  „a*'"■'^?5oo„„3ed"k^,'°  """1'  'Lc  mai? 

'here  were  S  d^'  ""*'^''  'o  keep  a  ni.'h    ^J'''"^'"    Peoo  e  '" L""*  ""^ 
The  B.  V  p  „      „  ■  Wonder(„r 

Sa^;"£e?"*  "'  ^e^Cf„r"''  »-.«  o,  w,.,„ 
vario„a  ways  in  wlchth"'  °'  «'""«     P^„      "■    '"»»"'■■  We 

„^     At  this  time  work  on  .i.  Service."  by 

supervision  of  the  n    f  ''^P'^tery  had  bee^  h      "^  ""''^^  for  elec 


approaches  thr«  JH  """"ber  of  chiw  '  °^  industries  "  h,     u  *  ^a"'e 
estimated  yXM,!'.""dred.     The  i„±!l'?"  '".  attendance  I","?.  "^SP^e  a 


spieid;n2cc^3T'?r<^^^^^ 

approaches  thr«  JH  "umber  of  chiw  '  °^  industries  "  h,  u  *  ^a"'e 
estimatedVdoflafs""''/^'^''-  ^he  ins?™ Jf"'".  attendance  each 's.'?'"  5  ^ 
a  valuable  one  b^lnt    ^""Pected  with  Thi      #'^^"  '«  too  valM.KT^*"''''^^ 


anniversary      Thl   ■^^'  ^^^  School  of  T„ .       • 

attenda,.  r^'everv  •'T''"'*  ^^''^n  ''n  the  ^  T"'^  ^'^^  'ts  second 


CHURCHES   OF   THE    XORTHWEST  185 

l-riday,   and   Saturday.     The   teachers   had   the   pleasure  of  seeing 
children  who  form.-rly  came  in  the  most  untidy  condition  becomf 

net  Tnd'S '"'Th'  '""f  '""t^  '^''^"^^^  from^disordeJ  to  cSi! 
ness   and  order.     The  mterest  shown   in   the   devotional   exercises 

rrLr'r°""^'"/'   *''°"S*'    '^'   ^''''^'■-"    varied    r  age    from 
gree  to  eighteen,  and  all  met  together  for  these  closing  exercised 

scientists,  etc.    and  it  was  to  win  the  soul  of  everv  child  in  the  school 
that  those  in  charge  of  them  labored  and  prayed 
..=c-      ?'^^^'"«  m°"th  the  church  was  made  happy  on  three  suc- 
cessive Sundays  by  seeing  the  baptistery  in  use.    After  a  searchine 
sermon  by  the  pastor  on  the  text,  "  Go  forward."  a  man  In  Se  con 
gregation  rose  and  told  of  his  desire  to  follow    he  LorS    n  baptism 
Sunnr'^  ^P"^'".^^^  »hat  of  one  of  the  young  people"  and    he 
Sunday  followmg  it  was  a  man  who  had  been  a  great  infidel    and 
was  very  happy  in  his  acceptance  of  the  Lord 

to  make^T  rhruL'"^^ff''°"  °^  °f '°"  ^^°"^'  '^'  ^^urch  decided 
I^^rTi,    ^S  "^"^^^  offering  to  the  Home  Mission  Society.     For 

ZZliU  ^''''  ^^f''.'^'  '^""''^  ^^^  ^^^"  ^ided  by  sister  churches 
through  the  Home  Mission  Society;  and  the  pastor  suggested  that  the 
church  should  give  not  less  than  $100.  A  prayerful  anrexpectim 
congregation  gathered  on  the  morning  of  December  27  There  were 
the  usual  opening  exercises;  but,  instead  of  the  sermon,  the  church 
roll  was  called,  each  person  answering  with  a  text  and  dropping  Ss 
envelope  mto  the  basket.  It  was  a  breathless  moment  when  the 
money  was  being  counted,  and  a  happy  one  when  the  pastor  an! 
nounced  the  result-over  $102.  The  church  gave  over  $76210  "o 
Z  Wetr""''  "  '"^  '^'  ^^'"'"'^  ^^P*'^'  Mission  Society  If 

to  th^n.^r'"/''  *''^"  V  •  '^l  •'"•^'"^  ^"^  P^^h^P^  the  most  helpful 

eathered  fh.  ""^  """'^  '"  '''/  '^''''^-  ^"  '^'''  '^^^'^  Brother  Cole 
gathered  the  young  members  of  the  church  every  Sunday  afternoon 
for  an  hour  s  study  of  the  Bible.  They  had  their  welUkept  note- 
books and  ,t  IS  safe  to  say  that  few  old  church-members  co^  d  give 

neonl?  "/'fr  5°""  'V^''^  '^^'  ^^^  '"  '^'"^  ^'  <=o»ld  these  young 
people.  Justification,  the  atonement,  baptism,  the  Lord's  Supper 
churchy  discipline,  and  many  other  subjects  had  a  living  meaning 

.,  ^u  f^  J*****""  Cole  resigned,  to  take  effect  June  30;  and  the 
church  felt  that  a  great  calamity  had  befallen  it.  The  good  that  he 
had  done  will  never  be  fully  known.    Through  his  efforts  a  system  of 

mSnJ  0^0/  S,'^  ^''r  •'"''■"^""^  '''''  '"^^^  '"^^  monthly  Lsbess 
meeting  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  helpful  of  church  services 
and  a  system  of  finance  was  adopted  that,  if  properly  carried  out 
would  have  paid  all  expenses  and  left  money  in  the  treasu  v  He 
had   started  the  industrial   school   and  had   been   its  cTstam  and 


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sit; 


rv«k.   -^  l*^^«s»i  *r -•■n»*,-»»- 


i86 


BAPTIST   HISTORV   OF   t«=. 


wise  adviser      In   k.„ 

auditonum      Ten  ^      "**'"''*'  additional  seati  L         ""-^anized  for 

S^-eiS/£E  t?^--  ^  5^^  --  -- 

»'ad  resigned  buf  rt^  ^^  ^™"»''t  faithfuJlv  anH  '  "^,'  ^^'"  o^ 
be  secured  ''  ''"^  '^""""^d  as  supply  pastor  ^'eij  fsur'""''"  "^ 
„      Brother  Agar  lefr  H       u  successor  could 

.- re.^;°i-  -e  '"  oS'",^^-^  "^  Rev.  c„„,„ 

XXIV 

of  debt;  the  churl      "'^  °^  ^°"h'P  was  bu^t  ^TJ^*"  ^^^  ^^0^ 
Sunday- choolt  '""^ased  to  RttytZ^'l,^"^  dedicated  free 

After  her  rSln,?  '"  P'""^^'"^"'  ^"d  a  hopeful Tlf*"'-   ^  ««"nshing 
^ere  hard  t?"'/'""'  *  P«"°d  of  discouragement  ""Z  ■  ^'^  ^^^P^^^^ 
^887.  compaStlvelT^  '""'"''"^  '"°v5^aw:;\l" '"•    ^he  times 
represented  in  IK      "^   ^^""^  '^ft.     In    t£  fu  ''^^  '"   December, 

forthechurrasho«T'^'°"-  I"  ^S^Q  Rev^ 'p%''"'''^'  **^  "°» 
the  pastorPte  %•  J""^"  ^"  ^89oRev  A  W^^  ^^""■^^  Preached 
creased/  thfoutLl  "^"'"^  '^^  ^  new  L^^''''"  '^^^  "lied  to 
Pastorless  butt^  '"'^'  ''°P^^"'-  In  180  th.  I '""'"^'^'"■p  '"- 
AssociaSn    two    ^ZT  '"  '^^"'"  ^^r^J  InT''''   ^^^   '^«'" 

«-C.C.Marston,  the  district  mt-S-:3«:^^,J^f 


CHURCHES   OF   THE    NORTHWEST  187 

ings  were  held,  which  contributed  largely  to  give  the  church  new 
inspiration.  In  1894  the  membership  had  increased  to  seventy-one. 
Thjs  year  the  meeting  of  the  Association  was  held  with  the  church, 
helpmg  greatly  to  give  it  a  higher  and  more  influential  standing,' 
both  m  the  city  and  in  the  denomination.  Pastor  Bliss  and  his  faith- 
ful flock  gave  the  Association  a  royal  reception  and  entertainment. 

In  1895  Brother  Bliss  was  called  to  take  up  new  work  at 
Tacoma,  and  Rev.  R.  McKillop,  of  Centralia,  for  six  months  preached 
for  the  Chehalis  Church  half  the  time,  serving  the  Winlock  Church 
the  other  half.  Rev.  D.  D.  Proper  was  of  great  service  to  the 
church  in  special  meetings.  In  Novembe.,  1897,  Rev.  E.  W.  Lloyd 
was  called  to  the  pastorate.  As  a  result  of  special  meetings  held  in 
January  and  February,  1898,  twenty-eight  members  were  added  to  the 
church.  The  members  took  turns  in  leading  the  prayer  meetings. 
The  Sunday-school,  the  young  people's  society,  and  the  ladies'  aid 
society  were  all  performing  efficient  service. 

In  1899  Rev.  J.  M.  Haskell  succeeded  Brother  Lloyd,  and  re- 
mained pastor  until  the  end  of  the  century.  The  church  reported 
unusual  activity,  a  good  spiritual  interest,  love,  unity,  and  ingather- 
ing, as  marking  the  year.  The  young  people  were  active,  the 
prayer  meetings  well  attended,  and  all  departments  of  work  doing 
good  service.  Twenty-five  had  been  received  by  baptism  and  nine 
by  letter,  giving  the  church  one  hundred  and  twenty  members,  while 
the  Sunday-school  numbered  eighty-five.  The  property  was  valued 
at  $4,000.  The  church  entered  the  twentieth  century  with  bright 
prospects  of  doing  good  work  for  the  Master. 


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XXV 

Lake  River  (Enon)  Church  (1884) 

It  was  located  about  eight  miles  north  of  Vanco-  ver,  Clarke 
County,  Wash.  It  was  organized  with  seven  members,  by  Rev.  P.  H. 
Harper,  April  12,  1884.  It  was  admitted  into  the  Columbia  River 
Association  in  1885.  In  May  of  that  year,  at  a  revival  meeting,  it  had 
received  thirteen  new  members  in  one  day,  thus  doubling  its  member- 
ship, and  others  were  coming.  In  the  fall  of  1886  the  name  of  the 
church  was  changed  to  "Enon,"  Brother  Harper  remaining  pastor. 
When  the  Vancouver  church  was  organized,  in  August.  1887,  the 
members  of  the  Enon  Church,  without  any  formal  action,  or  taking 
letters,  all  went  to  Vancouver,  and  being  received  by  that  church, 
the  Enon  Church  ceased  to  exist. 

XXVI 

Mount  Vernon  Church  (1884) 

It  is  located  at  Mount  Vernon,  the  county-seat  of  Skagit  County. 
A  protracted  meeting  held  here  by  Revs.  B.  N.  L.  Davis  and  N.  B. 


i88 


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BAPTIST   HJSTORy   OF   THE    vno 
„   ,       ,  "^    ^^°'*^«    ^^CIFIC  COAST 


Homan  resulted  in  ,h  '^°^''" 

'885  there  were  ten  '  '"".""'"^  ^''^t  «  had  fellr*^  '"^  ^""■^'> 

carried  on  and  .h-    k^.'"  November.    A  c-ooH  c"     .    ^  ''^"^^  ^^as 

work  of  ^.•e^"t     bS  So""'^'""^  ^  'X  pa«  in'^frr'  ^^^^ 
and  Rev    F    i     "rotner  Squires  resimeH  «m%i;    J        "^  Christ  an 

through  iheci^'^et  '^""^^   him.   "Tn^'^s^'le''  m'  '^^'""■°". 
*as  compeUeS  'Jl'  !""°^'=hing  upon  the  ^hS  lo^     '''J''V  P''''^ 

site  was'mi:^  lalfabi:  T  t*^'  "'^'<=''  '''e  r^'^'way  Til'  '^T'' 
been  one  of![c  ^i- "  '"  *^^  ^^^th  of  Rev   R   M   r    ^^'^^^  ^''^  ^''"'ch 

used  te  it  'xhe  dearT  '.'  ^'^  «="<l""e?he  saTd    "OHS'r^^P' 
service  in  afw  M?/.  H':^'  ''elps  me."    T  jL'^lt  ..^^  I  have  got 


used  te  it.    The  dearT   .  ^'^  •^"^"re  t  he  saTd    -  ok  '  rT^-^"P- 
service  .n  =.*♦        ""^  ^'■<'  helps  me  "    T  „f?  *     °h,  I  have  got 

the  man  to  hniw    ""f^°>  "ut  feehng  that  tho  u^.?      J      ^id  m  h  s 
°rder  to  raise  the  m'"'  ''r^'  ''  attemptS^ff  fu°ll  ?°^'"  "'^^  ^'^st 

worship  to  M:s.''B.rrDa'-^"n  ''^'    ^^  -0  Sg^^h;'"'  '1 
hard  times,  the  churl"  ''"  ^""^  ^7oo.    Owin?  fn  I        ''""'^  «* 

to  be  forerJncL    Hlr  ^^s  unable  to  raise  H^r  ^       ^^  ""expected 
$-50  afaSTn^'''  ""'"^  Mission  Socitv  T''!'^;'  "'^''^h  had 

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iiess  about  $1,200.  On  April  3,  1895,  a  council  was  convened  at 
Mount  Vernon  to  consider  the  propriety  of  recognizing  the  Davis 
Memorial  Church  of  Mount  Vernon  as  a  regular  Baptist  church; 
and  it  was  duly  recognized  as  representing  the  Baptist  denomination 
more  correctly  than  the  former  organization. 

In  1896  Rev.  D.  Lamont  was  pastor,  with  sixty-eight  members. 
In  1897  the  church  was  well  represented  in  the  Association,  reporting 
seventy-nine  members  and  general  prosperity. 

In  1899  Brother  Lamont  was  succeeded  as  pastor  by  Rev.  D.  \V. 
Thurston;  and  in  1900  by  Rev.  S.  A.  Abbott,  under  whose  leader- 
ship the  church  began  to  go  forward  with  new  courage  and  hopeful 
prospects. 

XXVII 

Pleasant  Valley  Church  (1885) 

It  was  located  in  Clarke  County,  nine  miles  north  of  Van- 
couver, Wash.,  and  was  organized  with  seven  members  by  Revs. 
P.  H.  Harper  and  J.  J.  Clark,  February  25,  1885.  A  Sunday-school 
and  prayer  meeting  were  establishes  It  was  represented  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Columbia  Association,  and  reported  the  year  fol- 
lowing. Brother  Harper  preached  for  the  church  the  year  following, 
after  which  from  removals  and  neglect  it  became  extinct. 


XXVIII 
Tacoma  Scandinavia.v  Church   (1885) 

It  was  located  in  Tacoma,  and  was  organized  April  3,  1885,  with 
six  members,  three  of  whom  united  with  the  church  by  baptism. 

When  Rev.  O.  Okerson  was  doing  missionary  work  among  t'le 
Scandinavians  in  Washington  in  1881,  he  built  a  meeting-house  in 
Tacoma,  which  wns  held  in  trust  by  Rev.  O.  Okerson,  Judge  R.  S. 
Greene,  and  A.  Anderson  for  a  future  Scandinavian  Baptist  church. 
It  was  a  two-story  house,  costing  $1,200,  the  upper  part  for  the  pastor 
to  live  in.  It  was  dedicated  on  July  16,  1882.  The  church  organized 
in  1885  had  only  to  move  into  it. 

Knut  Nelson  was  a  native  of  Norway  and  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  church;  but  becoming  dissatisfied  with  some  of  the  Lu- 
theran doctrines  and  practices  he  united  with  the  Congregationalists 
and  was  ordained  by  them  to  the  ministry;  and,  as  their  missionary, 
was  preaching  in  this  Baptist  house  in  Tacoma  until  he  could  secure  a 
Congregationalist  house.  Meanwhile  Rev.  Nicholas  Hayland,  a  close 
Bible  student,  a  thorough  Baptist,  and  a  magnetic  preacher,  had  come 
to  the  Northwest  and  took  the  pastorate  of  the  Scandinavian  church 
at  Seattle.  Hearing  Brother  Hayland's  denominational  statements, 
Knut  Nelson  determined  to  disprove  themr  but  the  study  of  the 
Bible  opened  his  eyes  and.  without  consulting  any  one,  he  gave  up 
his  salary  of  $700,  became  a  Baptist,  and  with  his  wife  came  to 


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««V.B    S    MacL^  ^^Cmc   COAST 

a  deacon.  Sea  B»'"»'°""''"'^"""""'^"blr':^^         '"'°  *''« 
a^ter  he  had  b^!l    ''.baptist  and  was  bat.S  k     r."'^  <'°'"'"'»ce. 

Spirit  to  assoc^'eS  T'T^  "'^'  "'^X  had  £"1^  r"".""""  '" 
pastor  and  his  wL  /r  I  ^^P*'^'*  '"  the  church  ^^  ■'  "'^  ""'x 
♦o  s^^  what  was  Scr  „^'°'''r  ""'^  lister  NeJson^  IZ'T''  '^''  'he 
Tacoma  Chur^S  p 'P'"'■^  haptism  and  vvere  b2„.  V*^"  """"'"ght 
but  after  his  «;.-  '  *  '""«  Rev.  K  h!vLTJ"''  '"  »he  First 
next  yZ  1',^:^^  ^^^^  '^'""t  ^els"nX?s'a  S"/"  "  P"'-' 
•■rained  in  1889     In    Sfi"  m'°"'  "^"^  °^  'he  chuS    L^V'^'  '^'^ 

jy^.;i:n!-x^^^^^^^^^^^  Sp^.:-  vt' 

Si  edra'^s?'^^-^^  -a^tns  '"rTf  -'« -ei/: 

^•eJson  did  no'  ^"Ttt''""  P°P"'ation  o    one  1'""^'"'  '"^'"^ers 

The  church  JI?  ^  '^'^'  ^"^  ^he  value  of  if,  "•'  expenses  for 
Pastor  Mnsont-„n?7h  ?'  ^-^"  ^  nef ^f^^ ^--s  $,.500. 
years  in  and  abon^M-        "'^  '^^'  "amed.     He  h'JA   -^""^egians. 

its  finely  finish^  a,  !^^  °^  ^^'5oo.    The  house  w^h   f  ^"■^'^'^  ^^°^'h 
five  co^foS  chtS^r"'  ''''''  - 'htwo'JL' red'and?'"'*"-' 

located  near  the  K  Street 


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electric  and  the  cable  lines.  Many  of  the  members  were  settUM 
near-by.  The  interesting  Bible-school,  averaging  about  ninety  in 
attendance,  was  superintended  by  the  pastor's  wife.  There  was  also 
a  good  young  people's  society,  an  aid  society,  and  a  mission  circle; 
and  a  mission  Bible-school  had  been  organized  in  a  new  addition  to 
the  city.  The  Swedes  in  the  congregation  felt  that  they  did  not 
fully  understand  the  Norwegian-Danish  language,  and  in  Janus'y, 
1893,  the  Tacoma  Swedish  Church  was  organizc<l  with  twenty-six 
members;  but  though  the  Scandinavian  church  lost  forty-seven  mem- 
bers that  year,  eighty  still  remained,  and  it  retained  the  church 
property.  The  church  withdrew  from  the  Scandinavian  Conference 
in  June,  1893,  remaining  unassociated  until  it  helped  to  form  the 
Norwegian-Danish  Conference  in  1895.  In  October,  1894,  it  reportetl 
for  the  year  ten  baptisms,  seven  other  additions,  a  loss  of  fifteen, 
and  eighty-two  members,  with  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  one 
hundred  and  forty.  In  1896  there  were  one  hundred  and  eighteen 
members,  with  a  Sunday-school  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven. 
Brother  Johnson  was  still  pastor  in  1898;  but  in  1899  Rev.  Jaco'> 
Larsen  was  pastor,  with  a  church-membership  of  eighty-seven  and  a 
Sunday-school  of  eighty-three.  Brother  Larsen  remained  beyond  the 
close  of  the  century. 

XXIX 

La  Camas  Church   (1885) 

It  is  located  at  Camas,  Clarke  County.  Wash.,  about  fifteen  miles 
above  Vancouver.  It  was  organized  with  six  members  by  Rev.  J.  C. 
Baker  and  P.  H.  Harper,  April  18,  1885.  The  church,  with  P.  H. 
Harper  as  pastor,  aided  in  organizing  the  Columbia  River  Association 
in  July.  Lots  were  donated  for  a  building,  and  most  of  the  material 
was  promised.  Finally,  however,  the  owner  of  the  lots  made  con- 
ditions for  a  union  building  which  the  church  could  not  accept,  and 
the  matter  was  dropped.  Brother  Harper  closed  his  work,  and  for  a 
time  the  outlook  was  discouraging.  Rev.  J.  W.  Daniels,  from  British 
Columbia,  was  induced  to  look  after  the  field,  but  after  two  months' 
experience  declined  to  take  up  the  pastorate.  Finally,  Rev.  S.  B. 
Chastain  took  up  the  work,  and  in  1890  the  church  was  reported  to 
be  in  a  healthful  condition.  Lots  were  purchased  and  plans  were  laid 
to  erect  a  house  of  worship  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  The  membership  had 
trebled  in  eleven  months. 

In  1891  Dr.  F.  N.  Brooks  was  a  delegate  from  the  La  Camas 
Church  to  the  Northwest  Convention.  In  1892  the  church  was  in  the 
Puget  Sound  Association,  reporting  twenty-one  members  without  a 
pastor,  and  in  1893  the  number  had  declined  to  seventeen.  The 
faithful  few  were  holding  on,  though  depressed  and  surrounded  with 
great  discouragements.  Miss  Walton,  who  had  been  a  faithful  mem- 
ber fcr  many  years,  went  to  Japan  that  fall  for  missionary  work 
under  appointment  of  the  Missionary  Union.    Rev.  P.  H.  Harper  had 


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it  ceased  tn  .«„  i  "'  ^  stationary  or  rfi.^L.       *^""'^c»  remained 

^  '"  ""'^  ^>-  '•'port  in  ,899  and  f^,    "*^  '"-"'ber.hip  until 

XXX 

The  Ferndalc   C^^'T"  """'''"  ^'^^S) 

meeting  and  a  S.mM         ,        '  •'•  ^\  ic  iser  in  Af.r.i    .0^      organized 
a  subscription  of  «,r«  7        appointed,  sccurtd  in  r./,    i        ^-  ^^"'<« 

and   efficient   pastor        ^^1  '''*'  '^''"rd,  was  thankV,!   J      •  '""'*^  ^" 
Sunday-school     In  'r    ""^   "'^'"^   ^^^^e   seven  v  fit.  ..'"  ^''■''^^"' 

the   Ferndale   rh-  t"^'   '^^'  ''''="  vvere  tlm         ■"""''^   '"    ^^e 
average  of    hir?    'u'   ^^'^   ^dded   that   year   hV°"^  "''^'"hers  in 

Sande'r!  haV  SS'S' ^"^  V'*=  ^undaylh^oo,     n'  De'cS'   ^J''   ^ 

attendance  attc^f  ptt  ^^"^^^  ^  ^^^  «'-  an^d-Xte^aTod 
<-'n  January  ic    180,   .u    .  «-       u  u  gooa 

'"  town,  and  had  Ml  \  '^  "leeting-house  was  in  th!  i^  ^  "^""'^^ 

creased  in  num^„  t^^f''  congregations     The  SuiS,*'"'^^*'°" 
one  of  them  thl  „    .    f  '"*""'•    Three  voun^  n.  S"nday-schooI  in- 
a  B.  Y  P  n       Tl°''  ""'y  daughter     The  !/"'*'  "^"^'^  ''apt.zed, 
thir  y  t'^^-  i^' 1^  ^f''  P'-ospect  was  hopeflf    'iTZ^'T^'  °^«anized 
tendan  rof  f^'^t^J-  ^"^  '"   '%  thirty  seven    .i^^  ^'''^  •='^"^<=h  had 
^895.  Miss  mSTm" /'k  ^""^ay-school     A't  The  clo^/^'u^'^  ^'■ 
patriarch,  whose  ho-       ^^^  ''^°'''-  "I"  Fernd.l.  r  *°^  '^'  ^^ar 
he  and  his  fam  fv     '^\'^'as  a  little  sanctuary  in  fh.M  ^"""'^  a  real 

horhood  twoTf^h''°"'"P'*^  *^'  Lord.    S^oun.  ""''^^?*^^«-  where 
•  ^-  of  them  professing  infidel,  LaveTrfurth  '  ''"  ""■^''- 

"iraugfi  this  sanctuary 


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m 

Haiell   if \v?i    I  f*'"'"'  ""''""«'  ''"''  held   by   Ro-.   J.   M. 

Haskell  of  U.nlock.  resulting  in  the  spiritual  quickening  of  the  mem 

and  V'le'r"  l^th  ""'"  ""''^•"  '"''"'''  '''''>'  »'  I-r'ndale  s'n  ". 
ana  Luser,  to  thi   great  encouragement  of  the  churches    an,l  ,li, 

wncn  Kev  G  C.  Kmg  became  pastor.  There  were  then  twenty  sevin 
members  m  the  Ferndale  Churcn.  and  an  average  of  twmyltwo  In 
the  Sunday-school.  In  ,899  Brother  King  was  slowly  "covering 
from  a  threatened  physical  breakdown.    It  w^as  pathe  ic  to  w  tness   he 

chur  h  -.„?fif  „     "    '^  'here   were  twenty  me.ubers   in   the 

churJ.  and  fifty  enrolled  m  the  Sunday-school.  The  church  thanked 
God   and  trusted  h.m  to  ble.s  the  seed' sown  .luring  thrct    at^Sv 

St^n^;^;  ^:.  af^Sa^'"^  ^  '''  ^"^^"^  ^'  ^"-^^ 

XXXI 

DAK0r.\    CREf.K    CHlKCIt     ( 1885  ) 

citv  ^of^'wh^f  "'"^  '"  i^ ''''"""  '^■•'"'"y-  »^v'*"'y-three  n,iles  from  the 

d^vetrUmtrMar  .  ^  X'f  W"^  Ka"e  '  T''^^^^'^  ^"' 
chosen  pastor  and  Ls'  orda^^ned  ^Auius't  ..^ X/'  '^TSVT 
Davis  and  J.  VVichser  were  the  advisory  council.  A  Sunday-schooi 
was  organized,  and  other  lines  of  church  work  were  taken  up      In 

t^mhe^r.   "  "'■?'  °"""*^^'  *"^  ^'^^^"  -"^  baptized      In'sep 
tember  three  members  were  dismissed  to  aid  in  oreanizinir  a  q^w^ 

nav.an  church;  and  in  April,  ,887.  three  more  were  dimlsed ^Xlo 
orgamze  a  church  on  Bertrand  Prairie,  several  miles  d  sUn      B^o^h  f 

a  SisTUd  ".aM'  r^'-     "^  '/'  "^^^  ^  VVinebrennarian  te, 
a  Baptist,  and     .lally  became  an   Adventist  and   Soulsleeoer      Our 
people  thought  best  to  let  him  keep  on  floating.     The  churc^i  wen 
nto  the  Northwestern  Association  a.  a  constitiienc  member     It  5id 

?s.37t?:^;:ttrnci.'"  '^  --^^  --  --  --^  ^-^  '^^ 

XXXII 

Lewisville   Church    (1885) 

Clark?  rotTy\v.':J''f''  ''^"'  '*^'^^""  ""'^^  ^^^'  «^  Vancouver. 
.n^P  «  ^•^'  ^'j^-  ^'  '''^^  organized  by  Revs.  J.  I.  Clarkland 
Sarke  b^H  ^"■'''''  °':!°'"  ^^  '^>  with  seven  members  Brohr 
seA.ed  «  ?"  ^'"""^'"^^  '"  '^'  neighborhood  for  two  vears  and 
served  as  pastor  for  a  year  longer.     Brother  Rowland    t   mc;,beV 

StTe  chal,%'''"l'  \'  "^.^  °'  '  •'""'^^^^  dollars,  making  a  tug 
l.ttle  cjiapel  for  church  services.    Brother  Clarke  resigned,  and  Re^^ 


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from  the  minutes.  '  ^''^  '^"^"^  ^«^*=^'"ed  and  was  stricken 

XXXIII 
Avon  Church  (1885) 

orJi^::'i.'''oZiT'£!%^^^^  -'i  was 

exclusively  of  members  converted  fn^*'""  J*  '^°""^'*^**  ^'^o^t 
Brown.  It  was  receivedTnto  fl.  A  ™"^'"^  ''^'^  "^^  R^v.  J.  N. 
1887.  *°  '•'^  Association,  but  was  disbanded  in 

XXXIV 
Salkun  Church  (1886) 

Tole?o.^fw?s'oSaSeJ'^S':-^'^^\^''°"^  ^'^^'^^  -"«  above 
February  .,,  iSS^anTwas  adm  L^^nt'^h  '"p  ^'"  ^-  ^-  '^'--' 
ation  in  June  of  the  same  ywr  firoi  *\'  ^"^"*  S"""*!  Associ- 
church,  and  there  were  Tccas'onal  hw  ^^^''^  ^"''''^''^  '°  ^he 
studies  in  the  East.  After  Rev  I  Phin^  ^j  ""'"  ^^  '«"  ^^^  his 
a  time.  Rev.  B.  H.  Phil  ol  from  V      ■  ?'  ''^'^  '"PP"^''  ^he  church  for 

A  union  Sunday.cho  fc  Tstll""h:"  *^t''' .*° '''^  P^^ 
twenty-one.     There  are  no  avaiSw.  '/.     ."'^"'^"h.p  increased  to 
report  being  by  letter,  InTsS!"  ^"^  ^^'^'  y'"''  '^e  last 

XXXV 

DuwAMisH  Church  (1886) 

D.  J.  Pierce,  pastor  of  Se  Settle  Krv.  '"'u  '^•"•°"  "^^  ^^v. 
them  on  Sunday  afternoons  o^ce  eaS  Inth"  R  ?'  '^'"'''''^  ^°^ 
and  afterward  organized  the  nSJ^mlr  A  u"^  ''^P*'""^  several, 
was  started  and  maintained  for  seTe^.T  ^'""''t-  ^  Sunday-schoo 
was  built,  but  in  subsequent  years  it  w^'/'  f-'^  '  ""'  ''""^^ 
growing  population;  the  housrwas  Jv/n  t^v  T'c-''"''^  ^"'^  '^' 
who  had  given  the  land,  and  the  work^^Sd  f  r8^.^"''^  ^'*^''^"' 

XXXVI 
Mauerman  Prairie  Church  (1886) 

1886.    Brother  Lewis  reraainerf  V^cf     ^.-i  7'  •'^-  ^-  ^^'s.  May  23, 

George  Hardwick  succeeded  him     Th"'i  ^^u"  "'»•  ^^7.  when  Rev! 

Puget    Sound   Association    and    bJI.w'^^?'. '^™«^^  '«  the 

anon,    and    Brother    Hardwick    continued    the 


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pastorate,  reporting  to  the  Association  in  1888  increasing  spiritual 
interest.  Brother  Hardwick  was  still  pastor  in  1889,  and  prospects 
were  reported  bright.    No  further  data  are  available. 

XXXVII 

Rankin  (1886) 

Located  in  Lewis  County,  about  ten  miles  \ve=t  of  Napavine,  on 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railway,  organized  with  five  members  by  Rev 
AI.  M.  Lewis.  June  10,  1886.  The  church  came  into  the  Puget  Sound 
and  British  Columbia  Association  in  June.  In  November,  1887,  it 
reported  as  extinct  from  removals. 

XXXVIII 
Whatcom.  Scandin.avian  (1886) 
It  is  located  at  Whatcom,  Whatcom  County.  It  was  organized 
with  SIX  members  by  Rev.  Knut  Nelson,  in  July,  1886,  but  had  no 
pastor  for  seme  time.  It  was  visited  occasionally  by  Brother  Nelson. 
It  was  represented  in  the  Scandinavian  Conference.  It  had  a  flour- 
ishing Sunday-school.    Pastor,  Rev.  August  Nelson. 

XXXIX 

La  Center.  Scandinavian  (1886) 
It  was  located  at  La  Center,  Clarke  County.  It  was  organized 
with  four  members  by  Rev.  N.  Hayland,  August  15,  1886.  It  had  a 
good  Sunday-school,  and  was  prospering.  It  had  no  pastor,  but  had 
occasional  visits  from  the  Scandinavian  pastor  at  Portland.  It  was 
not  represented  at  any  Association.  This  was  an  important  point 
for  labor  among  Scandinavians,  as  there  was  a  large  settlement  of 

*  o  o  '"  1^1^  '''''^''*^  •  ^^''-  ^^'-  ^-  ^'-  Jan^es  visited  this  section  in 
1878.  and  Rev.  G.  Liljeroth  in  1883,  and  both  speak  of  the  field  as  a 
very  important  one,  even  then. 

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Dakota  Creek.  Scandinavian  (1886) 
It  was  located  in  Whatcom  County,  about  ten  miles  east  of 
blame,  and  was  organized  with  six  members  by  Rev.  Knut  Nelson 
August  21,  1886.  It  had  no  regular  pastor,  but  sustained  services  as 
often  as  possible.  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  1887 
In  1883  the  members  were  exulting  in  the  Spirit  and  dwelling  in 
unity  They  were  increasing  a  little.  They  had  no  settled  pastor 
but  Bro.  K.  Nelson  preached  for  them  occasionally.  In  1889  the 
church  helped  to  organize  the  Northwestern  Association,  but  after- 
ward went  into  the  Scandinavian   Conference. 


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'^"^  Houghton  Church  fjsa/i^ 
Was  Jocated  five  miles  from  Seattl.  u  ^ 

•ngton.    It  was  organized^il  «!  '    "  '^  "^^'  ^'^e  of  Lake  Wash 
November  i8   1886     r!  .u      i^  ^^^  members  by  Rev   A    R    of 

XLII 

W»«  •     ^"'  KiRKLA.VD  First  Church    (,8on 

Was  organized  by  the  Rev   A    R    n     ,  ^^ 

posed  of  the  members  of  ihe 'fo^erS-    ^u    ""'"'^^^^^9  was  com- 

Slc'rai:  .^rs„r^  rT£p4  ":^"arf:.s- 

the  church.  Judge  Greene   re.mt^ntH^TP'''^  ^^^^  ^^^eeded  to 
^,n^^T^'^^'°"  Society  doS  1.0  LT''!^  «f  about  $,.000. 
$300.  to  be  paid  back  in  aLua"    nstalm^e„ ts  "'t^'^";;''''  ""^  '"^"^  't 
from  a  nnss.on  or  outstation  of  the  Seattle  IVnT^  ^'"^  ^'•°«-" 
J"V'"PP''^d  with  preaching  by  Rev    D         p'"'  ^^'''''^'  ^"^  ^^^ 
Banks;  then  for  several  years  bvpl      J' J'^'"^  *"d  R^v.  A.  B 
pastor;  again  by  Rev.  D.  J  P  erce  for  I"  f  '  ^^  ^''^'^"'^^'  M-  D.,  as 
Rev.  J.  C.  Baker  in   x^  and  i  J?    JT  T"'^'  '"  '^99;  and  by 
property   for   the  churcr   It   enS-.'d   th^  '  was  recovering  the 
new  courage  and  life.  "'^   ^^^   twentieth   century   with 

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Bertrand  Prairie  Church  (1887) 

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It  is  ,   "^rr^""'  '''■""•'  ''"^  ^"^«-  ('887) 
It  IS  located  at  Vancouvpr    ^^a  ^      ^f 

member,  by  Rev.  A.  B    Sk     eel„7"-  "'^"'"^  "»l'  """een 
..me,  V.„„.e.  p,,„,  ..'J,  i.^.'ct,a?"^,?„7,l;;  SLTIS 


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Society  $500.  In  October  Brother  Daniels  resigned,  and  Rev  P  H 
Harper  followed,  with  $150  from  Vancouver,  $100  from  La  Camas 
and  $300  from  the  society,  a  part  of  his  time  to  be  givTn  to  outTde 
missionary  work.    A  Sunday-school  had  been  organifed  at  th.  same 

?he  Slh    "''T-  T'^  '  '):°™^"'^  ^•"•°"  Society  in  March,    S 
The  church  purchased  two  building  lots,  elected  trustees    and  was 
yorated      It  joined  the   Columbia  R.ver  Association  ^  June 
1889. .  Rev   James  Cairns  succeeded  Brother  Harper  as  oastor     At 
this  time  the  church  had  twOve  members,  and  had  paid  $sc^  for  h 
ost'  T/o£VrT\  ''  »'""V^ --ting-house  which,  whh  the  lo 
cost  $4,000,   the  whole   sum   bemg  provided   for.     This   was  more 
nioney  than  the  entire  membership  possessed  at  that  time.    Tn  M^rch 
1891,  a  mission  was  established  at  Ridgefield  or  Lake  River  seventeen 

BrXrr  ^.^""u'"''''   ^"^   ^^^   ^^""'^^   '^"•"<^   self-supporting, 

f J.  A  T'  '^V^-'  ^''*  ^"'■'^  ^'  threescore  and  eight  years  of 
age.    A  sickness  of  six  months'  duration  followed,  and  much  of  the 

^r.^^'S^t^TZ  ^ir  .rt^t  ^Zd^: 

vocation.  It  had  a  hundred  and  eleven  members,  eleven  of  them 
having  been  added  by  baptism.  Brother  Cairns  resided  the  pastoS 
Rev   wT    t'  r"""*  '"Snohomish,  and  was  succeeded,  in  ,893,  by 

recordY'the  S"of  T''  '^'""'  "^^  P^°^P^""»  '"  '«94.  though  i^ 
records  the  death  of  two  promment  young  men.     Brother  Jenkins 

was  regarded  as  a  competent  man  to  follow  Brother  Cairns  anTwas 

hi'f^fe^c'red'h'^  '"  '"''""  '"  '""^  •"•"■^^^y-     ThTstkness'o 
nis  wiie  caused  his  resignation. 

in  iST"  ^nrnlZ  ^"'■°"  f"c^,«eded  Brother  Jenkins  in  the  pastorate 
u    Tu  Pl°^^"  Carroll  believed  in  pruning   (John   is -2)      The 

church  had  lost  largely  by  removal  and  "  severely  pruned,"  reducing 
he  membership  to  seventy-four;  but  the  report%hows  a  "puttTg 

forth  of  new  growth."     He  left  the  pastoratrin  1897. 

ihe  church  had  been  six  months  without  a  pastor,  when    in 

comne«;;^?^'  ^''-  ^•-  ^^  ^^"^°"  "^^  ""^^'^    The  ^church  had  be  ^ 
JnSSl  .T^'    Its    building   at   quite    an    expense.      Brother 

Johnson  was  still  pastor  m  1900,  when  the  church  reported  a  year  of 
the  divine  blessing  and  all  departments  active. 

XLV 
Toledo  Baptist  Church   (1887) 
This  church  is  located  at  Toledo,  Wash.,  at  the  head  of  steamboat 

with  three  members  on  April  22,  1887,  by  Revs.  M.  M.  Lewis  Ind  W. 
£..  M.  James.    There  were,  at  the  time,  about  twenty  Baptists  in  the 


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neighborhood.    The  chumu 

sociatfon  in  June  o?  tt    L^Lf  l^^'^^f '"^  '"^  ^"^^'  Sound  As- 

-orning.  often^ravel"gten^' j;Lr>  ^°  "'^  -hooron'Sonda^ 
l>e'ng  new.  there  was  veJmZ  d  l/.v  '"°'''  °"  ^°°'-  The  country 
at  all.  and  the  people  werTJ.H  .^     f*""^'  ^"^  at  many  places  „r!n^ 

h^J  f  •  5"  '''°"«''*  that  thisTa  fust  thJT^-'''  ^'  '■"  ""■«  <=ase  "t 
had  something  to  go  back  for  anH  i  »  ^  ''""«^  ^^  ^o.  for  then  he 
bers  working  up  an  interest  7n?he  pT"  ''""  ''«  ^ad  the  mem! 
found  that  they  had   succeeded      nfT,"'  '^'"''^'  ^"^  ^e  always 

s'sters    had   united   since   the   orJ„-    .^      t°   ''^   admitted.     Two 
«.m.ted  to  three  families     One  ofS  tf  r'  •'"'5''"^   «^^   '"^'"bers 
thev  h;h  °*'l'"  ^^^^  '■"  ''■•"■•ted  c°  ci^„'3\^^„^°"«'^|fd  of  a  poor  widow 
they  did  not  intend  to  die  thev  ^l„    ^         ^'  ^''^'  as  they  said  that 
Going  home,  they  starteVa'UscWpt^'S'H  ';!:"^  ^'^'^-^  f°"°- 
One  brother  cut  the  logs,  hauled  th/mV^u      '?"'''^  ^  meeting-house 
sawed  on  shares.     Thf  house  w«        ?  ^^^  '"'"'  ^"^^  had  the  luXr 
owed;  and  collections  and  cash  Lh"°'?''  '  ^'°"°"^  revU7f^ 
for  doors,  windows,  nails,  etc     Mor"e2  ^"^  '^^^"^-^  *o  pay 

for  floor,  ceiling,  etc  •  and  Vh«T      ^^er  was  obtained,  as  befor; 
and  without  asl^ig^:^  Jrl^t^de"  ''''  ^^'""'^^^^  wiih^ut'^dS:: 

me  ioledo  Church    in  rSfls 
Lewis  had  gone  back  to'chica^'tosT'f  T  P^^'*""'  ^'"<=e  Brother 
a  house  of  worship,  twenSfeV?°°  '"  ''"'  '^^  ^^^urch  had  bu't 

l7T^''i  -d^  missi?n7chS,T  '^  '°^^>''  ''»''  t-  -embersr'a 
■■^n  1009  -Rev    A    A    VW't-u 

reported  in  a  prosperous 'co^itn     ^^'^,■.1"'^  ^^e  church  was 
two  mission  .ctations,  one  at  CowL  P?.?.-'  ^''}^"'  ^ad  esiablished 

th.  w"rK'„^'dy,^*f;  "'*•"  ™  '"<"■■  1>«  the  hard  „„,e,  „,j. 


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»*n  ^^^  '"^"^  '^  "°  record;  but,  in  1893,  we  find  Rev.  M.  W. 
Miller  as  pasior.  The  church  had  lost  many  of  its  members  to  or- 
ganize other  churches,  but  had  been  greatly  blessed  in  a  series  of 
meetings  in  which  the  pastor  had  been  aided  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Marston. 
The  members  fitted  up  the  church  and  finished  paying  for  it.  Brother 
Miller's  pastorate  continued  in  1894,  and  he  reported  all  the  resident 
members  faithful  in  attending  all  the  services  of  the  church,  .which 
then  numbered  twenty-five  members.  When  Pastor  Miller  resigned, 
Bro.  M.  E.  Edney,  a  member  of  the  church,  was  chosen  as  his  suc- 
cessor, and  was  ordained  on  September  5,  1895,  by  a  council  of 
which  Rev.  R.  McKillop,  of  Centralia,  was  chairman,  and  G.  W. 
Denny  was  clerk;  Rev.  M.  W.  Miller  and  Dea.  W.  P.  Miller,  of 
Winlock,  were  also  present.  Brother  McKillop  preached  the  sermon. 
Bro.  M.  W.  Miller  gave  the  charge  to  the  church,  and  Rev.  M.  E, 
Edney  pronounced  the  benediction.  Brother  Ednev  continued  his 
pastorate  for  a  year  or  more,  but  we  have  no  further  "data. 

XLVI 

Lynden  Church  (1887) 

It  was  located  at  Lynden.  Whatcom  County,  and  was  organized 
in  October,  1887,  by  \ev.  S.  Hilton.  Brother  Hilton  lived  near, 
and  was  an  earnest  pr.  icher  and  a  live  Sunday-school  worker.  The 
church  was  received  into  the  Northwestern  Association  in  1889;  but 
when  Brother  Hilton  became  a  Universalist,  the  church  dwinuied,  and 
It  was  finally  disbanded  in  1891. 


XLVII 

Tacoma  Central  Church  (1887) 

It  was  located  on  I  Street,  between  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth, 
and  was  the  outgrowth  of  a  difficulty  in  the  First  Church,  which 
resulted  in  the  exclusion  of  some  members.  They,  with  some  of  their 
friends,  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  W.  H.  Stegar,  organized  the 
Central  Baptist  Church  of  Tacoma,  with  twenty-one  members,  on 
June  10,  1887.  Mr.  Stegar  preached  for  the  church  until  January, 
1888.  In  April  Rev.  G.  B.  Douglass,  of  Prineville,  Ore.,  was  called 
to  the  pastorate  on  a  salary  of  $1,200  a  year.  He  served  the  church 
until  November.  When  he  left,  the  church  held  a  meeting,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1889,  and  voted  to  disband  and  unite  with  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Tacoma. 


I -.a.. 


XLVIII 

Vashon  Church  (1887) 

It  is  located  on  Vashon  Island,  and  was  organized  by  Rev.  A.  B. 
Banks,  general  missionary,  June  5.  1887.    A  Sundav-school  was  also 


.'..^•^ak     .v^'iw     w 


'm 


200     ,Ap„si  y 

"*"-d.    B™,„Ba„.  ^"^  ^°«"  '-«c  CO.ST 

church  ,„r;J;';™  7»  2"=<i  »  .t  % 's;"j"  sep«™J; 

■!»o,  when  we  S  ,i°  "S^  ""  '^rch  h.dfwl.t      "'"■>  ">= 

XLIX 
If  •  ^ViNLocK  Church  08861 

Brother  Lewis  hL  '""''"^-house.  !„  the  n7„  •  '  ""^Po^ing 
and  now  he  was  olr''"''^  '^'  «"'  Bap  fst  s^^/r"'  ^eptembef 
from  seven  t-Tf    °''''^Py'^e  a  section  of  cm.n!.      •    °"  '"  ^inlock; 

The  fieS  ?        f "''  councif       '^^  ^^  ^^"''^  ^^  W.  E.  S 

^-  Banks  says  of  him:  '^    '°"'-     ^"  January,  1887, 

«-SH&^^^^'S^^S^«^^"^'^  'f^  with  success 
years  old.    On  March  28  18^  ^^  '^°"  baptized  was"'"     '"""^  *^"' 

of   1887  BrotherTewL^,^"^  '^"'^^  >"   diCSt  seS'"'"r'^  *"  P'ant' 
Park,  near  Chicago.'"^''   ^'^"*   *««   to  continue  his   studfes  I?  JJor^J 


CHURCHES   OF   THE    NORTHWEST  2OI 

to  the  pastorate   and  in  i8m   r»      aV    .    x--*;?^-  "*^''^"  ^^^  "lied 

for  every  neeriisIerB^llr  TuTu''"^'  '"''^  S''^"  ^"ffi^'^nt 
had  closed  her  work  In  ^nr  1  '  ""l^^^^^^^  ^"PPlying  the  church, 
the  fall  Rt'"  .T'it^lsTstcr.  ^'^  ''''''  °^  "'^  ^''"^^''-    ^" 


Dog  Fish  Bay  Scandinavian  Church  (1888) 

r^^medpfosperous"^-  "-""  ""  ""^"^  '"  '^''  ^^  ^"^  '=»'"-h  was 

LI 

Orting  Central  Church  (1888) 

This  church  was  located  at  Ortine    Pierrp  rn,,n»„      ti,-     • 


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BAPTIST   UliTOY  OF   THF    vr.o^„ 

THE   NORTH   PACIFIC   COAST 


Wi.lL"S.r;eS.g':T;L^^^^^^^^  '•"  '«9i.  under  Pastor 

seven  enrolled  in  the  sSay-So,     ^,^^  twenty-one  and  fo  ty- 
Sound  Association,  in  i8qi   thet,^?     •  ""  '""""»  "^  '^e  Pueet 

A.  B.  Banks.  D.  D..  u  as  adopted  .'"^  '■"°'"''°"'  '"^^'^<^  "yX 

LII 
W'lLLAPA  Church  (1888) 

organizeTby  S'*^;.  U'icIser^and^'T'u^S:""'^'    ^^^f"-   and    was 
was  admitted  to  the  Puget  Sou  ".  Ail-^"*^  '"  "'^  **"  "^  ^888     I 

F- WiSaif^n  r-xlH--    -  ^^  =^/^^ 

better  times.     The  church  repor'ts^^ven"'  'V''''"^  forwa^rd  to 
record  of  this  church.  ^  ^'''''"  ""embers;  this  closes  our 

LIII 
Almira  Church  (1888) 
Under  date  of  :89.  we  find  the  following  record- 

Mound   ro^wf/J.^'"K'''.e  "^w  pastor.  Rev   D    VV    Mv""^  \°  "T"'^  ""^h 
of  the  self-supportinl  kind      T^^  ?"'"  *"».    The  church  win  h    ^'* 

w.  w  „„  ,„„,  „,  „,  ^,„,^^  ^^^^^  ^^^  J^<=-«- 


m  m:"ji- 


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Lynden  Swedish  Church 


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Organized  July   14.  ,888,  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Douglass,   witli  eight 

members    at  Lynden    Whatcom  County.     The  church  was  received 

into  the  Northwest  Association  in  June.  1889.  There  arc  no  further 
data. 

LV 

Kent  Church   (1889) 
It  is  located  at  Kent.  King  County.     From  the  first,  a  portion 
of  the  members  of  the  White  River  Church  lived  in  this  vicinity 
and  some  had  advised  the  removal  of  the  meeting-house,  which  was 
but  three  ""les  away   to  Kent.    Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  finding  this  con- 
dition, visited  the  White  River  Church,  and  secured  the  friendly  dis- 
mission of  four  members  to  organize  a  church  at  Kent.     Securing 
four  others,  Brother  Pierce  organized  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Kent,  April  14,  1889.  with  eight  members;  and  the  church  was  ad- 
mitted  into   the   Northwestern    Association   in   June   of   that   year 
Brother  Pierce  supplied  the  church  once  a  month.    A  lot  was  secured 
and  a  house  was  enclosed  by   December,    1889.   which   was  rented 
for  six  months  for  a  public  school.     After  this  it  was  finished  and 
dedicated  June  22,  1890,  at  a  cost  of  $1,400.     In  the  early  spring 
Kev.  G.  N.  Annes  was  chosen  pastor.     He  was  well  received    the 
congregations  were  large,  the  members  increased  in   numbers  and 
influence,  and  the  Sunday-school  had  a  hundred  persons  in  attend- 
ance.   In  1891  the  church  reported  itself  free  of  debt,  and  valued  its 
property  at  $2,500.     The  house   had   been   furnished.     The  Home 
Mission   Society  had  aided  the  building  fund  by  a  loan  of  $300 
and  had  given  generously  in  support  of  the  pastor.     In   1892  the 
church  was  visited  with  a  revival  blessing.    Through  the  labors  of 
Kevs.  L.  L.  Wood  and  Thomas  Baldwin,  many  were  saved  and  blessed 
1  he  membership  increased  from  forty-two  to  sixty,  and  fourteen  were 
baptized  into  the  church.    Brother  Annes  remained  pastor  until  the 
summer  of  1892,  when  he  was  recovering  from  a  long  and  painful 
Illness.    He  was  one  of  our  most  valuable  and  most  successful  mis- 
sionaries.    He  preached  at  Kent  on  Sunday  evening,  and  at  White 
River  m  the  morning.    In  October  the  Kent  church  was  pastorless- 
but,  on  December  23,  a  council  met  with  the  church  to  consider  the 
propriety  of  setting  apart  to  the  ministry  Bro.  F.  F.  Whitcomb   the 
pastor-elect.     Four  churches  were  represented  by  delegates.     Rev 
M.  L.  Rugg  was  elected  moderator  and  Deacon  Smith  clerk.     The 
examination  was  thorough  and  the  candidate's  statements  were  very 
clear.     Brother  Whitcomb  was  still  pastor  in  the  summer  of  1893- 
but  m  October  the  church  was  again   without  a  pastor;   in  June' 
1894,   Rev.   William  H.   Brown    was   pastor,   and   in  October   Rev' 
J.  H.  Woodley. 


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wme  year,  the  membership  incre'tl  ^  ^^  '""  ''"'  '«'"^«^  '^e 
membership  had  declined  to  fifty  fil!?  '°  "^,«^"'y-four.  I„  ,900  the 
ment  was  eighty-five.  "'^■'*^"'  *"^  '^e  Sunday-school  cnrol- 

Pastor  Woodlev  wn«  ar.  ^ 
preacher  and  an  excellent  n.  »""''  ^''""'■"*''  ^'"dy  man    -,   „on,l 
»-.;oved   by   his   peop7e''"He  td'  Tm'.'  ^"^  communi  y'anu 
with  preachers'  heads  on  their  shouwir       » 'P""''*   «"^    '^vo    b^ys 
alte^ate  Sundays  only,  thus  diS'  4  S^  "'''l'''^  '^^  Kent  o'n 

the  tiJr""*?'  f^"'  fi^'^«"  nJle  Lay  In  th*'""  °"^"^''urch  at 
the  Sunday-school  took  up  a  little  m^r.V^'  ■  ^'"'  Pastor's  absence 
Bapt,st  Young  People's  U^fon  a  litTe  n,orT' '".?'  "'°"""«-  ^"^  the 
Brother  and  Sister  Woodley  were  «!  «  '"  "''=  «^'="i"?-     In  1900 

Ontario,  after  a  long  pX'     ^^^^"if  ^  *'"-"'"'^«=d  vacation^ 

«.d  yielded  an  addedlsSrylThfp^  abiding  result^ 

tented  service.    He  resigned  SeDtemilr      u  °'  consecrated  and  con- 

LVI 

Thi,    K  ^'u""  ^"''"""  ®^"^"  <^«^«CH  (,880) 
Jf  the  S^^t^^^^^^^^  At  a  meeting 

band  for  the  purpose  of  for^inl  two  rh„  ;.  ®^;."  ^"  ^°'ed  to  dis- 
were:  First,  the  dissimilar^  ff  Ztn.  '  ^''/ "^''^ns  assigned 
Norwegians,  making  it  diffic4  for  thei^"**^".°^  the  Swedes  and 
work   together;   a„5   secoTdly    1  i„rn      ""'"">' *°  P''^^"^"'*  the 

.worship  and  the  possibility  of  an  ,H^^^"''""   °^   '''"   ''^"se   of 
other  property  more  des  rah?/  *" '*^^»"tageous  sale  and  purchiwe  of 

S'^.^^S'^^  betweet'thftwo  c^u'rc^h^ ?h- °1  ^"^  ^^'=  --"    ^ 
Swedish  Baptist  Church  of  Seattle  w«  ?"  ^*^j"«^  «>«»  done,  the 
w  th  forty-one  members    and  cam!     f    °''^*"'«d  April  22.   x88o 
ation  in  June.    Rev.  F.  O    NelsoT J"'°  u^'  Northwestern  AssS 
society   and    a    Sundav-schr^I  ^'  ''''°'^"  P^'^'o'"-     A  women's 

church  had  bought  :tttd"'e;:;rbuSr    ^'    '"   J"-  "« 
was  dedicated  December  27,  j^"  t„ '^"^  «  meetmg-house.  which 

dismissmn    from   the   NorthwSn    A       ^'  '^'  *''«  <=hurch  asked 
Swedish  Conference.    Rev.  A    W^^Ba^kTu^nT'""    ''  ""'^^   ^''^    ^he 
the  church  was  prospering    Brnth;,  ifr  ,       1  "^^^  P^^tor  in  1801.  and 
.       Rev  A.  W.VkShadTen  vS?.  ^'t  ''''^"^  '"  A?n 
".October,  X89.,  as  paster   fn^twentv  h^H  ?"'■'^^°""«""'°«hs 

constantly  changing:  but  th^.f^  JrwE^tore^^K^^^^^ 


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noWy  financially.    There  was  a  Sunday-school  of  sixty-nine  enrolled 
with  August  Lovegren  as  superintendent,  a  women's  mission  circle 
and  an  aid  society  which  raised  $200.     In  fourteen  months  a  youne 
people  s  society  of  forty-two  members,  a  mission  school  at  Fremont 
and  a  mission  station  at  Fremont  and  Shantytown.    The  church  wor^ 
shipcd   in  a  neat  meeting-house,  and  in  the  basement   was  a  good 
prayer-mceting    room,    where    the    young    people    could    hold    their 
bunday  evening  meeting  before  preaching  service.    The  young  people 
were  supporting  a  native  preacher  in  Burma.     In   1893  there  were 
twelve   baptisms   and   six  other   additions,   but   thirty-three   left   the 
church,  leaving  one  hundred  and  two  members;  but  the  Sunday-school 
enrolment  increased  to  eighty.     Rev.   August  Olson   was  pastor  in 
1893-1894;    but,    in    1895.    Rev.    A.    Swartz    became    pastor.      From 
December.  1894,  until  the  following  August,  the  church  was  pastor- 
less,   when   Brother  Olson  went  to  Spokane.     Pastor  Swartz  came 
from  Big  Springs.  S.  Dak.,  the  same  church  from   which   Rev    -\ 
Johnson  came,  and  was  regarded  as  one  of  our  best  Swedish  pastors 
That  church  thought  it  had  furnislied  W^ashington  enough  preachers 
Brother   .Swartz   served   the   Seattle  church   from   August.    1895    to 
1898,  inclusive.     In  1895  the  church  had  one  hundred  and  ten  mem- 
bers  and   thirty-five   enrolled   in   the   Sunday-school;   and,   in    1898 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  and  sixty-one  enrolled  in  the  Sunday- 
school.     The  church  bought  new  property  and  a  parsonage.     There 
had  been  a  growing  conviction  that  a  larger  service  for  the  Master 
could  be  rendered  if  a  more  central  location  could  be  secured.     An 
opportunity  was  offered  to  secure  a  favorably  located  edifice,  a  par- 
sonage,  and  a  three-story  tenement  house,   at  one-third   its   former 
valuation.     .\  substantial  payment  was  made  on  the  purchase  price 
several  hundred  dollars  was  expended  in  repairs,  and  on  August  2\ 
1898,  the  church  dedicated  its  attractive  edifice  to  the  Lord.     Three 
thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  remained  to  be  contributed,  but  the 
members   were   willing  to   make   the  needed   sacrifices,   and    results 
justified  the  forward  movement,  which  was  a  fitting  climax  to  the 
pasiorate  of  Brother  Swartz,  and  showed  the  wisdom  of  pastor  and 
people.     Rev.  L.  W.  Linden  succeeded  Brother  Swartz  in  the  pas- 
torate, and  in  1900  there  were  one  hundred  and  forty  church-members 
and  seventy-five  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school. 


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LVII 

Se.\ttle  Norwegian-Danish  Church  (1889) 

It  is  located  on  Sixth  and  Virginia  Streets.  It  was  organized 
April  22,  1889,  with  forty-six  members  from  the  disbanded  Scandi- 
navian church  of  Seattle.  The  church  at  once  established  a  Sunday- 
school  and  a  women's  mission  society,  bought  a  lot  costing  $1,900 
and  began  building  a  meeting-house.  Rev.  Knut  Nelson  was  the 
pastor,  and  his  work  was  an  almost  continuous  revival.    The  house 


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^      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    Nn»x 
"•»   two   sturtes       h 

resigned  to  iro  fo  «:.w.l        ^'°-      ^"    April     i8n,     d      .  '  *"**  **'«» 

the  Scandinavian  wS*"'\^'"«  ''^  had  ilen^erv  n  ""'''    ^'^'»°" 
<o  that  cause    r,n?.,°"  '''"  ^'orthwest  cS    hif  P"  """^"^  '"  all 

man,  and  lar^e  h       '  *''"''•     ^''"'her  Mclbv  is^         "?  '""  leratcr, 

R«v-  C.  W   F^nw...  "''  ="^  «*  being  witho  t  1       '^""'^  '°  ^^^ 

to  succeerl  R-^.L  U.  ^«rson  was  callp^^i  *-^  ^  *"'ueu  at  $6,000. 
ning  The  na^to '  r  J"""'"-  ^"  '896  Re  n T  ^"*'''^"".  Mich.. 
TheV wer'e  Sv    "'  ''"'^  '^''"^^h^ith  that  o/'th""""  ^^^  """"' 

at  $s.ooi       Sunday-school  enrolment  of  fiftX  fnd  ?''-"'°"'-  •"'"'" 

■*      ^'  ^"^  property  valued 

LVIII 
i>EATTi.E,  Market  Street  r.. 
It   i"    located   on    M  •  ''""'  ^'889) 

Sunday  in  March    188,    T  m  ^  ^^^'^'^    Streets      On    ^^ 
Dea.  Charle*   aa  ^'  *^^  Market  Street  Mic  •  "    '''^    ^«cond 

church  prXls?'  '"'^  '"■*  'I'^voted  w"e  Sh",.''''  established. 

-ore   th'an   teThius:"'"'  'I'  '"^^"»''«^  "'gmnTn's     Th"''^'"  ""^"^ 
April  24,  ,8&,   .     K      J"    '^^   section    where  "r  f"""  '^'^^^  ""t 

R  Whiuker  w"  D  /'^-  "'  ^'^''^  "members  ,\s  J?'  •  ^V'"^-  O" 
the  Northwestern  ^'  ^"'V'^"-  and  D.  J.  PiercrL^  ^  "t"^  ''>'  R*^vs. 
thirty  by  fortv  JL  '^'^t'O"-  A  fine  lot  was'  cc^'^i  "^""^  '^  i°'"*^ 
Rev  I   W   irj'**'  ^«  "ected  at  a  cost  Tf  l^^'^lk^"^  «  chapel. 

-as  growi„g"to  IT '.'t'  T  ''''  P^"-'-  ^Ktit^e"  JI"?"''^" ' 

^0"ra^-i     Atl''  '^^P^^'^ent.  ,;'"      .i/    1^^^^'"'°'^ -ere  also 

•^       Seattle,  with  a  salary 


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CHURCHES   Ol-   THE   NORTHWEST  ^OJ 

of  %2,ooo  per  annum.    Beeinnincr  with  «-i      •  ^. 

contributed  the  first  pSaT  Lr  J,^^/'*'''' r""*^"' '"^^ '^hunl, 

$^.95379.  One  hundred  an^h.?tym;mh^^\°",''K'''  """''  >"^ 
two  years.    The  benevolence  o     he  cE^^^^h  u"''.'^'"  "'''^^'l  *"  '»'« 

Sunday-school  had  grown  from  fortv  .  ''l'^'^  °"''  ^^■'^  '^ ''«= 
bers.  and  two  mission  Sundav-sch^l  '"  ''""''"^  ""'^  "^'^  '"^"'■ 
subscribed  nearly  $^.^  to  the  B,Tt*  T''  '"^''''^-  '^'"^  ^'""^^^ 
•ts  growth  was  Mir^rSe  It  is  sau  ,  \''''TT  '■"'■°"'  '^e  fir.. 
L.  Morehouse  adviJed  abandoning  the  :,'"  't  '''\  "'  '"^  ^^  "• 
Convention  Board  repeatedly  refused  ,n  ,  "  '^  *°  "'^  "'"  ^^e 

when  it  was  finally  offerS  it  wt  1/ /  '^"4^  "'*'=  ""'^  <hat. 
notable  example  of  what  a  few  faithfuJLT''"''''  -^^^  '^^"'^  '»  » 
the  leadership  of  a  sk  Iful  Tasto  ^1  I  '""^''"  ""='"''"»'  ""^er 
help.  Had  it  no.  been  or  ts7re  bsSs  t  T""^  '^7"'°P'"«  «'^- 
and  the  launch  g  of  the  "  nlLr  !,  •  ^""*'"«  °' ^^e '' •^oom.- 
Baptist  Church  would  have  ha7a  reconr/"''  '^'  ^^''^''  Street 
in  those  early  times  "°'''  ^°''  P^O'^Pcnty  unparallelcl 

and  f/raired':^?H  th:  ^S^^uSiJX^^'Hf  ^^^'^  '"'^  -^'^-'-• 
pastor  with  an  enthusiastic  mi  sionarytifr  7:iT  '''7''  1°Pf *"' 
1894.  he  was  assisted  by  the  evaneeli^^  lil  «  u^  tJ^'"'^""  °*  '^3- 
church  had  a  most  rem^arkable  „frt?;  o  fiffv  t  o  ^'T'  ^"^  *"» 
by  baptism.     This  erow»h   «„»  "-■^"'^e  01  titty-two,  m  two  months 

criticism  of  the  pastor?  wLh  led  to  hlr'^''^^  •'°"?^'^  "^  ^^^erse 
this  was  recalled  after  he  earned  of  th/°"'''''°"l'  ^"'P'^tio",  but 
culated  about  him.  Some  thirtt  Lll  "*""*',  "'"'  ''^'^  *>""  ^i^' 
church,  and  many  of  he^  united  J". hJu"  r-*°°''  '""""  ^^""^  ^he 
after  their  withdrawal  ^boufwr  J  ,'  ^"''  ^''"^^''=  *>"'  ^ven 
fellowship.  '        °"^    '^°    "^""''^^'J    remained    in    church 

bershrp^r"epo'rte^'t'o^tre  ^lI^orL^'s'te™""  aT  ''''/'^'°'''  ""^  ''"^  "'<^'"- 
and  eighty-two.  In  1895  ReV  w  T  p,r*^'"»'°"  ^^^  one  hundred 
this  church  to  the  Association  Z't  In  ulV'  """  ^  ^^'^^S^^'"  ^'^^ 
the  Association  or  to  thi  Con;ent  on  STh''''  ''?°'*'^'  ^-  >^^  »» 
hundred  and  eighty-four.  In  Oc  obei-  Ifi  pr'"?'".''^^*^^  "^"^ 
pastor,  with  a  membership  of  sevenu  fi  ?  '  f\^\r^-  ^^'"=  ^'''^ 
Society  aided  in  paying  hfs  salary      ^=  '"''  '^^  """"^  Mission 

there  were  over  seventy  members  on  "he^on.""-!  T^'^u"''  '''^''°"^'' 
gregation  were  at  their  loweJrJhh     ?    "-oil;  and  the  church  and  con 

twelve  to  twenty  pe    onsT  hfs  LSn ''''  ^'''  '"°"^''  ""^  ''^^  ^^^^ 
service  in  the  eveninp-     F.r  J    """""ng  congregation  and  held  no 

the  pulpit  without  chaVgen7;rrott^"''"  ^^''"'"  ^"PP'-^ 
-ary  and  to  missionan^ram^J;;  SfpL^^-E 


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'ncreased  slowly  but  steadilv  A„  ^°"«^':*'«^"0"s  and  contributions 
September,  and'by  the  end  o'f  tlfe  yaTt'f  ""'"  "^^  "-^^  '" 
were  some  seventy,  and  those  of  the  /v J-  '"°™'"&  congregations 
the  Sunday-school  had  an  attendance  ofT."^.  ^''""'.^'^'f  »hat,  while 
were  two  deacons  and  two  deaconesses  Lh.^i  °"'  l'"''^'"^-  ^here 
Mrs   T.  Kellogg,  and  Miss  Kate  Setf"  ^ong.  Theodore  Forby, 

AianJeV^CallTd^L:^^  ^^^^    'eft   the   field    for 

M.ss.on  Society  assisting  in  his  sun^or;  °\'''"T  f^l*°''  '^e  Home 
better  was  reported  in  June  iO(J,  Th'.  '""''"^  '^''^"^^  for  the 
bers  and  in  spiritual  life  Tw^v  [wn  J'l"  ^''''''^  ^'^  '"  "">"- 
associational  year,  eleven  by  bapt^'sm  ?hT  '  -^''^  "''''«'  '"  '^' 
tended,  and  there  was  an  averSlT;.  T  '^'■''""  ^^^re  well  at- 
eighteen  in  the  Sunday-schooY  An  h  """"^  °^  °"e  hundred  and 
healthful  growth.  ^  '    "^'^  departments  of  work  showed  a 

LIX 
Seattle,  North  Church  (1889) 

Earljt  tt;:t;th'°o7t^it;^S^Ltttl'"'^^  r  ^^^-  ^'-- 
promising  field  for  a  mission  and  'nr' •''■"'  '°°'*"'*  "P°"  ^^  ^ 
under  the  pastorate  of  Rev  d  [  pET^'^t  '""i'''^-  ^"  ^886. 
nnssion  Sunday-school  was  started '  in  v.k'"c"''  ^'"*  <^'^"^<=»''  ^ 
to  be  nearly  as  large  as  ?he  hnm.  I  ,  '"l  ^^'"'"'  ^'^'«^''  P™ved 
solid  and  influentiaf  men  t  jlZ  r'^'s  r  ''  ''^  ^°'-  '^^^^■■'  ^"'^h 
but  after  a  time  of  marked  prosSritv"  if;  ""'  '"^  '^°''^^'  ^nipe ; 
given  over  to  other  churches  '         ^^^"''^  '"^  •""'"'^"  ^^"-^ 

n-ovS^SJVafsir^Vnt^:;?  ;rs  ^^Af^^-^^'^  ^-^  ^■■«- 

name  was  familiar  to  all  Baot  sts T&.  f  ^'°"'°  "^"'  ^^^o^^ 
quently.  He  began  to  aeSe  th  °"  ^  *  '^  ^'  '"'"^  ^"^  '"^'^" 
school.    At  a  mfeSng  fn  hi    ho '-  ^  -?  '''"'■'^''  ""^  ^""^^y- 

persons  who  promised  t^  unite  in  1'  '''T'^'^'  "^"^^^  "^  t^'^'^e 
a  Baptist  church  in  No  th  Seltt le     S  T'^^^^'"^  ^ff^^-t  to  organize 
the  residence  of  Robert  Kt^pe,  tgus    J  ^SZ'■  Tf"^'  ""''^  '' 
of  the  First  Church  took  their  Ww!       a  ^'  ^^"^y-^^^  members 
North   Seattle  Church?  securin'  Re,    D    t"  P"'"  '"  °''^"^*^'"^  *•"= 
pulpit  for  six  months.    He  w"s  succeVn.^  •■^■/l"'"  ^°  '"PP'^  '^eir 
Thomas  Baldwin.     Two  lot?  ceSlv  ?  '"/;•"■"">'-  '890.  by  Rev. 
$12,000.  four  men  paying  $1  oc^e't^  ^T'^  ""'''     '^"^'^''^^^d  for 
erected  at  a  cost  ySJ^'^-T'  ^"^  ^  ''°"^«  '--^  worship  was 
When  the  churc^cfmeinTthTM.r'^'^'"^^'^  March   16.  ^ 
reported  eighty-one  membtsa^/^;!'^^^^^^^^  '"  '^^' 

people,  and  home  and  forejn  ^^ission^cirr  ^^"''''°°'-    '^^'  y°""e 
amount  contributed  that  yeaf  w™  $7  "36  52      ""'"'  °^8:anized.    The 


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In   September,    1891,   Brother  Baldwin   resigned,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded on  January  i,  1892,  by  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg.    In  1892  a  debt  of 
^,600  was  reported,  but  arrangements  for  its  payment  were  made 
that  fall.    Church  parlors  were  built,  -osting  $1,400,  and  the  accom- 
modations were  greatly  increased.     In  June.   1892,  there  were  one 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  members  in  the  church,  five  of  them  added 
by  baptism,  an  average  attendance  at  Sunday-school  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty,  and  a  young  people's  society  of  eleven  members.     The 
church  reported  that  the  work  since  the  coming  of  Birther  Rugg  had 
been  encouraging;  the  church  r'  n»  had  been  paid,  the  ladies  oi  the 
church  were  doing  noble  work  v.    .  lying  off  small  debts,  the  Sundav- 
school  was  m  good  condition,  and  with  the  assistance  of  their  excel- 
lent and  beloved  pastor,  there  was  hope  of  accrv  ipHshing  much  in  the 
future.     In  June,  1893.  the  church  had  one  hundred  and  fifty-eight 
members,  with  nineteen  additions  by  baptism,  the  Sundav-school  an 
average  attendance  of  one  hundred  and  one,  and  a  young  people's 
society   with   thirty-one   members.     In   October   the  church   greatly 
mourned  the  loss  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  M.  L.  Rugg.     A  strong  effort 
was  made  by  the  church  to  retain  him,  as  most  of  the  members  felt 
that  It  was  a  mistake  to  accept  his  resignation;  but  the  circumstances 
were  so  peculiar  as  to  make  them  feel  that  the  Lord's  hand  was  in  it 
and  they  tried  to  be  submissive  to  his  will.     The  year  and  three- 
quarters  that  Pastor  Rugg  was  with  the  church  will  long  be  remem- 
bered with  gratitude  and  love.     At  the  close  of  his  last  sermon,  he 
baptized  a  man  who  had  come  over  from  the  Methodists. 

In  June,  1894,  Rev.  C.  F.  Brownlee  was  pastor,  with  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six  members;  but  in  June,  1895,  thev  were  again 
pastorless.  In  June  and  October,  1896,  one  hundred  and  forty-four 
members  were  reported,  and  the  church  was  still  without  a  pastor 
Meantime  the  people  had  been  house-cleaning  and  making  the  inside  of 
their  buildmg  so  bright  and  pleasant  that  it  was  decided  that  the 
outside  must  be  painted  so  to  be  as  attractive  as  the  inside.  On 
September  i,  1896,  the  seventh  anniversary  was  celebrated  by  a  social 
to  raise  money  for  this  purpose.  Church-members  received  the 
following  invitation: 

For  seven  years  our  meeting-house 

Has  braved  all  kinds  of  weather; 
For  seven  ye.nrs,  within  its  courts, 

We  Baptists  met  together; 
And  now,  dear  friend,  to  celebrate 

Our  seven  years  complete, 
Please  lay  aside  your  work  and  cares, 

And  with  your  neighbors  meet; 
And  bring  an  offering  i    your  hand 

That  we,  without  restraint. 
May  make  our  dear  church  stand  out  fair 

In  a  brand-new  coat  of  paint. 


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210      BAPTiST    HISTORV   OK   THE   XORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

the  social,  which  wfria  ge^  a  te^^^^^^^^  l,'"""^^  "'°^«  P^^ent  at 

and  Cheney.    The  larger  S  o7rslTe:de5^t".aS"'  '^'^' 

On  January  2,   1807    Rev    Lnn.s    i    q  f    raised, 

pastor  of  the  s'econd  IptrsrCh^-^r^h  o^f  feter^T  y'  TT^ 
been  called  to  the  North  Seattle  Church  arrivl  in" .J^*'  "".  °  """^ 
Avas  met  at  the  train  bv  auitp  a  HpW,f-  Yu  ,  "  ^^^  '^'^y-  and 
was  given  him  the  saL'  Evening  f  he"  °h  '"'r''''"-  u^  '^^^P''°" 
Baptist  pastors  in  the  city  at  wfi.  "  '^IIk  '  '  ''  ""^'''^  '"  ^''^ 
denominations,  were  oresent  /nH  .    u     ""ghbormg  pastors  of  other 

fully  decorated  the  choTr  rendered  '"'  •  ?'  '^''"^•^'^  ^^«  '^^^"'i- 
audience  testified  to  the  geTeraii^^^^^^^  ^J   ^    '-^^ 

on  Sunday  morning,  each  oneMth!l\u  '^^^  number  present 

sage  for  him  or  he^  '''^*  '''"  P"'^°^  ^^^^^  ^  ^Pecial  mes- 

thathiad'trptsiL'^^Mt;':  ^"^TkV"""^  ^■'^  ^■^'^^  --^hs 

pulpit  on  Sundays'  thTt'onfha/ledTe'id"''"',:"  ''"'  '"^^  '''' 
the  Sunday-school  had  been  maintaineH  fh!  k  ^"^  P'^>"  '"*^<=^'"&' 

ing  quietly"  but  persistent!^  T  strenihen  thT^'v.  '''  \^  '''^"  "°^''- 
and  new  members  had  from  time  tfZ.K  "^'  "'^'  remained, 
three  of  these  receiving  the  hand  nftiu'?  "'"''''^  ''^  '«««■•. 
after  his  first  sermon  ^In  June  ^8^7  the  cT.^'h^r!?  ^''''^''  ^^^y^"" 
seventy-five  members  twentv  nf  I)  J^''  ^^'^  °"^  hundred  and 

average  attendaroVetndr^ra ^se  e^n^^t^"^^^^^^^^^^^^  ''' 

^:^''^'J::^^S£^^  "-n-^  KtprmsTe-f 

under 'pa?o:  L°T  Irwtr'^'H:'  '^'  ^  "'^^'^^^  ^^^^^  °^  P-P-'ty 
the  Convention  but  aHhe  end  of  The  fi?r"'1  ^^.  ^  ^"-"-^  of 
do  without  the  aid  altogether     t1  ''"^"■*^''  '*  ^^^  ^^^'^ed  to 

for  the  church  butl^so  for  Vh  Jr'  ""f  very  encouraging,  not  only 
of  the  P^ecedinV'rasS°f^rsottSgtt':^:^^^^  ^"  ^^^  -PPO- 

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Wright  Avenue,  Tacoma  (1889) 


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lot,  and  the  new  church  built  a  meeting-house  seating  three  hundred 
which  was  dedicated  June  i,  1890.  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  As- 
sociation in  1890.  In  March,  1891,  Brother  Squires  resigned,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  E.  Stillwell.  In  May  a  mission  was  estab- 
lished, and  Brother  Stillwell  says:  "Our  prayer  meetings  and  Sunday- 
school  are  increasing  in  interest  and  numbers.  The  prospects  for  suc- 
cess are  very  encouraging,  and  we  have  a  very  decided  interest  taken 
by  outsiders  in  our  evening  services,  which  is  very  promising"  In 
October,  1891,  Brother  Stillwell  resigned.  This  church  was  "finally 
abandoned.  The  property  was  turned  over  to  the  Home  Mission 
Society.  In  October,  1896,  Rev.  E.  M.  Bliss  was  sent  to  the  fici.l 
Finding  no  opening  to  resuscitate  the  Wright  Avenue  Church,  he 
organized  a  new  church  (the  Immanuel)  and  had  the  property  trans- 
ferred to  that  church,  an  account  of  which  appears  in  the  historv 
of  that  church.  ^ 

LXI 
DrMiNG  (1889) 
The  Deming  Baptist  Church  is  located  at  Deming,  on  the  Belling- 
ham  Bay  and  British  Columbia  Railroad.  It  was  organized  with 
seven  members  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Norris,  September  25,  1889.  Brother 
Norris  preached  for  the  church  about  a  year  when  he  removed  from 
the  county,  and  the  church  was  nearly  broken  up.  It  came  into  the 
Northwestern  Association  in  1890,  Rev.  E.  M.  Bliss  preaching  for  it 
occasionally.     No  further  data  are  at  hand. 

LXII 
Lynden  Scandinavian   Baptist  Church    (1889) 
This  church  is  located  near  Lynden.  Whatcom  County.     It  was 
organized  with  seven  members  by  Revs.  C.  R.  Cederberg  and  J.  F. 
Dorris.  November,  1889.     No  other  records  are  available. 

LXIII 
Calvary  Baptist  Ciurch  of  Tacoma.  K  Street  (1889) 
This  church  is  located  on  corner  of  K  and  Tenth  Streets.  It  was 
organized  with  seventeen  members  by  Revs.  C.  P.  Bailey,  W.  S. 
Cook,  and  D.  M.  Leath,  December  i,  1889.  Rev.  G.  B.  Douglass  was 
chosen  pastor.  Brother  Douglass  moved  to  Dayton  in  the  summer  of 
1890.  Rev.  B.  F.  Rattray  was  chosen  pastor,  and  served  the  church 
a  year.    It  came  into  the  Mount  Pleasant  Association  in  1890. 

The  Mount  Pleasant  Association  was  east  of  the  Cascade  Moun- 
tains, and  the  brethren  who  organized  the  church  were  from  the 
same  region.  Of  the  seventeen  members  whom  they  got  together, 
some  were  homeless,  others  evidently  did  not  know  where  they  were, 
and  probably  none  of  them  knew  where  they  were  poing  to  land 
until  the  leaders  tried  to  land  them  in  the  Landmark  Convention  in 
eastern  Oregon,  which  they  probably  hoped  to  reach  through  the 


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LXIV 
Th-  Beracha  Ckv^j-h    (,889) 

sooation  on  account  of  "u  DeculilHr"'''"/'^'""^"^'^''  '"  ^r  As- 
custodian  ot  the  Ballard  hurch "  '00^^^^^  -^^  .f"^.  ''"^^  ''  ^^^  the 
T^g  secured  and  held  in  t.ust  bv  X  ^'     \/"'  ^""^  ^  ''"''^'ng  be- 

church  is  now  extinct,  but  the  "^.ronen  J'  ^'^'"-  ^"^^  ^^"^''^ 
Ballard  church.  property   was  turned  over  to  the 

LXV 
CfSTER  Little  Bethel  Church   (1890) 

dale,?nd  wt^rga^ntrdltll  ^.T''  \'°"^  ^^^  -"'«  -^th  of  Fern- 

E.  M.  Bliss,  in  fnZ'ic  jTz^":;:  t'lr  ^-  ^-  ^--  -^ 

'n    1891.   reporting  theTembers   Jew  and   .h         '*"""  Association 
pursuing."    There  is  no  further  renl  f       ''l^"'°«o.   "Faint,   vet 
1895.  when  it  appears  as  the  Custe^r  i.   T  "T  '^^  "^'""'^^  ""ti' 
under  Pastor  J.  C  Saunders     In  Tune  X?'p''''\'''''^^"  '"^'"bers. 
pastor.     That  year  good  lots  wer/Tec'ure|   an^''  ^^  ^•."''''"  ""'^ 
donated  for  a  meeting-house     Brothe     "'  ^"  """^  °*  ^^^  '"'"''^'• 
at  Ferndale  and  occasionaUy  at  W       H^ "  ^'^^'^°  P^^^'^hing 
wh.ch  was  highly  appreciated  on  his  fa ;.e  field"''!   °'^  ^°°^  ^^°'-'^' 
meetings  was  held  at  Custer  bv  Rr^t^^    ^    :    ^"  '^7  a  series  of 
Proper,   the  general  miSnary      ^2       "'"''"  ""^  ^^^-  D-  D. 
two  others  said  they  would  un'te" soon  and^'nt'h   '"'''^^   ^''^  ^^P^i^""- 
'Hg  the  question  of  baptism.    Soon  S-  P    ^     ""^"''^  "^^'^  ''""^y 
work  at  Ferndale  and  Custer     rnn^'K^''"!  ^^'^^^^  '««''gned  the 
was  missionary  pastor  at  Ser   JeS.t,''"'  '.^1'  ^^^-  G-  C  King 
twenty-three  church-members  enro^LtV"?  '-'"    ^^""  ^"'"^ 

Sunday-school.  In  October,  ,Z  a  brotl""'  ^f  ''^^'y  '"  the 
after  three  vears  of  ereat  ir.1  a  r  ^"^  "^"t"  ^^om  Custer  that 
had  left  them.  Broth^er  KiS  S  aTd  '  Vt^^'""^'  ^-tor  ^ 
name  throughout  all  this  no^thwS.  '^  ^^'^  '"^'•^  J'™  a  lasting 

outside  of  the  church   as  we  larhi"!/"'  "!  ^'.'  ^'''''  ^"^  --"f 
church  reported  twent;-six  members        '      ^''"'^  "'^  ^^^"?«-     The 

LXVI 
Port  Townsend  Chi/rch  (1890) 


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June  2  1890.  by  Rev.  J^  Sunderland,  the  general  missionary,  and  Revs, 
i.  W  Read  Thomas  Baldwin,  E.  G.  Wheeler,  and  J.  A.  Benton  It 
joined  the  Convention  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  and  the  North- 
western Association  in  June  of  the  following  year,  reporting  a  good 
-Sunday-school  and  young  people's  meeting.  Rev.  I.  H  Scott  a  re- 
turned missionary  from  Japan,  being  called  to  the  pastorate,  entered 
upon  It  in  September.  1890,  and  began  a  vigorous  effort  to  organize 
me  work  His  wife  was  an  enthusiastic  co-laborer,  both  in  the 
Sunday-school  and  in  the  women's  mission  circles.  The  church  was 
embarrassed  by  having  no  house  of  worship,  but  reported  to  the 
Association  a  vigorous  Sunday-school,  women's  home  and  foreign 
mission  circle,  and  a  young  people's  society.  The  pastor  was  hope- 
ful for  the  future  of  the  church,  after  so  auspicious  a  beginning. 

Years  before  efforts  had  been  made  to  secure  lots  and  to  organize 
the  work  In  1883  the  Superintendent  of  Missions  made  a  strong  ap- 
nl  *°  the  Home  Mission  Society  to  put  a  strong  man  into  the 
4.  ,if"A-  [""i  ^^^"^  ""^"  ^  self-supporting  church  was  developed. 
At  that  time  the  few  members  we  had  in  the  town  were  held  in  high 
esteem,  and  had  the  sympathy  of  many  of  the  best  people,  with 
offers  of  aid.  both  in  securing  a  lot  and  in  erecting  a  building;  but 
we  had  neither  the  man  nor  the  means.  The  waters  were  troubled 
and  we  had  the  opportunity,  but  there  was  no  one  to  put  us  in  It 
was  no  exceptional  case  in  those  early  times,  but  this  was  a  strategic 
point,  and  should  have  been  held  by  the  Baptists  with  a  strong  himd 
m  the  early  eighties.  A  strong  man  located  at  that  time  in  this 
government  center  would  have  exerted  a  strong  influence  in  the 
Baptist  cause,  both  locally  and  abroad 

In  June.  1892,  sixteen  members  had  been  added  to  the  church 
making  a  total  of  forty-five.     The  services  were  well  attended  and 
the  current  expenses  were  met  with  promptness.    The  Sunday-school 
was  flourishing  under  the  supervision  of  the  pastor's  esteemed  wife, 
Airs.  J.  H.  Scott,  with  sixty-five  enrolled.    There  was  a  youne  peo- 
ples society  of  twenty.    The  pastor,  however,  felt  called  to  return 
to  the  mission  field  m  Japan.    Mission  work  for  the  Chinese  was  ear- 
ned on  at  Port  Townsend.  and  the  general  missionary.  Rev.  D.  D 
Proper  tells  of  his  visit  to  the  evening  school  for  these  people.    Fif- 
teen Chinese     boys  "  were  gathered  in  the  pastor's  study,  sitting  on  im- 
provised seats  of  boxes  and  boards.    Miss  Ella  Miller  was  the  teacher 
After  the  primer  lesson,  it  was  a  delightful  privilege  to  read  a  few 
verses  in  Mark  about  Jesus  casting  out  an  evil  spirit,  all  reading  in 
concert  one  word  at  a  time,  and  to  bow  with  them  in  prayer.    Nearly 
all  of  them  expressed  a  desire  to  have  the  evil  spirit  taken  out  of  their 
hearts,  all  kneeled  in  prayer,  and  one  voluntarilv  offered  prayer  in  the 
Chinese  language.    On  the  Chinese  New  Year  Mrs.  Scott  was  pre- 
sented with  a  tea  set,  and  other  teachers  aiding  in  the  work  received  a 
china  cup  and  saucer.    Several  of  the  Chinese  attended  Sunday-school 
and  preaching  ser\Mce. 


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214      BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

in  the  minutes  of  eithVA  Jcia^fon  or  r  ^^"  "°  '■'P°''  °^  ^''^  «=»""-'^h 
ary  Proper  made  two  vUUs  to  the  2Im  Tv,"!"''""-  ^^"^"'  Mission- 
after  the  Baptist  caus^Xch'had  beef  in  ;  t^L^of'T'^'^'"^ 
mation "  for  more  than  a  vear     rvT         !  °'     suspended  ani- 

and  committees  app^d  to  Took  fo7?  .  """.''"^^f  "^^^  ^^^''™«d, 
and  also  to  secure  a  "for  V.^^1  ,,  place  for  holding  services, 
$300  saved  from  former  Sorts  for  ?hU°"''-  ^"'  .'''"'*=''  '^^^  ^°"'^ 
now  be  secured  for  SZ  whicJ  two  or  tl^"'""''-  ^  «^°°^  '"^  '=°»W 
cost  $2,000.  and  a  miSghout  could  be' h',Vr''t ''''°'"'  ^°"'^  '>»^<= 
and  excellent  Baptist  peoV^:^,  detained   '  '"  ^"°  ''  ^'''-  ^°^^' 

To>^:ir:;'pt'torst^rone"'  ^'i-  ^-  °-  ^^™°--  ^^  p°« 

enrolment  of  Lrt;l:"^:'''itrr  TeT' D   ^^^EHif""'^^""'""' 
and  was  encouraged  with  the  outlook     Thl    C  •  ^  *^^  P^^^"""- 

a   meeting-house  had  been   n^r!?'^       !  '^''"'""^  ''*«  '"  to^-"  for 
appropriation  was  s«ure?Lm?h/'H     ^f  ^^"^'^^^   P^'^   f""-"     An 

church  by  bap,i™,  ^Ss  r;"»  ■„/:b:r,"'a"d',tS  '"  "" 
average  attendance  of  fortv  fi„^  •  A.  ^  .  '  ^"°  '"^^e  was  an 
and  activity  had  come    o   L  7  "?  *''  Sunday-school.     New  hope 

had  l"yr^t.TLTjlll^%f^^^^^^^  ItT  ^«^  ^^°4ll«^  Scott,  who 
never  had  any  large  ingathSs&^h^n^M  •  P"^  '=''"rch  has 

families,  who  have  alwlys  Sd  fo  hnfn  ,''."" '''"fd  with  a  few  faithful 
ago  they  built,  without  debt  a  nea?  rh°lh''^  "''"'•=''  together.  Five  years 
Brother  Ellis,  now  of  Fremont  At  n^^.n.T"'  ""i^",  '^^  leadership  of 
than  for  some  months.       We  held  a  week  of ^^^^  '"  """'^  ''°P^^"' 

Brother  Randall,  our  general  mis.ionrrv  'P^'^u'  ""eetrngs.  and  later, 

valuable  assisunce  Fwe  Xer..  h!tf°  5^'  ^^^  .with  us  five  days,  giving 
in  excellent  condiUon,  and  Ts  havS'the  laS'^"    °"'  SundayMol  if 

p.v--r:LUbX^^/L°rb:;-,^^^^^^^ 


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ing  a  net  loss  of  five  members ;  but  the  church  entered  tlie  twentieth 
century  well  organized,  harmonious,  and  out  of  debt. 

Of  the  boyhood  of  the  first  pastor  of  the  Port  Townsend  Church, 
Rev.  J.  H.  Scott,  at  the  home  of  his  parents  in  Michigan,  the  author 
has  a  very  pleasant  memory.  He  was  often  entertained  in  that  home 
when  he  came  into  the  neighborhood,  where  he  had  an  outstation. 
The  boy  was  converted  there,  and  I  shall  never  forget  the  scene  at 
his  baptism.  It  took  place  in  a  beautiful  neighboring  stream  in  a  most 
lovely  spot  just  below  a  bridge,  where  the  stream  widened  out  into  a 
placid  poo!.  Just  as  the  congregation  was  engaged  in  the  intro- 
ductory service,  big  drops  of  rain  began  falling  from  a  passing  cloud, 
each  drop  making  little  rings  of  ripples  upon  the  still  water.  I  said : 
"  I  don't  think  this  means  that  the  Lord  wants  me  to  sprinkle  the 
candidates."  Then,  suddenly,  there  came  a  heavy  clap  of  thunder,  the 
clouds  divided,  the  rain  ceased,  the  sun  threw  its  lovely  rays  upon 
the  scene;  the  water,  now  quiet  again,  was  like  a  mirror  reflecting 
every  object  surrounding  it.  A  broad  smile  was  visible  in  the 
congregation,  as  I  turned  quickly  and  said :  "  You  see  that  the  Lord 
does  not  approve  of  sprinkling.  We  shall  now  proceed  with  the 
baptism."  In  later  years  I  was  often  reminded  of  this  scene;  and  I 
recall  especially  one  occasion  when  at  the  close  of  protracted  meet- 
ings I  heard  a  Methodist  minister  give  notice:  "We  are  to  baptize 
on  next  Sunday.  If  any  of  you  want  to  be  sprinkled,  I  will  sprinkle 
you;  if  any  wish  to  be  poured,  I  will  pour  you;  and  if  any  of  you 
want  to  be  baptized,  I  will  immerse  you." 


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LXVII 
IssAQUAH  Baptist  Church 

Earlier  the  town  was  called  Cillman.  Several  efforts  had  been 
made  to  organize  a  Baptist  church  in  this  mining  town.  A  Baptist 
Sunday-school  had  been  started  at  one  time  and  furnished  with 
supplies  from  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society.  It  was 
merged  into  a  union  school  and  afterward  into  a  Methodist  school. 
There  was  quite  a  Mormon  element  in  the  town  of  the  "  gospelite  " 
element  who  reject  polygamy.  The  Methodists  had  a  small  chapel 
with  a  class  of  four  members.  The  Roman  Catholics  a  small  fol- 
lowing, with  meetings  once  each  month.  This  was  the  status  of 
this  mining  town  when  the  Baptist  church  was  organized  on  May  2, 
1890,  with  about  a  dozen  members.  It  came  into  the  Northwestern 
Association  in  June  of  the  same  year,  reporting  fourteen  member., 
with  Bro.  Wm.  Brown,  from  Kent,  supplying  them,  having  moved  1..^ 
family  to  the  place.  The  church  had  fitted  up  a  room  of  good  size 
for  use,  and  was  holding  regular  services. 

A  council  for  recognition  and  ordination  was  called  on  June 
3,  1896,  which  consisted  of  only  five  members,  on  account  of  delayed 
trains.    Two  of  these  were  ministers,  namely,  Revs.  D.  D.  Proper  and 


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BAPXZST   HISXOKV   OP   XHH    .ORTH    P.anc   COAST 


Brown  worked  the  field  successfu7v  for  ,^'  ^°?"  '"'"'^'^>'-  B'-«'ther 
to  a  mining  town  in  strikeTremova  s  etc  '  ''"I  ""'''^'0"^  incident 
come  scattered,  and  Brother  Brown  remo-l  .  l^"  '^""''^  '"  ^■ 

there  was  no  pastor  and  no  serTlI      a       '^  """"'er  field.    In  ,900 
"cure  a  lot  for  church  buSnT'butcouY.  ''I^k   ''^^  '^^"  '"-'''^^ 
company  owning  the  town  site^^'exceot  ^  k""^''^  °'''''"*'^  ^'""^  'he 
good  Baptist  family.  E.  M    Svlvcs^^r       k  "u''  ^  ""'""  ^^''^^^h.     A 
others,  were  in  Issaquah.  wiSf  ten  ot'h.'r      .  p'  ''''^  "  ^^'^  d°"" 
away,  who  in  December  had  oreani.^?     n"'  ^""^  ^^''^'  ^ve  miles 
started  a  prayer  meeting     KotfbmL'^      "*'■''  Sunday-school  and 
twent.eth  century,  and  Kt  a  ^Ul^^s'fo^'fuT^rHor"  "'"'"^  ^''^ 

LXVIII 
Tacoma,   F«.v   Hill   Church    (1890) 
of    them   S\7yS-;i;^'^,  --^-one  "1-^-  eighteen 
Downey,  who  was  chosen  for  nSr     tV    ^'.  ^^    ^'^-    ^'^'^^   D. 
socation  the  same  year.  reportinLth.    i!°'"l^''''  ^^^^^  ^ound  As- 
council  on  June  8.  and  tie  fieW  «n  ''^  "^"'^  recognized  by  a 

were  fourteen  members,  wfth  a  Sundl?rh'".'  °"^-  ^"  ^^91  there 
and  no  pastor.  In  June.  8^/  ReJ  r  a°  n  r^l-^ent  of  ninety, 
twenty-six  members  and  ;n  Stere^tiL^unH  ^"^l  7^  ^''''°''  *'"> 
The  church  was  thankful  fr  heln  "i-  ?^;"''°°'  '''  ^^'V  P"Pils. 
aid  in  building  a  house  of  wnr^hf?  TT'^'^  ^'■"'^  ^^°'^  outside  to 
The  building  fvas  thirty  feeTbyt^rtS  """'J  ^°°"  ''^  ^""^P'^^e^- 
rear  fourteen  feet  by  twenty^ur^or  t."  T^  ^"  *^^'*'°"  '»  '^e 
rooms.     Folding  doors  pSoned  off  /  'P'"'"'^  ""^   ^""ng 

feet  by  twenty-one;  and'thele^''  a  neat    oweT"'  '"  ''''  '™"^'  *«" 
followmg  account  of  Brother  Ba^-s  fab^  ma7be  rnt^re^;;:;" ^^^    "'"* 

£  ^c^>sa  ss^iii  -  ^Ei^^"  - ' -^o?'js*c 

c^o^'i-*^'^'??'""^-  trs^r X^d^'h^^'Jb^?  "^^'^^  ^'^^  "^e  bearer.  Rev 
continue  h.s  studies  and  further  fit  iZi.if  /  ^\Pastor  of  this  church  to 


«I.JIirK- 


CHURCHES   OF   THE    NORTIIWEST  >\y 

word  and  work,  a  fearless  expounder  of  the  word  of  truth   a  f-,i.hf„i  n„  i 

The  chui-ch  presented  Brother  Bale  with  a  set  of  "  Clark's  Votes 
on  the  Gospels,"  and  the  mission  gave  him  a  farewell  reception  and  a 

ThSgr'""'"'  "■"  ^''-  ""' ""'' ''  ''""'y '' "-  S"  i"  of 

Bro.  J.  H.  Woodley  succeeded  him  as  pastor  at  Fern  Hill      A 
councl  was  called  to  meet  at  Fern  Hill  on  January  31,  X    to 

the   other   pastor-elect   at   Winlock  and   Toledo.     Rev.    George    D 

thorough  and  sat.sfactory  examination,  the  ordination  was  proceeded 
w^th  Rev.  George  D  Downey  offered  the  ordaining  prayer,  and  Rev 
WF^  Harper  gave  the  charge  to  the  candidates.  Not  long  after  tSL 
four  persons  w^ere  received  into  the  Fern  Hill  church,  and  God  was 

S' men   Ind'"'     "^'""^l!  ''''''  "''  ""^'^  °PP-"'°"  ^-^  '"fi^d' 
fifln.,Tr»,         women,   there   were   large  congregations   completei; 
filhng  the  house.    Rev.  J.  H.  Woodley  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the 
people,  and  was  building  wisely  for  the  truth 

of  siL'lv  Tn'".^."«''  if  •^""!'  ^?95- was  thirty-one,  with  an  enrolment 
of  sixty  m  the   Sunday-school;   but  no   pastor   was   reported.     In 

SisS'n';  rn;*J-  "^'T  "^^  P"^^°^  ^^  F""  "•"  «"d  the  Tacoma 
ZTTJ\^''''^:'  '^7.  there  were  thirty-three  church-members, 
and  an  attendance  of  twenty  in  the  Sunday-school.  In  June,  1808 
p!fr.*"^  seventeen  church-members  and  thirty  in  the  Sunday-schod! 
Regular  services  and  Sunday-school  had  been  maintained  by  Pastor 
Bliss  durmg  the  year  with  a  slight  increase  in  attendance  over  that 
with  nf".  °'■^  In  October.  1899.  there  were  fourteen  members. 
with  no  pastor  and  thirty  in  the  Sunday-school:  and  in  1900  there 
was  no  report  from  the  church  either  in  the  Association  orTe  Con- 
vention. 

LXIX 
Ball.\rd  Church  (1890) 
The  Ballard  Church  is  located  at  Ballard,  a  suburb  of  Seattle 
and  was  organized  with  eleven  members  by  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce   D   D ' 
and  Rev.  E  G.  Wheeler,  of  chapel  car  Emmanuel,  in  May,  1890."   In 
August,  1889,  Rev.  Henry  Morgan,  pastor  of  the  Beracha   Baptist 
Church,  secured  a  lot  in  Ballard  to  be  held  in  trust  by  this  church 
with  a  view  to  erecting  a  church  building  in  Ballard  within  nine 
months,  to  cost  not  less  than  $2,500.    In  Februarv.  1890.  the  Baptist 
bocial  Union  of  Seattle  appointed  a  committee,  consisting  of  Brethren 


i'f 


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BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF   TH.   NORTH    PAC.KXC   COAST 


Pierce,  Morgan,  and  Hamlet,  wiih  nower  .n  a  »  • 
and  erecting  the  building,  which  was  umim  '"  '!'"""«  ""^  ^"^ 
n.nrty  day,.  The  Social  Union  pa^dsS  he  n  u  ^  '°'"P'*'*"'^  '" 
and  the  Home  Mission  Society  «Je  $=^' ,  f  ^t"!'''  P'"'''*^  ^•"• 
total  cost,  $;,.6oo.  A  friendly  suit  at  u  '  '°*"''*  ^^oo,  making  the 
title.  The  church  joyS  ent.l?  'f  ""'  r=«**»^y  'o  ^«^cure  the 
Wood  supplied  the  nihi'fo "!!'''  ?  "'^^^'  '^°'"«^'  ^"'»  Rev.  L.  L. 
the  Northwestern  AsLcia  ion  inIZ  "T"^'  '^'^*^  «^'^"^<=''  i«'"«^d 
members  and  a  SundaT  hoor  S  '  'f'T'*''  '"  '**9i.  eighteen 
1892,  the  church  rejofcel  in  thJ  palt  ,al7  'f' p'  ^^P"^-  ^"  J"-' 
regretted  that  he  had  been  obliLfi   i  "^^'^•  ^-  ^^  ^^'°*^'  ^ut 

Black,  of  Fremont.  tafprLX  to';;:  Bait  r^'"  .^'l'  '^^  "' 
mer  on  Sunday  evenintr<\,nH  .  f  ^^"'»'^'J  church  that  sum- 

While  seyer^Ba^rstfainS  tad  ^ ''''!"'"«  '  «""'  -"^-ff^ti""- 
Ballard.  In  June,^g3  Rev  C  A  SaTvlr  '''*^'  °"'"*  ''^'^  '^°'"«=  »« 
Fremont.    A  churchTe„rber;hip  of  foru  «""'"'  '"''°'"  ''  ^"""'"^  ""^ 

September,   ,894-   and   aftel    hi  t  uf  °"  *''"  '^^*   Sunday   in 

faithful,  earn«t  and  sp  rhua  He  .  '  ''u*"""'  ^"^'^  Sunday, 
hard  times  and  neglect  of  duty  on  th  ''/'r  u"  P"''  '"  ^P'*«  °f 
rightly  dividing  thfword  of  "^^rmh  and'  "^-  '''\^hurch-members. 
kindly  friend.  '  ^""^  P™^'"^:  h'mself  a  genial. 

of  examining  Pas'to  Fletclfer  wi?hT  ""^V^"""^  ^^^  ^'^^  P"'P°« 
exami„ation^he  ordiSfolrwrs'to^-  SX ^l^  "i^tTp  B^'"r 
bemg  moderator,  and  W  O  Har^,„     i    ,     J  ,'  ^-  ^-  Brownlee 

Abbott  preached  ?l"e  rmon  Brif  Brown ^  """"'„  ^''-  ^-  ^■ 
prayer  and  the  charge  to  Ihe  chtr  S  ^T  S'  f  u '"'  °^'^'"'"«^ 
charge  to  the  pastor  and  Rev  A  ^,„  i  n  fu  ,  ^-  "°'^"  S^^^e  the 
a  council  of  the  churches  of  th^' v  .1'"  '^^  ''^"^  °^  fellowship.  At 
held  in  the  Semac  e  JhJrch V7  c^^  Association,  however, 

purpose  of  determSg  ^  m.^isfer  f'strn/""'  '.'  l^''  '''  '""^ 
Fletcher   ftf  R,ii,,^        J     /    ministerial    standing   of   Rev.    N    W 

Batr^bhurch  t  waTllrort""^  T''"  '^""""^^^  ^^^h  the 
disqualified  from^a  „g"a  rrtofi  n'lfs  T  ^"*'"  ^''''''''  '^ 
those  members  only  of  the  First  Rn.  Z  rl  ''f  r^"^"""-  ^^  ^^^^ 
to   the   commonlv^eeived    Sth    of     h?"'''°^-®^  '^'^°  ^'"'d 

recognized  as  constitut  ng  that  cLrch  ^'^^  's"T"'"°"'  ^?°"'^  '^ 
much  regret  at  its  nece«ifv  nnJ^  •?».  ,  \  ^''*'°"  ^^'  ^^^^^n  with 
was  hopSl   ha    he  Ty  b^L  to  Tef  tK°?  t  ^''''^''  ^^'''^''-    I* 

and  illumined  h.r^TuoW  Srit     Tl,l        ?  ''  *^"^'^*  '"  ^"'P*»'« 
naiv  Spirit.    The  peculiar  teachings  -     Brother 


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Fletc.cr  wcr  promulgated  111  a  j,  -nphlet  entitled  "Flow  the  Devil 
Came  to  church,"  and  he  was  upheld  by  his  church  in  spreading  them. 
He  withdrew  from  the  Baptist  denomination  in  1897.  and  established 
what  he  called  the  '  First  Christian  Church  of  Ballard  " 

In  (October.  1898.  the  Ballard  First  Baptist  Church  was  reported 
as  having  ten  numbers,  without  a  pastor.  In  June,  1899.  forty-eight 
members  are  reported,  and  in  October  of  that  year  thirty  members, 
and  as  pa.torle.s.  In  June,  1900,  the  church  was  weak  but  hopeful. 
It  had  paid  $113  toward  its  mortgage  that  year.  The  church  was  sui- 
taimng  its  services.  Dea.  Eli  T.  Hamblet  acting  as  pastor  It 
reported  twenty-three  members,  with  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of 
twenty-one.  He  remained  pastor  that  year,  and  the  membership 
mcreased  to  twenty-six. 

LXX 

Fairhaven  Church   (1890) 
Thi^  church  is  located  at  Fairhaven,  on  Bellingham  Bay,  in  What- 
coni  County,  and  was  organized  by  Revs.  J.  Sunderland,  E.  M.  Blis^ 
J.   E.   Nares.  J.   Wichser,  and   V.   G.   Collins.   May    11,   1890,   with 
seventeen  members.     It  came  into  the  Northwestern  Association  the 
sam«  year.     Two  years  previous  the  place  had  been  a  forest.     Now 
It  had  a  population  of  three  thousand,  a  railway,  waterworks,  an  elec- 
tric plant,  a  ten-thousand-dollar  school  building,  large  brick  blocks 
one  ot  which  cost  $100,000,  and  other  improvements  to  correspond! 
Kev.  V  (j.  Collins,  of  Dodge  City,  Kan.,  supplied  the  church  until 
November  i,  when  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  D.  D.,  accepted  the  pastorate. 
1  wo  lots  were  donated  for  a  church  building,  and  by  March  1    1891   a 
parsonage  costing  $500  had  been  built  on  the  rear  of  the  lot's,  and  a 
like  sum  had  been  expended  on  a  house  of  worship.    Owing  to  the 
unprecedented    financial    pressure,   a   halt   had   to    be  called    in   the 
church  building  and  other  improvements;  but  the  membership  of  the 
church  had  mcreased  to  forty-seven,  and  the  population  of  the  town 
to   seven   thousand.     The   church   had  a   young  people's   .society,   a 
women  s  mission  society,  a  "  Busy  Bee  "  society,  and  all  were  doing 
well.     In  June,  1892,  the  church  reported  itself  as  pastorless,  with 
thirty  members,  and  eighty-four  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school     Prog- 
ress was  being  made  in  paying  oflF  the  debt,  and  the  interest  was  keep- 
ing up.    The  Ridgeway  branch  of  the  church  was  bidding  fair  soon 
to  outstrip  the  mother  church  in  the  number  of  members,  and  bap- 
tisms were  reported.    In  June,  1893,  Rev.  T.  S.  Crandall  was  pastor 
of  twenty-seven  members  at  Fairhaven.  with  forty-eight  in  the  Sun- 
day-school.    In  June,  1894,  there  were  forty-one  members,  and  the 
church  wa.  without  a  pastor.    In  June.  1895,  there  were  twenty-two 
members,  and  the  church  still  pastorless.    In  October,  1896,  the  mem- 
bership was  fifteen,  and  the  church  without  a  pastor,  and  no  Sundav- 
school  was  reported.     In   1897  to  1900  there  is  no  mention  of  the 
church,  either  in  the  Association  or  in  the  Convention.    On  July  17 


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«0      B.P„.T   H,.XO»V  O.  THE  ^OKTH   P.CIF;^  COAST 

»9.  Rev.  A.  H.  hC.  the  Tublifat^'  w"!':"  "'"^-  ^n  July 
n>..sionary  for  \V«hi„iton!  arnvt<f  Z  Sla'"'^  '  ''""''"«  ^'^'P°««^ 
house  visitation  in  .,ucst  of  BaSs  EI^!'"  "  V"""'"  ''°"«-«°- 
organuecl  in  boom  da>.s.  ten  Tars  be^i"'"  ""^""^^  °^  'he  church 
others  who  professed  themselves  of  th^tf'.u'"'?,  ^"""'^'  ''"'^  'hirty 
'.ad  been  held  and  regularchurch    ervil.  ^^'"  '"'">  "'^^'''^^ 

t  ongregational  nieetiL-hoiMe   ,?J„  'naugurated  in  the  unused 

Rave  way  to  hope  and  Zne' ,  T^'^T'"''  °*  "^^  deep-blue  type 
siderable  sight  th^t'  a  forward  It'J^^^^  '''1  ^"PP'«=•"<^nted  by  IZ 
A  Sunday-school  was  surted  S  1^*"  *"«'»^"">-  be  made, 
amounted,  with  the  aid  promis;d  bv  thl  H  "^V^'  *""'*'^  ^^'''^ 
between  eight  and  nine  h'l.ndred  doHa  ,  towrd'  ^'"'°"  ^<^^''=^y'  '° 
The  Congregational  meeting-house  wl!  off./^  *"PPprtmg  a  pastor, 
nommal  rental;  and  on  SunLy  Z,^^^*  ,f  '°  '  '  *'''"^'=b  at  a 
•o  Rev.  F.  A.  Agar,  the  "eSg^ar  a^Nrv^h^r  *  ''''''''' 

LXXI 
Blaine  Chubch  (1890) 

corner' of IhTw^sS^n  lf„S'  ■",^»!«.«treme  northwestern 
It  was  organized  by  Rev   A   B    Rr„i:  *''^°'"'"«  »"'»b   Columbia. 
Rev.  E.  G.  Wheelerfofcha^i  carErl"'  *T/*'  '»'"'°""y.  and  by 
bers,  April  27.  1890.    In  K  £,  JT  A   w  »       '  ""'"^ "''"'"  '"^'"• 
A  town  of  two  rtousand  peoDle  h»d  ■«     ^'""  "^^  "=''°^*^"  Pastor. 
valuable  lots  had  beeTdoSd  to  th/T"  u^  *''*"'"  «  >'"^     Two 
begun  at  once.    Within  a  velr  »  v.        "'"'"''^  *"*"  ''"^  building  was 
The  depression  in  faancfaraffairs  tSe%""  ^'*~*''*  '^'^^^'''^  54.2<i 
the   failure  of  pledges    leffSech'T'^^^'T!^"  °^ '*''=  P^^'o^.  >nd 

property  valued  at  $5^'oo  and  a  deEt  of  tl^^^i"*^'-    '^''   «'*" 
due  to  the  Home  Mission  sSietv     Th/  ^^^°°u  ^  °*  '''^''^  ^^^ 
and  twenty  non-resident  memSrs  and  Rev^^J'''*.  *''^'^"  ''"•d"'* 
>ng  on  alternate  Sundays   the  hon«  k?      ^-  ^-  ^^"*^*^"  ^'^^  Preach- 
days  to  the  Presbyterians     Th.  .h      5^'"^  ''*"*'''  °"  'be  other  Sun- 
western  Association    n/sQO     In  X  tr^  '^""'"^^  '"»°  '^e  NortJ- 
bers.  and  the  church  wa    pastorles  ^nrol     '. ""''"  'hirty-seven  mem- 
they  were  not  without  hope    In  June    S'?h  ^""^  <l'«^o"raging.  but 
no  report  to  the  Association-  and  in  nl^L^r  ""*'  "°  ^^'^^^^'^  ^nd 
as  ten.    From  June.  1894   "o  October   x^'in^  membership  is  given 
port  from  the  church  i^the  min,.?       /^{'  '"«^'"sive  there  is  no  re- 
Convention,  excep    that  its  membSl^n  ""'"  *''"  Association  or  the 
vention  minutes  of  1895.    irtSS  vtr  /.'  ^'^'".'^  ^^"^  '"  "'^  ^on- 
the  Home  Mission  Society  had  mor^tl/J.  '"^^^^'n^-house.  on  which 
had  been  for  two  or  three  years ^ndfrfh    *°  '"T  '''  ^'^^  ^"^  loan, 
a  second  mortgage,  and  it  was  ea"ed  ^o  h.' F°"''°'  ^*  "  '"^"  ^'^^  bad 

was  leased  to  the  Episcopalians.   Foreclosure 


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proceerlmg,  were  instituted  to  restore  it  t'    h-  n,.,  ,         ^. 

had  declined  as  well  as  the  church     tL  r       <     ?  V  '     '    "   *^^'^ 

mining  hdd  prayer  .eetin^steryT^^^^^  ':'''Jt   r      """""  ^^- 

Ko!r"o'-::s-  Se  :;;^^;;h  ^^^  -  ^^-  -'^  '"'^^'^^" 

;Hnr  own  and  the  debt  wLdl^n^ledTsoL^^^^^ 

the  general  nnssionary.  Rev.  D.  D.  Proper,  writes       '  '     ""^• 

Notwith»unding  the  discouraJemen  h,  "'"'^»  ^"^  "•'"'•'y  ''ve  years 
prayer  "'"tings  in  the ir  Cm?'  and'havTh^  '°"'. »»',"»  have  su/a'ne d 
and  pray.ng  for  the  time  to  come  wh7n  ,'?"V'""-'"'»'  *=''""K-  hoping 
take  up  ,he  church  work  again  The  Horn,'  m" "^  • "'  c""*?*"  '"  »'^'«  '" 
ts  mortgage,  and  now  ow'ns  the  uroirTv  -^'"'O"  Society  foreclosed 
preached  .„  ,he  church,  morning  and  evS  .  ^'-  ^""^'^  *•"=  *"'" 
There  are  a   few   Baotists  rearlv  .„  „  "'  *?  ^air-sized  congregations 

Oirdwood,  of  Chelsea  Mich  L°  ^"  ""  ''''''  "'«  ^ork.  Rev  J  ll 
K'me  to  Bla.ne  tV,  hold  some' ,n.  •!.?,/""'•"''>  ^"""^  «°  the  coLt.  has 
■s  now  abo..,  the  liveliest  h^s  net  pWc?or",f-  "  '  J*""'  '°«"  "f  B'a^ne 
(•,500),  „.,  be  found  on  the  Sou.ul  Tho  A  L^i,""p ''7-  "^  '''  inhabitants 
'narg.ng  n.  cannery  ,o  be  tK  ges  in  U  f-  w  .H f ''■'"'f  ^'^'''^ion  i. 
«ill  be  in  operation  this  year.  '^'^'•^'  "'"'  '^^eral  others 

.nen.b;r?";^j„:f  ;«S"„f-  'V''^"  ^^'^^  P^'-'  -'"  thirty-two 

with  a  Sunday4ho;i  oH^rtv  five     In'T  "'"''"''^  ^"'  '^"  •"«^'"'>«"° 
'10  pastor  and  no  add^  ions  Vh.\  ^""^.'900,  the  church  reported 

and  a  Sunday  Irni.';';;  /e'    erS  '^h?h"''  %\-^>y-hool 
'"  the  new  century.  "ervice.  in  the  hope  of  better  things 

LXXII 
HoQuiAM  Church  (1890) 

in  Aprii:  Sly  w"S'"sTe'armaY'th""''^r'  ^"'^  ^^'^^  ^^^-^ 
members.     In  Mav  nf  th.  '  ^''^"  *  ''centiate,  with  eleven 

dainedbyatul'ci^.o1:thTvTj'rcLt''"r"  T  ^ 
was  moderator,  and  C  B   Livermn^     l^      •^^^«"'  Pastor  at  Seattle, 

Shearman  was^ducated  at  hZi7  '  °^^f  «'.«•  *as  clerk.  Brother 
an  excellent  young  man  and  tl^  o^.M  "l^^ouisville,  was  apparently 
promise.     Two  lofs  were  dona  edfois^''.''''  '^""''^  ^^'  ^""  ^^ 

-rtially  erected  at  aZ  of  abiu^'rcK^ ''S"fe  '"''  ^'T'  "" 
that  followed  left  both  the  tnvl    "^'?^;       .    depression  m  business 

tirne-being.  Before  te  yea,"osedBoth:r"sh  ^'""'"^  '^'^  '''^ 
Aberdeen,   a   ne^v   town,    four   m'  es   d^tant      Th''""""  t""^"''   '" 

rura"'hT;vrLr:;'d\^\'^\"'4"  "^^^ 

mismanag^LnMhe^me  tit"rolr;t\;"f  ;r r^ 

extinct.  ^  ^^  '°=*'  ^"«^  the  church  became 

On  August  4,  1893,  a  new  organization  was  effected  by  Rev. 


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222      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF  THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

F.  K.  Van  Tassel,  with  five  members.    Before  the  Puwt  «;o„n,i  a 
aat,o„  met  seven  were  added  by  baptism  and  four  by^lette?    Brother" 

NrrSet'tum'b':  Smra„r'"'''""  ^''  '"  '''  ^^"^^  '^  '"^• 

m^mmm 

November,  ,^,  ,h.,  .fe  church  ha,  ?he  Snes.-lo4inV  m    .S  hJue 

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SrvTr''',  ''""f  °"'^'  ^^'•'y-f""^  niembers  nere  reported      The 
Sunday-school  enrolment  was  seventy-three. 

LXXIII 
South   Bend  Church    (1890) 

Wash''%na"'-r  °*  ""'  "•'"''"''  ''  "*  S°"*''   Bend,  Pacific  County 
W.thim    ?,         '''%'    organized    with    four    members    by    Rev     A 
VV.tham.  July  15,  1890.    The  church  at  once  took  up  the  matter  of 

Juy  iTx£"ir'  '7'  'T'"'  '"'  '  ^^"^^  --^^  and  dedc  ted 
Juiy  15.  I»9I-    Its  cost  was  $1,700,  of  which  the  LaHips'  Ai^  c„v  . 

furnished  $400,  the  Home  Mission  Societ    $500.  $7^  wat rafsed  bv 

subscnption  and  the  remainder  assumed  by   he  tVust^s     The  'S^rch 

jomed  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  189I  reporSra  praye/tet 

ing,  a  Sunday-school,  and  a  ladies'  aidlocietv    all  in  Tfl^;,, T 

condition.     Brother  Witham  served  as  p'^r  -unti    December    xtf 

when  he  resigned  and  moved  to  Hillsboro,  Ore        ''^"'"''^''  '^'' 

In  the  summer  of  1892  there  was  no  pastor   but  a  house  of  wnr 

sh.p  was  dedicated  July  5,  and  at  the  sLe     me  a  SunL-^^^^^^ 

and  Japfst  Young  People's  Union  were  organized.    In  OcSr  18^2 

Re'^  Jos.ah  Crouch  was  pastor  of  the  South  Bend  Church  in  n?Iv 

i^i  R.„  p  \  T  ,  ^''''"'■'''  ^^'  '■^P°'''^J  pastorless.  In  June 
S?^l'  nr  f  ^'"'^"^  ''^'  P^''°'-     The  church  had  made  very 

httle  progress,  but  was  hopeful  for  the  future.  In  October  i£I 
there  were  nmeteen  members  and  no  pastor.  In  Tune  180T  there  wa' 
no  report,  and  in  October  the  membership  had  declined  lo  ten     In 

no  pastor,  in  the  fall.    There  was  no  report  in  1897  or  in  Tune   i8q9 
In  1900  the  church  is  reported  reorganized  after  several  vear^ 

S:?t"and\t?e"ndaTcr''^°'   "'"'"'   ■"   ■''''   ^'^   '^ '"^  - 

LXXIV 

Bellingham  or  New  Whatcom  Swedish  Church  (1890) 

urbo^Wh,^."/."''  was  organized  on  June  10,  1890,  at  Sehome,  a  sub- 

A  lot  was  secured,  and  $400  was  pledged  for  a  buildine     A  c,  unci 
was  called,  which  recognized  the  church  on  August  5   f8Qoanr'd 
journed  to  meet  on  August  25,  1890,  to  ordain  b! other  ^1?."  r  v- 
E    M.  Bhss  was  moderator  and  Rev.  J.  F.  Norris    clerk     A!'J\ 
satisfactory  examination.  Brother  Sandell  wa.  set  apa     to  the  Jork 
of  the  mm.stry.     The  church  united  with  the  Scandinavian  CoX 


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224      BAPTIST   HI5T0RV   OF   THE   NORTH   PACIFIC   COAST 

to  Whatcom  in  April    X    he  fo"nHH'^/"'^  l'"'-    ^hen  he  came 

June  he  had  foun/ten- Tnd  stce  ?hen  ,.    °"'  ^^f '"^  ^^P''^'=  ''^^ 
with  the  church     hTASa^Z    ?!u  ^^^^"teen  others  have  united 

ing  outside  of  the  members  sS.H    T  '"°"'^  ^°^  *^^  '^'^"^'^h  build- 
He  was  suJceS  l^y  RerV  ;ohn":"""h  "'"'"^'  '''"'  ^'^'''^- 
1894:  ^  ^-  Johnson,  who  writes  in  February, 

theDdilKr  ffik^to'ttno^rtr'^V^  '^^^^S  -"^"^  here  and  at 
us  $300  and  $150  as  a  loan   and  fn  fl        ^  u^'".'°"  ^"^'^'y-  «hich  gave 
we  have  buih  a'  house.     The  net  «anin'"?.'nA"°','-"- '"^u'*^^  °^  the  pefple! 
mak.ng  thirty-three  members  at  pr?4nt     Lr.v'"'"e  '^'^''"^"  ^""^  "'"e 
versions,  and  on  Christmas  Ev^  IhZleduf/  '"^  ''^''"^  '^^'^  ^  ^«=^  <:°"- 
three  to  membership.    The  little  church  It  n^,    T""^  '"^"'  «"''  received 
to  twenty-three.     ll.ave  been  going'to  tha?  n  L'l'h.f  °^"  ^""^  ^^"^t^en 
on  New  Year's  Day  we  arraneld  fh^f  r    hi  S^'"  ^"^  """^^  »  month,  but 
nate  Sundays.    Brethren  werSointed  J^lti^°,  '°  ^^"^  P'^"^*^  ""  ^Iter- 
in  my  absence,  and  a  Sunday-schoonip    ul  "'^^^^  t°  «=°"''"<='  meetings 

members  at  Ferndale  and  'an  Juu.i  Ion  there'^^H'','''    l""''  ''^^^  ««^'"^ 
begun  to  hold  regular  Sunday  servke  "  '  l^rethren  there  have 

^^^^^Z:.^n^cLlr^^^^^^^^  -r'  'o  exist,  and  the 

formed  the  Swedish  c'lfere  ce"  In  i^!  T'  ?""f  ^'^  *=^"^^'^«' 
eight  members,  seven  be  nrrdH;^  h  ?^''''  "^""'^^  ''^'^  '^irtv- 
school  enrolment  wis  hS"ie  Tha?"!  T\  ''V''  '""^  Sunday- 
three  Sundays  in  the  month  at  Wh'/'""  ^^'^r  J^^nson  preached 
each  month  at  Del  a  He  also  '..h?"''  '"''  '^'  '^''"^  Sunday  of 
at  West  Ferndale    eleven  mUer!  T'  '  ™°"''^  °"  ^  weekday 

members.  There  was  a  LT  S  ,n7'^'  ^^^'^f'  ^'''"^  ''^'"^en  of  his 
P.  Hokanson  as  superintendent  Thrn'''°^..'^  '?'''°"''  ^'"^  Doa. 
Bjurman  and  J.  O   LoveTen      tI  °  P'''"'  '^^^'^"^"^  ^^re  A.  F. 

the  mission  band  The Toun^  n^n'.^''"""'  ^'^'  ''^'  '^'  '^ader  of 
scattered  for  effective  or^^n.^.^^o''""^  '°°  ^^«'  ^"^  too  widely 
for  all  the  Swedes  nV\S;omr°"-  /''l°'"  J°''"^°"  ^^^  '^e  bishop 
missionary.    True  heroisr^  1,  "/^'  ^}°  "'""^  "^eded  a  traveling 

^       In  :4;  ^hTm'eX^hrorthf Xtm  S^^d'hVr  T''' 

SrrrSar  r  S-^'^— >  e-irt  foTy'th?"Jn\S 

m:mbe;siip^    r;nt;trre?S  f  t^^  ''''T""  ^^'  ^Vwilh^a 
In  1900  Rev  r  H  rL  1  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  forty 

Brot^Ter  Granqui^t  r'er^Ted":;  'dSI  .t'^W  ''^'/''^°'"  ^'''"^'  ^^^'^ 
having  grownls  largTaTtt  mot°h:^chrclf "'  ^""'^'^'  '''  '^"- 

LXXV 

MoN-TESANo   Church    (1890) 


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eight  members.  Rev  C  T  r-«  i 
The  church  united  wiih  the  Pu«t  stndT  ""'^  '°  '^'  P^^'°'^t«- 
«ng  that  an  effort  was  be  ng  made  tf  h^^M  !r'^"°"  '"  '^^i.  report- 
In  the  fall  of  this  year  Kher  Browi?  ""''":  ^'^°''*'''*^  conditions. 
"0  farther  report  from  the  cSurch.'  '"''^"^'  '"^  '^"'^  ^^« 

LXXVI 
Port  Angeles  Church   (1890) 

.-.hlJirrr  l\  iTs^^^flt  Z:''  '''^'  °^  ^-'  '•"  the 
Lamb.  September  14  i8<w  with  fn  f  ^'^^^'""d  by  Rev.  M.  T. 
school  Has  also  organized  with  xtvfi!""  "''"'^"-  ^  Sunday- 
of  ?5oo  was  obtained  from  he  Hoi  T"'"^^''''  *»  'he  amount 
t'>e  support  of  the  pastor  Work  on  '  J*'"'°"  Society  to  assist  in 
^'P  at  once;  and  at  Ihe  enk  o/elten  wir'/  °^  T"'"'?  ""^^  "^^ 
the  church  the  building  was  dedicated  1 1^  ?%r^^"'"'i°n  of 
"ere  in  limited  circumsTances  th.!  ^'*'^°"gh  all  the  members 
building.  cumstances,    they   made    a    record    for   church 

churc1rt;Vi5LKV3to;'?;;,tif  sf;  T'  ^^■^'■^^^'  -^  ^he 

Squire,  of  California,  was  call"?  ot?.'"'^;'  ^''"^"  «  '  M.  U. 
pastor  until  1894.  The  Lrcec  „*  IV  t  P\''°J^t«-  He  remained 
^Piritual  growr  was  evident  fou  had  1'''  'k'^  ""'^'"^  '"  '892; 
received  by  letter,  making  ?hTrt;-two  membeJ^'"  ^u^'^^  ^"^  ^^^'^^ 
were^^eived.  eight  by  W-si^^rdTet  I^';  alVS^Sir 

^^^-o'iel^V.^lZr'Z^^^^^  X896  Rev.  F.  O. 

In  1898  eleven  were  baSzed^l?^,-  "^  '?98  Rev.  W.  A.  Gunton. 
-as  then  a  membership  of  fo^y  witrs'"^'  '^  '^^^''^  ^"^  '»'^- 
school.  Pastor  Gunton  was  a  nSl-?^""*^""'"^  '"  ^^^  Sunday- 
ot  Woodstock  College  and  McMasterUnfv"'"'"'  ^^"^^^'  ^  ^^^^^^'^ 
uas  in  Barrie.  Ontario,  where  his  mmVHT."'*^:,  "''  '^"^  P*^t°^*t« 
Trotter,  now  of  Victor  ayBCsavTBrX  ^^'"^''''''''-  ^'^-  «•  W. 
lent  work.    The  church  anH  ,:"«„  ^    Brother  Gnnton  did  most  excel- 

attached  to  this  ;oung  pastor  a^h^  V  ^T  ^'^'^  -"«  "-"'h 
Ross,  of  Aberdei^.  When  PastoJ  clT'^"'  '*'"  '^'"^''*^'-  °f  ^^v.  J. 
found  only  thirteen  names  on  th°e%t;rrr:nH  w""^-  ^"^^'"'  ''^ 
t.mes  as  many,  mostly  added  bv  baoSm  li'  T^'^'  '*  ^''^  *'''« 
"■as  pastorless  again.  '    baptism.     In  1899-1900  the  church 

contiSotX;,:Xe\o^tte'S:^^^^^^^^^  ^^"  >-"  °^  almost 

to.  any  other  caui  pJobaJV  Co^Tde/r  "^  '°-"''''°"  "'""'  *''" 
.mssion  Board  sent  to  it  some  of  fts  hl"f  "•  ^'  ^PO^t'''"*  field,  the 
'•est  efforts  to  build  up  the^LrL      t      »'"""?"''^'   ^"^  "sed  its 

-•^'-ut  n  pastor.  the^gCraSona^  te'-'   D 'd  ^^  '^'"^'=''.  ^^ 
p  a.;r.  ivcv.  u.  u  Proper,  visited 


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13    S,     The  m™Lf      '.    "'  '^°"  '^""'  »'e""«'l  December 

LXXVII 
Castle  Rock  Ciiurcii  (1890) 

Sound  Association,  and  was  received  as  a  member  of  that  bod^      \o 
further  data  are  obtainable  up  to  1900,  when  thfs  httory  clo^e.:. 

LXXVIII 
Elma  Church  (1890).    (See  Xo.  VI) 

^iJl  '',  '""^^'^.^t  Elma.  in  Chehalis  County,  and  was  organized 
with  twelve  members  by  Rev   W   B    ^muiu.,^r,A  ■   "  ^  ,anizca 

Soon   aftAr  tv,^  ^        ■      ■  imallvvood  m  December,  iSoo. 

soon  after  the  organization,  meet  ngs  were  held  bv   Rev.    r    t 
Brownlee  and  W.  H.  Shearman,  which  resulted  in  a  renerS   awaken " 

ZrTy.:^'"'r^  of  backsliders,  and  in  three  cofve    .1  "' t,  ^ 
church  built  a  house  of  worship  in  1891 

Jsfo   »nH  il  •  ^^''°"'  *"''  twenty-four  members,  in  June 

1870,  and  became  a  constituent  member. of  the  Puget  Sound  Assod' 

InTso'i  G  Tr'h"  '^''  .  IH'  "^"  ^^"""^  remained  una -see   ?ed 
in  1891  G.  A.  Robinson,  of  Sharon,  was  clerk;  there  were  ten  m^m 
bers.  and  the  value  of  the  church  property  was  $1^     u\S^  Tl 
were  seven  members.    In  1894  and  after  there  wasTo  repor^^ 

LXXIX 

Stanwood  Swedish  Church  (1890) 

ines  oV?hrr*!i**.,°;^"'f  Stanwood.  and  is  reported  in  the  proceed- 

iuf  further  dlt^  -  ^°f"''  ^'l^  ^''-  ^'^'^  ^jolander  af  pastor, 
out  turther  data  are  unknown  to  the  author. 

LXXX 

New  Hope  Church  (1890).    (See  Xo.  XVIII) 

It  is  locatoi  in  Clarke  County,  and  was  organized  earlv  in  rSoo 

prtinrfiT'  '"'°  ?'  ^°'""''^  ^'^-^^  Association  May' 4    iZ. 
reporting  fifteen  members,  with  Rev.  S.  B.  Chastain  as  pastor.     In 


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CHURCHES   OF   THE    NORTHWEST  2J- 

^^''u'^t^Vj  *''^  '^"''^  >'"^''  ''  ^'^  ^<^Ported  to  have  been  consolid  ted 
w.th  the  Mountam  View  and  Mount  Zion  churches  under  the  tme 

tlinJr  ^°''  ^T'''  ^^'"'''-    '^^''^  ^his  action.  Brother  Ch^s! 
tarn  held  meetings  wh.ch  resulted  in  several  conversions. 

LXXXI 
Rolling  Bay  Church  (1891) 

Coun^J'\v=.!h^''"rr'^'^""^^"''''  '^'"'^^-  '""^^^  ^'  "^"'ine.  Franklin 
County,  Wash.    It  was  organized  in  March,  1891,  and  was  receive 

mTm£:s'Tn'Z'?h"irt'^°"'"^"'K^  '''  ^^'"^  '■'^'  ^^onillV^Z'Zt 
^nTfr  V^u.  "^'^^"  members  were  reported  .vithout  a  pastor 
and  the  membership  remains  about  the  same'  slowly  declinine  untU 
.n  900  there  are  seven  without  a  pastor.  In  1893  the  chTrfiiw 
hsted  among  the  unassociated ;  but  in  180?  it  assisted  in  wJ^ 
the  new  Norwegian-Danish  Conference.  7n'  x^8  "nYls^  ReT'o' 
L.  Hoien  was  reported  as  pastor.  A  Sunday-school  was  miSneH 
from  1897  to  ,900  with  an  enrolment  varying  from  rwe„^:^J't"to 

LXXXII 

Pearso.v  Swedish  Church  (1891) 
This  church  was  located  at  Pearson,  Kitsap  County    and  was 

organized  some  time  in  1890  or  1891,  the  date  not  being  av'ailabfe. 
It  first  appears  in  the  list  of  delegates  to  the  Northwest  Con 

SweH°1  r  ^."^"'''    '^'-     ^"    '893   it   assisted   in   organlztg   the 

pastor,  and  the^nembership  hat;;cr?aL^ro  iiir?:  tw^^^^ 
baptisms.  In  1900  Rev.  A.  Johnson  was  pastor;  and  there  vTere  for^v 
members,  w.th  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  the  same  number  As 
there  was  no  other  church  service  in  the  nlar-  P=,cw  t  il 
preached  each  Sunday  morning  in  En^Lh  hutgiCing  the  gitT" 
many  who  would  not  otherwise  receive  it.  Large  li^d  iSesteS 
audiences  showed  their  appreciation  of  this  service.  ^Th^l  k  amon^ 
the  Swedish  people  was  also  in  a  hopeful  condition.  ^ 

LXXXIII 

Tacoma  Olivet  Church.    Colored  (1891) 

It  was  located  at  Tacoma.  on  Tenth  Street,  near  Yakima  Avenue 

LnH     °^«^";"d   February  5.    ,801,   with   sixteen   memberrby  a 

council  from  the  Baptist  churches  of  Tacoma,  Rev.  W    P    Squires 

being  moderator,  and  E.  K.  Christie,  clerk.    Thi    council  was  called  a 

XllTL'nv^'';  A  '\  %'^   ^'^°'°^^^)'  -•'^  became  tS  1- 
pastor  of  the  Olivet  Church.    Rev.  A.  B.  Banks,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the 

Tacoma  First  Church,  and  Rev.  A.  Johnson,  of  the  S^e'dish  church 


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"'      -"«-    HISXO«V  OK   XHK   .OKXH    P.c.KZC   COAST 

or.s'-rir  ut„rr.is„s^  °^  ^^^  ^^-  ^^^-ch  and 

of  sixteen  names  was  prerented  o  ^ln°J"  ""''^  '^'  ~"«''-  A  list 
t;.e  New  Hampshire  iSS  ^  FaUh  aK"'  ""^  '^^''^  ^'^^P''^ 
vote  of  the  council  declared  To  be  ^HH^  ^''"*  P*^"°"«  ^e«  by 
cmrch  This  church  elected  C  MetcTlf  1^,  °  '°"f'"'»  ^  ^^P'-^'^ 
clerk  Lev.  Copeland  as  treasurer  ?„dRe;  aw'  /°"^^  **''"'  "^ 
The  church  dec  ded  to  adoot  th^  L  r  ;  '  ^-  ^''^"i  as  pastor, 
of  Tacoma  Brother  GrlnentedTJn  ?'  °"l^'  ^^^''^^  <=h"^«='' 
"""-"-"     .ess.    Members  of  u[e,ou^Hl       7°'.^'"''''  '^"^^^^^ 

eacher  of  no  me^  power  '"'  °*  '^""  ^^*'  '^"^  «-« 

.  remaining  for  five  mi^thl'  ^^^     ?™'''"  «^*«  ^-^ 

>  followed  by  Rev   Thom«  i  "^-^u"  ^  '"'''"'^'^  ^°  the 

1895.    ThV  church  orh,T'  °^  ^*''"°'''  *''°  ^^'^^ 

ne  Episcopal  (Eh  rh'*  a  comfortable  house  of 

chin/  se4eranWe  ^b' bS  .1"^  '.^!  P^'.^'?.-- 


and  hopef 

a  natural 
The 

Harpe: 
chosen  pa 
East,  i    i  V    , 
still  pr,     ,r  in 
worship  fro 


'^  if '00.  ching   services   and  r.   «m"'^u^°'"  '^"^  ^^^'^  sum 

i'nndays,  an.      praf     tnletLTn  xva  ^'^^^'^^hool    were   held  on 

hen  the  chur  ^  T^fT^  Wednesday  evenings. 
'896,  Rev.  R.  .?  Jenmson  waToa".  '"  ^"^^  Convention  minutes  in 
church  property  valued  at  $4^  Th  '  T^  '**='"*  '"'^"bers  and  a 
table  of  the  Puget  Sound  Ass^iatTo„p'."'"T"  "^  '''''^'<i  '"  the 
the  church  in  1^7  and  in  imTC\hy°'l''''i'^''''  ^^™^'"«1  with 
ten.  In  ,899  n^  pastor  i^'Z.T  ^l  "'''"'!«"'»?  had  declined  to 
i'unday-school  enrolment  was  twJn;^  '"^'"'»«"hip  ^vas  nine,  the 
valued  at  ,500.    In  .9-\h:r:  ^iTe^d  ^thf  :H;;cr  ^  ^'^^ 

LXXXIV 
Black  Diamond  Church   (1891) 

and  n'wafo^iSizld'wfth'S^^       ^'^'^  ^'^™-^'  ^ing  County 
February  8.  iVi      Twf  or  Jh  tTvTarf  ^'.  '^  "^u*^"  ^-  Sunderland 
visited  by  Rev^^D.  J.  P°e°ce  anTfiT  vJ^^T  '^^P''*"  ^^^  ^een 
Baptists;  but  for  some  reason  the  wSt       '"'"■'  ^^°  ^°""^  ^^^nty 
while,  a  Congregational  mhiTster  h.d^      ^^'  "°'  *"''""  "P"     Mean- 
church;  but  fhe  Baptis    d^mSit  .„!    ""f  "L."''  organizt^d  a  union 
ganization;  and  final?  a  ^1"^^^  '*"'"''  "'^'^  ^"'=''  ^  °- 
Sunderland,   finding  that  Rev    H    P    2  T'  "'"^an'zed.     Brother 
•"■nister,  had  become  a  Baptist  bantf;.H  1,"^      '  1^^  Congregational 
the  Baptist  church.    A  co7nS\.Tc,ut    "^^"l^  't^''''"^  f"™  i"to 
ordained  as  pastor  on  NoTemller  ^."g?' ^v  ^^^^'p""^'"'  "" 
as  moderator  and  Rev    W    P    «;„„;  Jc  ,  \"     '  ^-  ^''"P^  acting 

a  mining  town,  whose  pe^--  are  moX  wt,'''-  ^^""'^  ^^^^^^^  ^^ 
preached  to  them,  both'  n  We,  h  Tnf  fn  Enti  '.'"1  ^^-^''^^  ""«^« 
house  had  been  built,  in  which't^^^.Tcefof  tt  t:oX"ch™:tfe 


CHURCHES   OF   THE   NORTHWEST 


all  Worshiped  in'  tt"t^;f  e^  .7^^^ "TL^  T'T  "'""J'  ^^ 
«sh.ng,  had  an  enrolment  of  one  hundred  f;H  T  "'^"^\'^^^  Aour- 
were  doing  their  full  share  In  "ustSglt  "'  '"'^  *'"  ^^^''^^^ 

no  rlln'^Tr^tX^'TT-.r'  '"  '^^  ^"^  '«95  it  made 
have  continued  pastor  unS'  iL^h'^  T'  I'^'^'d  ^"'^  "^"^  '« 
land  company  controlHnrthl  \T^'        A  *'''""''  '^  hampered  by  a 

LXXXV 

Hopewell  or   Ethel  Church    (1891) 

ToleS'in  UwisToumr^'lt''  '^''''  ''°^-'-°''"'  ^^-"  -'^-  *'^ove 

thirteeAmembeTs   b/ReTj   pSsThoT'  "  ^P"''   ^^''  "'*^ 
ensuing  year.     It  came  in tn  t h!  p  '  T  c    ^"'"^  "'  P^^'^""  i°'  the 

when  y  W.-  Miller  wa    pas  o     :^tu\^ZLtT''T  '"  '^^• 
though  there  had  been  twentv  nL  th.       "^^^bership  of  seventeen, 

LXXXVI 
Olympia  Temple  Church  (1891) 

:S'?.:e  ir3  S»  ~  «'"—-"»- 


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Srr3:::r:?ira;;^';-^-ed  Bapn.  Church,  report- 
worship  in  the  central  partKectvaS,'  1^"*  ''"''*  *  ^°"''*  °^ 
Th.s,  with  the  mission  chapel  on  'Vhr  ♦*"]'''  '*  ^"'^  «.  1892. 
two  very  good  houses  of  wor  hb  In  o"/ ,1'^''  «^^"^  '''^  ^"u/ch 
Shearman  was  pastor,  with  sev^„,„  »  ^''^°^'^  '^^'  ^^v.  W.  H. 
added  by  baptism,  and  a  Sunday  "chlT  ""T*^"'  ^""''y  °*  »hem 
and  seventy-one.  In  June  i&,t  Vrj^^  ^J  ""'  °^  """^  ^""^'^^1 
and  the  church  reported  thaS  ChrTstnchirr  7^^^'"  P^^'^' 
who  were  mostly  youn?   had  h^en  I  ,        character  of  the  members, 

that  the  faithful^n'struc^^ons  o^thVpasTofolTifTv?  ^^'°P*=^'  ^^ 
been  greatly  blessed  to  this  end  InOcZ^rL  '^'^  ^cr.ptures  had 
members  without  a  pastor.  In  June  ?C^h.  n,''  ^."l,««^venty-two 
Oympja  Temple  churches  were  one^chuih  ^^'"P'"  ^'"' ""^  ^'''^ 
piymp.a  Central  Baptist  Church     n„  m  '    'n<^OT>o>-ated   as   the 

bership  of  the  Tenfpl  Church  sfl^hrJ'-'^^'  'I'  '^'"^  ™<^'"- 
letter  with  the  First  Church  ^h'^  ''f  ^■l.''^^^  ,'»  "umber,  united  by 
rated  and  the  property  dufdelddoTert'o"  >''  P"'^''  ""''  '"^°'-P°- 
nieetings,  conducted  by  Rev  C  C  mZ  u  ^"J  ^  '''""^^  ^«"«s  of 
the  church  was  greatly  revived  aJI/.'.''*'°  ''*"  '''^^^'"^  Pastor, 
tism  and  six  by  letter  The^tir^^  seventeen  were  added  by  bap- 
>      tter.    The  work  m  all  departments  was  prospering. 

LXXXVII 
Frankun  Chukch.    Colored  (,89,) 

was  Z^.T^yl!'i^''^,''Z^^  Black  Diamond.    It 

of  the  same  year  the  S;ch  ^elortTd  'h/""'  ^i  '^'-    ^"  ^""'^^ 
church  licensed  a  Brother  Bates     FlnUr'"^  *°"^  '""'"''^'■«-    The 
and  these  colored  people  were  b;oufh?fh"  'f  ^  ^oal-mining  town, 
As  there  were  many  BapTsS  amoStt     '  'T'^  '"  '^'  «"'"«« 
organized.  "^  baptists  among  them,  a  Baptist  church  was 

Nortte'st5n''conv"«"S  ^^hf -^^ -Parted  in  the  tables  of  the 
C.  M.  Williams  as  pTstor  w  th  a  Sundr"'-^"  i"""''"  ""'"  ^'^^ 
In  1895  and  1896  Rev.  E  M  Matthewtw'  °°'  '"'■°''"^"'  ^^  ^^rty. 
about  a  dozen  members  and  a  SunH/v^^  '?°''^'^  ^«  P*""^'  ^ith 
-ne  In  1897  fifteen  members  were  renort^^  T'T'  °^  *'^y- 
enrolment  of  twenty    and  Z   ,         reported,  with  a  Sunday-school 

find  no  further  rep^S  of  the  chu^r'  '""''"^^  ''  ''''''^-     We 

LXXXVIII 
Delt.a  Swedish  Church  (i8gi) 


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r,CS  I  h^k"'  ^°"'V''»^i"8  been  received  there  by  baptism. 

our^tm^r,  1'hVv.'''  ''  ^'*"  ^^''^  «^°^  '™"'  fourteen  to  twenty: 

H.th.T.n   P    ;      ?  u''"'  ^*'  *  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  twen^. 

Hitherto,  Pastor  Johnson  had  been  preaching  there  but  one  Sunday 

churrh  r.Jr    r     rl"""**^-     ^"   '^5   the  deacons   of   the   Delta 

earnet  nHH-^-  ^a^u^^'T  ""^  °-  ^"^=»"-  ^he  members  were 
earnest  and  devoted,  but  the  times  were  hard,  many  being  out  of  em- 
ployment, n  1897  there  were  twenty-three  members,  with  a  Sunday- 
school  enrolment  of  thirty.  From  1898  to  1900  incbsive  Rev  C  1 
hriZ'^'rh'"^'  P"'*"'  "'  ^'"^'  ^'^  Whatcom,  and  West  Ferndale: 
tL  vt.  I'n/"'  '^"'^"*y;**°  '"^'"bers.  with  a  Sunday-school  of 
J  i^  L  and,  in  1900,  there  were  twenty-nine  members  and  a 
Sunday-school  enrolment  of  forty-eight. 

LXXXIX 
AbikDEEN  Church  (1891) 
It  :^  located  on  Gray's  Harbor,  Chehalis  County,  Wash.    It  was 

l?li?.  \  ,  ;  ?''"™^"'  ^ct'"&  pastor,  with  ten  members.  A 
Sunday -schoo  of  s.xty  pupils  was  organized.    In  the  fall  of  the  same 

by  Revs.  Thomas  Baldwm  and  A.  A.  Witham.  Quite  a  number 
of  conversjons  were  reported  with  hopeful  conditions;  but  soon  S^e 
tTe  ;lring'  ''^  "'^-•"  -^  ^'^  ^^"-•^  -  »eft  stranded 

i8Q2%^e'v"  w'w''"^'^'''  '""'  '"'°J'''  ^"S^'  Sound  Association  in 
lu       u  lu         ••  Shearman  was  the  missionary  pastor.    In  the  year 

three  ^  ''""  diminutions,  making  the  membership  thirty- 

In  1893  Kev.  F.  K.  Van  Tassel  became  missionary  pastor.    Re- 
mal  meetings  were  conducted  by  Rev.  O.  B.  Reed,  of  Los  Angeies 

ve^t^d  tL  firT  ;r?'  ''■""I  ■'^  ''•  '«93.  Twelve  were  ^ci": 
^erted  the  first  week,  several  times  twelve  the  second  week      The 

Bap  , St  meetmg-house   was  close  to  the  business  center    and  had 

seating  capacity  for  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and  was  cTnvenTent  for 

evanger.st.c  services.    It  had  been  the  school  building,  butTe  town 

fea'r  1^80.'"^^'''  ^^P^'^L^'^"/^'^  ^^°"'"^  ^^^  ^^^  "^^  °f  it  foTa 
)ear.     Jn  1894  there  were  fifty-four  members,  and  the  church  was 

prospeimg  in  every  way,  though  times  were  hard  financially.  The 
o  ng  peope  gave  entertainments  to  raise  funds,  and  a  class  of 
P  ed^ptto^*^  Sunday-school,  called  "Willing  Workers."  sur- 
D  Init  IjTf  ^""J^^^^l  y  presenting  him  with  a  chair  tor  the 
pulpit,  jaid  for  out  of  their  earnings.  In  189:;  there  were  Mxn- 
.>^-v,r.  ..,ember..,  owning  a  pulpit,  an  organ,  and'some  chairs," but  "no 


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.was  highly  esteemed  in  the  mmm  ?  abhorrence  of  shams  Ha 
the  field  several  outsiJe^s;  eTgS'S'  i^-^r  ''-Po>'-?iaving 
needed  to  retain  him.  *^      "'*^"^  financial  support,  if  that  was 

J-uar^,  and  the^huS".^";.;'"^  '""'*  -^  -- 'of'thet;   d'fn^ 

Broih'"'  l^i^''  '°  ^<>"-  'lisadvteTLeen  ''  ".^  ^'"^  ^'''^  t     ke  p" 
fj  f"  ^'"■"^'<=  3"d  Griswold  cam^  )^    ?  ''"  ''''^  ^''"^<="  '^rvice? 

sixty-nme  and  the  Smdav  ^hZi         ,  ^^^  membership  increased  tn 

-d  large  audiencef^  ^^orted""  Tirse°  °"^  '^-^red'aXo! 
tendance  at  preaching  beine  on^  h..  J    i    services,  the  average  at- 
meetmg  seventy-four     Pastor  Pih?  "^7''  ^"^  '^"'y'  and  at  praver 
and  inspiring.  ^The  unifed  ^nd  ^e^S  c'h'".''"^  "^^  "^'^  pS 
highest  expectations.    The  fu^urfr  "'"'''  "^^^  *"  exceeding  its 

pastor  had  the  confidenceVnd  good  ",70?;^"'  '''  '^'''  '^^""'^  -' 
W  to  witness  the  decision*  ^Va     <!  '"^  community.    It  was  a 

This  year  the  church  wercomeTt 'p''%'°'^^^  '^'  ChristL  ?ffe' 
year  was  full  of  blessing/and  all  SranZ'*  ^/""^  Association.  The 
on  aggressively.  ^'    ^  ^"  branches  of  the  work  were  carried 

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Shcoxo  Cexxr.ua  Baptist  Church   (,89:) 

^-■P^^^s^'^^^^^^^^^  Organised  ear,-  ,.  tS,t. 

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Sum  AS  Baptist  Church  (1891) 

eleven  members  by  Rev    D    1)    pZ^»^     Ka<Iroac).    Organized  with 
church  has  not  coL  imo  Siv^isfoSn''^^'^'"'"^   '''    ''^-"'     ^'^^ 


XCII 
The  Lvman  Church 

eight'mem1.;!ltV^Vrte?:t  Uma:"'7-  "^Tr'^"  ^  ^'^^^'   "f 
stated  that  Rev.  P  H   Haroer^^^H  .'       •   '!!  '^^  ^""^^  ^"P'^'^  "  '"^ 
bers  about  three  mL  f'rL  Center'"b„t'  ''""■''  °'  ^'^'^^  "'^'" 
Jittle  or  nothing  is  known ""p^ctin'Jrs  boV'     '  '""  '""" 

XCIII 
Napavine  Church  (1892) 

tin.,  it  had  J,"Z' itL^lr^n'"^  A;?  =«■  'SS^'  »t  whirl, 

P»e.t  Sound  A,»3,«rSlL     S?'k  ,™,rd '*'?""  'r  "" 
ship  twenlyfive   f«i  bv  f Jtv  <™.  ''I«>'t«<l  a  house  of  wor- 

the  chapel  ear  Evansel.    In  ,^5  r";  \   M^"!"  "  "''  ""?•.  i" 
w..h„u,  a  pastor,  and  in  .898-,^',he,'e  Jje  ^^^ep'o'^  Sj-^i.^s! 

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Snohomish  Church  (1892) 
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234      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

Brother  Pierce  was  the  first  paster,  and  was  succeeded  in  1893  bv 
Rev.  I.  Caims.  under  whom  there  were,  in  1894.  sixty-one  mmbers. 
lastor  Ca.rns  wntes  in  September:  "I  had  the  privilege  of  burying 
with  Christ  m  baptism,  here  in  Snohomish,  four  happy  converts  lasl 
Thursday.   August  31.     The  youngest  was   fifteen   and   the  olde 

In  1895  we  find  that  the  church  had  eighty-six  members,  though 
fifteen   were  non-res.dent.     Five   were  awaiting  baptism.     Brother 

^.i'/fiti?     H  ^^""5-  PI°fr™"*'y  ^°f  twenty-eight  months  on 

tl.s  field.  He  came  to  this  field,  which  was  acknowledged  to  be  one 
of  the  hardest  fields  in  the  State,  in  his  seventieth  year,  after  a 

forT-  TrZ\^^  """T^  '"?"'•''•  '^^^  '°*"  ^''^  twenty-six  saloons 
for  iLs  three  thousand  people,  and  the  church  had  but  few  members; 

oin.  Z"    tI,    "P  Y^TT^  ^y-     ***"y  °^  '^^  '"«'"»«"  were 
joung  men.    The  people  of  the  town  became  a  churchgoing  people. 

and  the  number  of  saloons  dropped  to  eleven.    The  church  was  well 

organized  for  work,  and  was  truly  alive.    There  was  a  good  Sundav- 

Su^ni  k^y."' J°""«^  ^'°P''''  ^"'"^  °*  *°^y  "'«">^"'  ^  Junior 
Young  Peoples  Lnion,  a  woman's  mission  society,  an  aid  society 

two  cottage  prayer  meetings  conducted  by  the  young  people,  and  a 
mission  bunday-school,  which  was  also  under  their  direction.  Al- 
though the  church  was  meeting  in  a  hall,  and  sadly  needed  a  house  of 
worship,  It  hao  contributed  $38  to  foreign  missions  and  $40  to  home 
missions  in  one  quarter.  The  same  year  a  grant  of  $400  from  the 
Honie  Mission  Society  enabled  the  church  to  purchase,  free  of  all 
indebtedness,  property  worth  $5,000,  which  answered  both  for  a 
parsonage  and  a  meeting-house. 

In  1899  Brother  Caims  was  succeeded  in  the  pastorate  by  Rev 
,  p'  »  °^^";/'i°  resigned  in  October,  1900,  and  was  followed 
by  Pastor  C.  M.  Gine,  the  membership  standing  at  sixty. 

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Fremont  Church  (1892) 
This  church  was  located  at  Fremont,  King  County,  and  was  or- 
ganized with  twenty-six  members  by  Rev.  E.  G.  Wheeler  of  the 
chapel  car  Evangel,  March  20,  1892.  It  was  represented  the  same 
year  in  the  Northwest  Convention,  and  in  June,  1893.  came  into  the 
Northwes  em  Association,  with  Rev.  W.  H.  Black  pastor.  He 
reports.  March  26,  1892: 

nreJilL'-  w*^  hV"  "  v«'T'  encouraging;  we  have  the  church  thoroughly 
organized,  we  have  received  five  persons  for  baptism  since  the  orMniM 
t,on  0!  the.church;  three  of  these  w-e  immersed    n  the  bap  iste?yofSe 
First   Baptist  Church   of  Seattle  at   the   close   of  services    astSundav 

with'"^%?J  \r  V'l  l^^"""^^'  ^''*"'*°":  we  expect  others  to  uJte 
«.th  ..»  soon.    The  church  has  rented  a  store  buildfng  in  Fremont  and 


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litted  It  up  nicely  for  the  services.  We  have  a  Baptist  Sunday-schooi  and 
prayer  meetiiijiJ,  and  are  fully  equipped  for  aggressive  work.  The  Fre- 
mont Church  has  a  bright  future.  The  writer  preaches  for  the  church 
every  Sunday  morning  at  eleven  o'clock. 

Brother  Black  resigned  the  pastorate  the  same  year,  and  a 
council  was  called  on  March  31,  1893,  by  the  Fremont'  church,  for 
the  examination  and  ordination  of  Bro.  C.  A.  Salyer,  paitor-elect. 
Rev.  D.  D.  Proper,  the  general  missionary,  was  moderator  of  the 
council,  and  Rev.  F.  F.  Whitcomb,  of  Kent,  was  clerk.  After  a 
nio.-t  careful  examination  the  brother  was  approved  for  ordination. 
He  was  ordained  at  the  hour  of  evening  service,  Brother  Proper 
preaching  the  sermon,  while  the  prayer  of  ordination  and  the  charge 
to  the  candidate  were  by  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett. 

Pastor  Salyer  resigned  about  January  i,  1894.  and  for  a  time 
Bro.  W.  R.  Burrel,  of  the  so-called  Baptist  university,  supplied 
the  pulpit  Sunday  morning  and  evening.  Being  a  good  speaker,  a 
lover  of  the  truth,  and  a  hard  and  earnest  worker,  he  won  a  warm 
place  in  the  hearts  of  the  members  of  the  church.  About  March  i 
the  church  decided  to  change  its  location  nearer  to  the  business  part 
of  town,  and  moved  about  April  i. 

Rev.  George  W.  Bumham,  of  Dodgeville,  N.  Y.,  formerly  a  pastor 
in  Seattle,  was  called  to  begii?  work  May  13,  1894.  He  was  to  come 
without  a  stated  salary,  trusting  to  the  collectioni.  About  this  time 
Brother  Burrel  was  ordained  to  work  among  the  French  Catholics 
in  southern  Canada. 

In  October,  1895,  Rev.  N.  W.  Fletcher  was  pastor,  and  also  in 
1896.  Bro.  Theodore  Maynard  was  pastor  in  October,  1898.  For 
a  time  he  church  met  in  the  Presbyterian  house  and  afterward  in  a 
store. 

In  1899,  when  Rev.  J.  Cairns  became  pastor,  there  were  twenty- 
eight  members  in  the  Fremont  church,  with  very  little  of  this  world's 
goods ;  but  with  faith  and  prayer  and  trust  in  God,  the  work  of  build- 
ing a  house  of  worship  was  undertaken  and  completed  at  a  cost  of 
over  $3,200,  which  was  all  provided;  and  $500  more  was  invested  in 
furniture.  The  house  is  forty-four  by  sixty-six  feet,  and  has  a  good 
baptistery,  dressing-rooms,  etc.  It  was  dedicated  March  24,  1901. 
with  a  masterly  sermon  by  Rev.  William  E.  Randall,  the  general 
missionary,  from  Ps.  72: 16,  and  one  by  Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman,  pastor 
of  the  Seattle  First  Church,  in  the  evening.  In  cash  and  pledges, 
^500  was  raised  that  day ;  and  the  last  of  the  debt  had  been  provided 
for  when  the  pastor  offered  the  dedicatory  prayer.  The  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  gave  $250,  and  the  Baptist  churches  of  Seattle,  Everett, 
and  other  places  gave  substantial  aid. 

The  building  of  this  house  of  worship  was  one  of  the  most 
strenuous  efforts  of  that  most  remarkable  church  builder.  Rev.  J. 
Cairns.  More  than  once  he  was  face  to  face  with  failure,  as  some 
thought  and  said.     Where  others  saw  failure,  Brother  Cairns,  with 


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Jiffi/nf  .  ""S""""'- j^]^  '"'""•    ^'°'  ^°'»«  "«on  he  found  .t  very 

suc««fu,  issue  .his  enterprise,  to  thc%,oVotS;J:;  ^ -^v'orth: 


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Everett  First  Church   (1892) 

Wheeler,  of  the  chapel  car  Evangel,  and  Re^.  D.  J.  Pierce    D    [/ 
on   the   seventeenth   of  April.    1892,   with   thirteen    member's      The 

;  aTwirReTtI   "p"'"  '"*  Northwestern   Ass^ia'Ltu^e  san 
year,  with  Rev.  D^  J.  P,erce  as  pastor  reporting  twenty-three  mem- 

a^d  hoSrf  "^^^^5"^y  ^  Sunday-school  With  fifteen  p^p  1    enrX  I 
and  hopeful  condiUons  prevailed.  "ironui. 

.     In  1^3  Rev.  A.  B.  Banks  succeeded  Doctor  Pierce   and  fortv 
nme  members  were  reported  in  the  church,  with  an  aveVge  atSd" 
ance  of  forty-five  in  the  Sunday-school.    Here,  m  th"s  thrJL  m^u 

li'^s.T^.t:. ''''-'' ''  -'  °^  °-  --^  -^^^^^ 

In  1894  the  church  had  increased  to  one  hundred  members  an.l 
ieL  SZta".!  '''•'"  ?'°""^"'  °*  °-  hundred  and  fif^x", 
Jastor  InMfc  ^h  ''T'k'  ""'^  ^'^  ^-  ^-  ^^^'^  ^"  ^^''talled  as 
anftwentv  se^eV  .nd  Z  """•'^'^  '  ™embership  of  one  hundre,l 
ana  iwenty-seven,  and  the  organization  of  a  voung  peoole's  societv 
with  ten  members.  The  church  would  seem  to  be  at  a  s  andltil  n 
1896.  reporting  the  same  membership  as  in  1895  In  4  he  c  "  'h 
reported  one  hundred.  This  would  seem  to  ?how  Htt  e  progres  [u 
m  these  growmg  cities  and  in  this  country  where  so  many  pS  are 
moving  on  losses  by  letter  and  by  removal,  as  wel' as  by  death 
often  play  havoc  with  statistics.  .        «cii  as  oy  death, 

«f  J^Y'  ^?,  ^  ''''^"Se  of  pastorate  again  in  1898  by  the  resignation 
of  Brother  Weir,  and  the  calling  of  Bro.  W  G  Tones  wTnr° 
ports  to  the  Association  one  hundred  and  thiJJJ-sS  ctrch-member; 
an^a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  one  hundred  and  eighty;  and  [n 
llSa  IraTsedlV"'  ^""f'"^  ""^  forty-seven  church-mml^rs  v^i  h 
hZ  "  "P'"'"  °'  ^''370.  and  property  valued  at 

fire.  T**^  ^?l!"'''"^  °^*^'''  ''^'''^^  ^'«--  '"  many  ways  unique  and  wa. 
first  so  in  the  men  who  organized  the  church.'  There  was  the  eve^J 

See  T  n  "'^^  ^T'^  '^'''"''  ^^"^'•^J  missionary.  S^Vb\ 
Fierce,  D.  D.,  who  had  succeeded  in  switching  off  the  chapel  cir 
Evangel  advertised  as  carrying  good  tidings  of  great  joy  for  thi  ci  v 
of  four  thousand  people.    Then  there  was%he  cultur  d'^conduc  or  of 


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the  car  and  his  wife,  whose  reputation  for  a  high  order  of  Christian 
service  and  devotion  had  preceded  them.  Rev.  E.  G.  Wheeler,  the 
conductor,  was  hke  a  general.  Doctor  Pierce  was  like  a  scout. '  No 
wonder  they  could  stir  up  the  city  until  the  people  were  saying, 
•  What  mtaneth  this?"  They  came  to  the  car  and  afterward  to  the 
tent  and  hail  to  hear  the  good  news  of  Jesus,  for  that  was  the 
message  of  the  scout  and  the  general  and  his  forces,  in  car  or  tent  or 
hall,  in  iong,  prayer,  exhortation,  persuasion,  or  testimony.  It  was 
religion  by  rail,  but  it  was  pure  and  undefiled.  Thus  the  religion  of 
tlie  Baptist  church  of  Everett,  from  its  natal  dav,  was  real,  blessed, 
spiritual. 

Again  the  church  had  a  unique  promise  of  help.  It  must  have  a 
pastor  to  lead  in  the  worship  of  God,  and  a  building  to  worship  in; 
and  for  a  stimulus  it  had  the  promise  of  a  $14,000  church  edifice, 
which  was  to  be  erected  and  turned  over  to  the  church  free,  3s  soon 
as  the  church  could  pay  its  pastor  a  salary  of  $1,500  a  year  This 
promise  was  reported  to  come  from  C.  S.  Colby,  one  of  our  wealthy 
and  hberal  Eastern  brethren.  He  was  said  to  be  connected  with  John 
D.  Rockefeller  in  the  building  of  Everett.  They  and  their  compeers 
had  already  invested  over  a  million  dollars  in  manufacturing  plants 
and  had  large  holdings  in  the  city  and  adjacent  to  it.  The  following 
statement  was  made  in  July.  1897: 

In  response  to  inquiries  made  by  citizens  of  Everett  conceniing  the 
willingness  of  Mr.  Colby  and  his  friends  to  aid  in  erecting  and  support- 
ing a  Baptist  church  in  Everett,  Mr.  G.  S.  Brown,  the  secretary  of  the 
tverett  Land  Company,  representing  Mr.  Colby  and  his  friends,  expresses 
their  wilhngness  to  erect  a  frame,  brick,  or  stone  church  on  the  lot  set 
apart  for  that  purpose  whenever  tiie  local  society  is  able  to  support  a 
pastor ;  adding  that,  if  necessary,  they  would  erect  a  chapel  this  fall  (1807^ 
and  follow  with  a  church  as  soon  as  needful. 

The  !oi  set  apart  was  on  the  corner  of  Wall  Street  and  Rocke- 
feller Street,  overlooking  the  sound  on  the  wer*  and  the  river  on  the 
east.  According  to  the  Everett  Herald,  the  Wall  Street  millionaires 
had  already  invested  in  manufacturing  plants  $t,5oi,ooo;  and  a  con- 
tract had  been  let  to  g^ade  ten  miles  of  streets. 

With  such  promises  and  conditions  it  was  very  natural  for  the 
church  to  grow  into  high  ideals;  and  these  entered  very  largely  into 
the  call  of  Doctor  Banks  to  the  pastorate.  He  was  the  man  of  all 
the  men  on  the  Convention  field  to  grasp  and  promote  high  ideals. 
He  found  the  church  worshiping  in  a  hall  on  the  second  floor  in  the 
east  end  of  the  town,  and  his  great  work  in  Everett  was  the  erection 
of  a  church  building.  Finding  the  lot  reserved  by  the  Everett  Land 
Company  not  favorably  located  for  church  purposes,  he  leased  a  lot 
centrally  located,  and  erected  a  tabernacle  seating  five  hundred  people, 
with  a  gymnasium  as  an  annex.  When  he  accepted  t'.e  call  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  of  Sacramento,  Cal..  in  1895,  he  left  the 
Everett  Church  in  a  flourishing  condition  with  over  a  hundred  mem- 


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influenced  by  high  worldiv  ide^.'«  k     .u    l*.^''"''''''  ""'  »°  '""^h 

people  of  the  future  arJeStvJtt^thl*-,  ''"^?""»"s.  for  the 
to  be  loved  and  apprSated'  as  Doc^or'^'R  "l^'  "*  ''"'  ^'''  P^*«°" 

Church  of  Everett     In TccenHn^  K"        °     ®""'''   '"''   ^y   «'^^    f"'''^' 
i-vcreu.    in  accepting  his  resignation  they  say: 

tion^pIit'wi'in&rexSou?"  ^^itS£V„H•,''''  ""  -'"^  -^  --'"- 
of  all  that  Doctor  Ba'nk/'has  wrolgtt  b  Everi^ 

.i.h..  and  in?he's°ol3^°?i„Tt?uyrf^  .ook'^u^Vo^t%°?;^„lth"^^^^^ 
BankTin  The'pasSray/' thoil'Er""^'  \''-  "''°  '°"--<^  Doctor 

vorably  with  those  of  Doct"  Banks  In/hf*  ^'  comparing  fa- 
years  was  well  sustaiMd  Whfn  >.  '*  J^  u'  P*«»°^ate  of  about  two 
was  a  dehV  n/  «:  i^  ■"  ^^  *°°'*  <='''"■&«  of  t^'e  church  there 
prov4dfo.:th!u'S°th?^^^^^^^^^  ^^''~   °*   -hki^l 

Lthods  of  ;a!l\°"^onty%tToda  s  far^^  'Sfh^'T  ^!.'  ^"^'' 
the  following  resolution:  ''/e«STr-fi  •  '^''"'f''  ^''^P'^'' 
church  is  the  biblical  one   nlmdv   bl  th.  t    ^"ancial  policy  of  this 

^^"troXr^r  -^'-<'  on'sptil^'l^^a^^^^  ^^  ^^^ 

ten  years  in  Massachuse'ts  was  7gradulte  ofve  ":"'  ''  !;\'  ^P^"' 
first  pastorate  in  Boston     iZLl  ^"-  .    Newton,  and  had  his 

of  i&.  It  may  £  saWof  hi,^?  ^'!  T*  '"  ^"*="-*="  '"  ^^e  fall 
in.  S:  twenS'^emuV  ^^•  hSr^astl'V^^h'^'^^  '"  ^"^^- 
valuable  accumulations  could  rSasonabt  Selected  fo  IT''"  '''^ 
Jng  the  eood  news  to  t»i»  ,.,;^->      "«•«"•/  ue  expected  to  aid  m  carrv- 

nel  cen^Sy.rhTs  first  tear  Trt'^  ?'""^  ^'  '''  •""'P*'""  '"  '^' 
his  second/eighty 'Sn  hS^K  ottu^Sred"^^^^^^^^^ 

t^^rmrhrarsTe'td-'rh^^^  c^  chi?r  Ld?ed  :z 

found  both  church  ^d  pastor  out  of'deS T^H  T'-''^  "'^^  ""'"'"■^ 
tide  of  spiritual  life   with  VhJ  i   1^  *  ^""^  ""^''"^^  °"  '^^^  rising 

who  wotSd  re%t.tS/a'XC&^^^^^  '"^  '''''  °"  '^^^^^  ^^ 


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XCVII 
OscoTA  Church   (1892) 

This  church  was  located  at  Oscota.  Chehalis  County,  .ml  was 
organized  with  four  members  on  February  ,1.  ,892,  by  Rev    .    \\ 
Clancy.    No  further  record  was  found  of  ihis  church 


XCVIII 
Cedarholm   Swedish  Church    (1892?) 

,«o  JSh'^'l"'*'!'  *^"'  *PP*"'  '"  *''*  ">'"»*"  of  the  Convention  in 
1893   with  twelve  members  reported,   a  loss  of  one.     Rev    Erick 

tZ  £in?  hL^"  k'T*  °^  *°""""=  '"  '895  seventeen  members. 
riJ^/J"^^!?  ^y  •'"P"'"'-  ""'^  "  Sunday-school  of  twelve;  an(i 
RrortJ;  ^^1  i"*"  '*•"*  'T"'  ""P*  '*'**  "o  P^sto"-  ^vas  reported. 
inT^  S  2^'  r'  '*'"  ^"'"  "  P^^'°^'  ''°^^«^'  •"  '897,  but 
ind  7r.rwZ;  •^'^f"i°"  "^u'  p.*""*"'  ^'*''  "•"^'«"  church-members 
and  eighteen  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school.     In   1899  there  were 

S^;"'"!  "'«'"'^"  and  thirty-five  enrolled  in  thelchool;  and  in 
Fastor  Andrew  Johnson  remamed  with  the  church  until  after  1900. 

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Ballard  Swedish  Church    (1893) 
It  was  located  at  Ballard,  King  County,  and  was  organized  with 
twelve  members  on  May  5.  1893.    It  came  into  the  Swedish  Confer 
ence  the  same  year,  with  Rev.  August  Olson  as  pastor.    In  1894  Rev 
th^  Ho^^r^r''"  P^c*°-'  ''"^^''^hurch  was  aided  in  his  support  by 
5nf,r  K  ^    J""!,"  ^°^'^^y-    ^"  °'='°'^'"'  ^^5.  Brother  Lonn  reported 
hU  ,e,ti.      k'"u  'J""!"'^'!  ^^^'*'°"'-    ^"  '^^  twenty-two  months  of 
™L^     '  ^•""'^  ^^  "'^""^  ^'^^  ^'^^  ^""'«^'  he  had  received  sixteen 
X^   r!/"t    l."!^,'""""^"''^"'^  ■^^'^  ^''^^^  ^'■«=<=ted.     In  October. 
InHpSr^nn  «;/?'?  *u'  t^e  missionary  pastor  of  the  Ballard 
?h.  llfLrA     u^^'^u^  "•''i''^^^'-    ^'^"•^  *"^  twenty-two  members  in 
the  Ballard  church    with  thirty-one  enrolled  in  the  Sundav-school. 

S^Ii  f  !?^'.'^i*''  twenty-seven  church-members  and  a  Sundav- 
renoln  nn  r  ""a  \  '?98-i900  the  Ballard  Swedish  Church 
reported  no  pastor.  At  the  latter  date  the  number  of  member,  wa. 
seventeen,  and  the  Sunday-school  enrolment  was  forty-five 


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Rochester  Church  (1893) 

•    A  K  ""'T  !:°*^^'^1  ^*  Rochester,  in  Thurston  County.    It  wa«  orean- 
ued  by  Prof.  E.  T.  Tremble  and  Bro.  R.  W.  Wolfe,  a  licentiate  a^d 


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240      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH   PACIFIC   COAST 

&  "i.XS  F  if  Si  r^  -r-^  -'" 

$125  and  loaned  $125  '  """*  ^'"'°"   Society  donated 

were  hej,  at  R^^e't^.td  s^s^:^:::^::^^:^::^  ^t 

McKillop,  of  cSehalis    oreacJ*H^H  *^'        '*°  *"''''=  ^'^^^  ^  ^^^ 

came  forward  seeking  Ssri^floifh.T  ^^"  '^"''  *"''  "«''' 
ship  of  thirty-two.  ^        ''''"'■''*'  '^P'"''*  =»  member- 

No  further  data  or  statistics  are  available  up  to  1900. 

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Tacoma  Swedish  Church  (1893) 

Ixty-eStteraix:«     tL  V''"''^^^^  ""''L  '^'  ""^^  there^ere 
por?fof'tlry™Ss"anJa\"rif?rRev  '"  '''  '^^ 

.Novemoer,  1900,  Miss  Malmberg  writes  to  Tidings: 

pur  people  hfvtlJr&muchtot^aL^:^^^^^^^  ^"'^  I'X.^"  i^'  ^ong. 
m  the  last  nine  months  $1  7<S  Not  nn/T?ii  •*  .""t'-  ^r**  ''»^«  "i»ed 
by  sociables  or  any  such  olkn  h.,f  ^J^f^  j-^^'l^*^  °*  '/"*  ^^»  *>««»  raised 
will  offerings.  Qu^te  a  nSmbir  of  fhe  m^m W  ^ ,!°  the  treasury  in  free! 
$70  each   besides  keepinr^tLre^nfi.?'''"  have  given  from  $50  to 


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for  aid  from  the  Amerkfn  BaD*st  Hom  m^*""  "^^  ''''"'*'*  »nd  "ked 
vention  Board  felt  sure  th«vv"  Kid  reT^iv^Ih*'""  ^'='"''-  ^he  Con- 
the  strength  of  its  convictbnl  we  Dr«:eed«7Vi^h  r.f"u**^7.  '•''P^  "^  o" 
was  almost  finished,  we  receiverworT.h«  .^ '^  the  bui  dmg.  When  it 
granted.  We  were  not  di«coirt«H  k  "  ""J  '**?'"'*  a'**  could  not  be 
would  enable  us  to  Tit  oS«  '  and  he'hU''"  h'*' ,*"^*  "'«  ">e  LoM 
praise.  '  """^se'ves,  and  he  has.    He  alone  shall  have  the 

CII 

M.\PLE  Grove  Church  C1893) 

CounT'.'  iTtTo^galS^tTh'f""  ""L^^"«  ^-'-'««-  Lewis 
1893,  wuh  \  W^Sier  a    P^^^^  -embers  by  a  council.  July  19. 

Association  in  1894,  w itl  Rev'^M  VV  Ml?'"'  '"*°  "'%^"«''  ^ound 
th.re  was  no  paTor;  but  irkejt  ud  ^ t nn'/'T" ,  ^"  i""^'  '^^S. 
meeting.  From  October.  ,^5,^  October  ,S;%t  ff  '  ^''''' 
ported  as  clerk,  with  no  pasu.r  At  fh^  i/»  a  J'  ^-  ^''*='"  "*='"  «- 
members  and  twenty  wefe^^olle'd  L^  JTunl"-^^^^^^^^^^^ 
J.  s'VrTkrand"^^  .^ves 

In  October    1000  fhlr  .•       "  *■"""'  P°^^''''e  with  help." 

pastor.  S':^htr'memb^rs"""'°"  "*^°^'^  ^^^-  ^^^  J"  O"  - 

cm 

Foster  Swedish  Church 

shone  with  delight  when  the"  rhiw«i^'^^  ^  "^J",  ^^eir  faces  fairly 
them.  One  mother  toTd  me  that  she  ^kthr;hnl'''l''r^^^^^  P«  o 
a  day  and  taught  them  the  Scriotures  r  !^t  '**'^'!!  ^^  themselves  once 
what  she  is  sowinir  ThU  .,«;«  fi  J  ■  ^V^  *""■«  that  mother  will  reao 
tinued  in  the  3n  dS      ^      o^K^f^ation  will  have  its  histor?  con^ 

CIV 
Skagit  Swedish  Church  (1893) 

with'UtL^mlmbeVs  fn't^'^a^d  f'^^''  ^"T^  =  ^^'^  ^^--^ 
ence  the  same  yeTr  In  igS^-ReJ  n  T  Tu  '^'  ^^^^'^^  ^°"f«^^- 
there  were  five  additions  X  church  anl°»  T"/"'  ?*^'°^'  ^"^ 
ment  of  fourteen.     Brother  Tohn,«l  •     /  Sunday-school  enrol- 

century.  when  twenty-sevS  r^e^hTr  ""'^  "^  '°  '^'  '^^"^  of  the 
school  enrolmenrof  forty  ''■"■'  '"P"''*^'  ^•^»'  =  Sunday- 

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Ilwaco  Baptist  Church  (1893) 

It  was  located  at  Ilwaco,  Pacific  County,  at  the  mouth  uf  the 
Cohimbia  River.  It  was  organized  with  five  members  by  a  council 
May  II,  1893.  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  1894, 
with  eleven  members.  Rev.  James  Howerton  was  pastor  from  1^*93 
to  1895,  with  services  one-fourth  of  the  time  and  no  house  of  worship. 
After  this  there  is  no  report  until  1900,  when  the  church  was  re- 
organized in  May,  with  four  members,  and  was  again  received  into 
the  Puget  Sound  Association,  Robert  Yeatman  being  pastor. 

CVI 
Burton  Church  (1893) 

This  church  is  located  at  Burton,  King  County,  on  N'ashon 
Island.  It  was  organized  by  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven,  August  31,  1893, 
with  seven  members,  at  the  quartermaster  schoolhouse;  but,  when 
a  few  months  later  Burton  was  laid  out  as  a  town,  the  church  at 
once  moved  its  place  of  meeting  to  that  town,  and  was  incorporated 
as  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Burton. 

It  was  represented  by  delegates  at  the  Convention  of  the  same 
year,  and  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  June,  1894, 
when  it  reported  that,  through  the  aid  extended  by  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  it  had  been  able  to  erect  and  furnish  a  church  building 
at  a  total  cost  of  $1,350,  which  was  all  paid  except  $300.  Rev.  S.  W. 
Beaven  was  the  pastor,  preaching  three  Sundays  each  month.  There 
was  a  good  attendance  at  church,  Sunday-school,  and  prayer  meeting. 
The  church  mourned  the  loss  of  Rev.  Joseph  W.  Beaven,  who  was 
called  home  February  16,  1894. 

In  1895  Pastor  Beaven  and  the  church  were  greatly  blessed  in 
three  weeks  of  special  meetings  conducted  by  the  pastor.  Eleven  were 
baptized  and  one  received  by  experience.  The  membership  in- 
creased from  nine  in  June,  1894,  to  twenty-nine  in  June.  1895.  and  to 
thirty-four  in  1896.  Brother  Beaven  remained  pastor  up  to  June, 
1898,  and  the  debt  was  reduced  to  $100. 

In  October,  1898,  Rev.  Herman  J.  Powell  was  pastor,  with  twenty- 
four  members;  but  in  1899  there  was  no  pastor  and  no  report  from 
the  church. 

In  1900  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven  was  pastor  again;  and  there  were 
twenty-six  members  with  three  baptisms,  while  the  Sunday-school 
enrolment  was  one  hundred.  The  church  reported  a  year  of  pros- 
perity and  blessing,  with  an  increased  attendance  at  both  church 
and  Sunday-school.  A  Junior  Yoimg  People's  Union  was  organized 
by  Mrs.  Beaven,  and  a  mission  Sunday-school  was  begun  at  the 
neighboring  dry  dock,  with  preaching  twice  a  month. 


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WORK  OF  THE  GERMAN  BAPTISTS  I\  THE  NORTHWEST 

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Bethany  Church 

As  early  in  the  history  of  our  Convention  as  1877  the  foreicu 
population  n,  our  terr.tory  >.as  a  problem  of  no  smal  interest  an 
importance.  Even  before  co-operation  with  the  Home  M  ss?o,  ^o 
c.ety  began  the  field  of  the  Northwest,  w.th  its  rapidly  increasing 
foreign  population  was  considered  a  missionary  field  which  must  be 
?ortand"f„''H-wr''  T"^  '^^  ^f™^"''  «"^  Scandinavians  Vn 
pra;.S'ard'takrn"up.^"'  '"  ""'"'  °'  '''  ^""'  ^'"^^^  ^^  »>-« 

The  German  work  especially  had  a  unique  beginning.     A  Swis. 

the  nL  T^f ""^  '°  *"*  '°""'^y  '^'y  *"'^  ^°"'<^  *"t°  possession  of 
Chr  r  I"  "T"  •"  »*»'"«  ^'^y-  "d  had  been  led  to  accept  Jesus 
Chnst  as  the.r  Saviour.  In  their  study  of  the  New  Testam^t  they 
had  found  and  accepted  as  their  creed  regeneration  by  the  Spirit  and 
baptism  as  the  seal  or  symbol  of  it.  Since  they  had  no  o  dain^ 
mm.ster  ho  ding  this  belief  to  baptize  them,  they  app^^nteS  so,S 
one  to  baptize  their  leader,  who  baptized  the  others.     In  X  th™y 

Rev  W  H  w"  h''"  *°  '^'  ^^'•"^'"^"'^  Association,  and  Ihroug^ 
Hl;^    \  :  ^"  '*^  as  interpreter  they  asked  for  membership.  When 

bel  ef.  we  want  tc  know  what  you  believe."  This  turning  of  the 
tables  upon  the  Association  caused  some  merriment,  but  the  Associ 

S  t°h''  '*  P'r'""i  '"/  ''''^'''^  '^'''  ^"^-■'*-"«  from  th  cha  . 
K.I!  •  .  ^  ^°f  uP  ^^'^  ^°*=*""'=  °f  regeneration.  When  they  had 
do?.n.  ^'''  ^^  '^'  '•'"'^  '^^'  '^'  ^^P^'^'^  ^*°°d  squarely  upon  he 
doctnne  of  a  regenerate  church-membership,  they  still  desired  to 
taow  whether  the  whole  body  of  the  Association  "Accepted"  The 
moderator  proceeded  to  satisfy  them  by  a  rising  vote.  This  left  thern 
Av.th  satisfaction  beaming  in  their  countenances;  but  the  leaded 
"We  wJir;;  kno  '''.^Testament,  desiring  to  put  ^ne  more  iuestton 
one         TJ  ^.   '*  y°"  ^'■^'"  ''^P*'«  babies."     A  similar  vote 

an  wered  th.s  question,  and  then  their  examination  was  p  oceeded 
l^!.»1-.J'"J'"^*?u'  '•'^y  believed  in  the  supreme  authority  of  Se 
nto  th.  A  '"•  ?'  ''^"''  ''^^''  "^  '''  '"^'"bers,  they  were  admit  ed 
mto  the  Assoc.at.on  as  a  regular  Baptist  church.  Great  interest 
the  ri"',"'*^  was  manifest  during  the  proceedings,  especiallv  when 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship  was  extended  and  the  large  audience 
sang:  "Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds."  Some  of  us  were  much  inter 
S  TT^  ''^^  '^'  "^^^  Landmarkers,"  some  of  the  most  ^ron  - 
inent  of  whom  were  present,  would  be  able  to  accept  a  chv.rch  as  a 


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244      BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


regular  Baptist  church,  whose  mcmber•^  had  not  been  baptized  by  an 
ordained  administrator  of  the  rite.  I  hey  never  raised  the  question, 
however,  but  stood  up  with  the  rest  of  us  when  the  vote  was  takenj 
all  being  permitted  to  vote  by  the  request  of  a  visitor. 

Afterward,  Brother  Graf,  their  pastor,  withdrew  from  the  church 
with  seven  membtrs  and  organized  a  Free  Baptist  church.  The 
others,  who  retained  the  original  doctrines,  kept  up  their  services  until, 
in  1879,  Rev.  F.  Schaelike  came  up  from  San  Francisco  and  re- 
organized the  church  with  eighteen  members,  under  the  name  of  the 
First  German  Baptist  Church  of  Bethany.  Thus  came  into  existence 
the  first  German  Baptist  church  on  the  Northwest  Coast.  During 
Brother  Schaelike's  pastorate  o(  about  one  year,  the  Mission  Board 
of  the  Convention  availed  itself  of  his  services  to  look  up  the 
German  work  at  other  places.  On  Christmas  Day,  1881.  this  church 
dedicatet  the  first  German  Baptist  house  of  worship  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  In  1882  eight  members  were  baptized  at  a  mission  station 
established  in  Clackamas  County,  Ore.  The  Home  Mission  Society 
aided  in  the  support  of  Rev.  Vincent  Farnkopf  for  one  year  and  nine 
months  at  Bethany,  from  July.  1880- 1882.  Rev.  J.  A.  H.  Wuttke 
was  pastor  of  the  Bethany  Church  in  1891. 


CVIII 
Tacoma  German  Church  (1891) 

It  was  located  at  Tscoma.  It  was  organized  by  Rev.  C.  E. 
Kleiver,  with  seven  membe  s.  in  March,  1891.  Brother  Kleiver  was 
pastor  in  October,  1899.  and  twelve  members  were  reported.  In 
1900  the  pastor  wrote  that  he  felt  much  encouraged  in  his  work. 
Eight  members  had  just  been  received  into  the  church,  and  two  more 
were  awaiting  baptism.  The  church  was  greatly  rejoicea  that  by 
dint  of  hard  work  on  the  part  of  the  members  and  generous  aid 
from  the  Home  Mission  Society  and  other  churches,  a  good  house  of 
worship,  thirty-thi«e  feet  by  fifty-six  feet,  had  be«i  secured  in  a 
central  location  on  Tacoma  Avenue.  The  house  and  two  lots  cost 
them  $1,000.  It  was  all  paid  for,  and  the  church  hoped  to  raise 
$500  more  for  furnishings  and  needed  repairs. 

Brother  Kleiver,  who  had  entered  thus  auspiciously  upon  his 
work  as  a  missionary  among  the  Germans  in  Washington,  had  already 
been  four  years  a  pastor  in  Salem,  Ore.,  and  in  that  time  had 
baptized  sixty-one  persons  and  given  the  hand  of  fellowship  to  more 
than  a  hundred.  He  had  also  organized  two  o;.ier  German  churches 
in  that  vicinity.  What  was  Oregon's  loss  was  Washington's  decided 
gain. 

In  October,  1900,  the  Tacoma  German  Church  had  twenty-one 
members,  four  of  them  being  received  by  baptism  and  seven  by  letter 
and  experience  in  the  convention  year.  It  had  also  thirty  Sunday- 
school  scholars.    Rev.  D.  D.  Proper  wrote  in  1892  (?)  as  follows: 


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have  Jnlv  iTrhurrL*  °"  "l*  P'c.f.c  Coa.t  i.  .till  in  it.  Inginning.  We 
two  of X.e  irr  ..u?;„*''^  »'*">  h-nd'^d  «nd  sixty  member.  Only 
««.  Tk!  I  »e"-»upi>"rtmg.  and  one  expecti  to  become  to  in  June 
Br^h.,  t*  ^'"J!.''  "  Portland  became  .elf-^pporting  thi.  year  oSr 
?.'d  for  5i,hVj''aiH*",".T'  ^""'"•w'^  iuitableThapel  wa,  e'rec  ed  Vnd 
K  finished  At  T^L™!  "°J"*Mi..ion  Society,  and  a  parsonage  was 
init.hi.  l„^'  lacoma     Wash.,    a    church    was    organized     and    a 

suiuble^^home  was  soured   for  the  body  under  very   favorable  ci^cum- 

PnrfinnH"o''"'/'l""^"^*P"**   churches   at    Los    Angeles.    Cal.; 


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Aberdeen  German  Church  (1891) 

held  It 'Tn!""*"^  joined  the  Pacific  Conference  of  German  Baptist, 

Tacoma^rur^h"'   "'  ''*"''  ''-'''  '''''  ''  "^^  ^^""^  '-«  ^^^  »»>* 


CX 
Newcastle  Church.    Colored  (1894) 
This  church  was  located  at  Newcastle,  King  County.    It  was  or- 
fnto'tht  M"^i""'?  "7*^".  ""'  ^'^-  M'-  P"«.  *"  '44. "nd  came 

Ss  under  Sev"  CM  wT''''°"  **"'  ''""'  ^«"-'  -ithThirty  mem- 
bers under  Rev.  C.  M.  Williams  as  pastor.    In  1895  S.  A.  Franklin 

'*'?,^**''',^^P°''*^''  ^°"'"*«"'  '"«'"»'«"  >^ithout  a  pistor. 
When  W.  M  Miller,  a  colporter  of  the  American  Baptist  Publi- 
huXn  '.'^'  ^"'''d  Newcastle,  in  T!ay.  ,892.  he  found  about  a 
SfTl  wJ.t«  »7J"»y-fivf  colored  people  and  about  a  hundred  and 
pZ.hTl  u  '^"  "'"'"^  *''^"-  "^''^  '^^  assistance  of  Brother 
rnW«i  ,     """^'"K*   »"d  organized   a    Sunday-school    for   the 

colored   people    among   whom,    when   his    force    was   counted    he 

•T"l    xf  **''""'  ''°"'''-"     The  nucleus  thus  formed  ^ew  'later 
into  the  Newcastle  church.  »"n"ca  grew  later 

In  1896  and  1897  Rev.  R.  W.  Jennison  was  pastor,  with  nineteen 
members  and  fifteen  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school.  In  18^  ihh 
ttr^"!^  T'°\'  '^'  '"'•"''"^hip  was  sev^teen.  and  the  Sun  Jay 
was  LT  '"5  ^«.t*"=nty-five.  In  1899-1900  Rev.  E.  M.  Matthews 
wltv  fn?,;  f.  *^''.  '^'  '"^'"bership  rose  at  the  latter  date  to 
twenty-four,  the  school  enrolment  remained  the  same. 

CXI 

Seattle  Mount  Zion  Church.    Colored  (1894) 
This   church    was    located    at    Se.-,tt!e.    King   Countv,   and    was 
organized  with  five  members  in  ,894.    The  sam%  year  it  came  Tnto 


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246      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH   PACIFIC   COAST 

the  Northwestern  Association,  with  Rev.  C.  M.  Williams  as  pastor, 
reporting  a  gain  of  ten  members,  making  fifteen  in  all,  with  a 
Sunday-school  enrolment  of  fourteen.  In  the  Convention  minutes 
of  1894-1895  there  was  no  pastor  reported.  After  this  there  was  no 
report  from  the  church,  either  in  he  Association  or  the  Convention, 
until  in  June,  1899,  Rev.  Eugene  Harris  appears  as  pastor,  with 
twenty-three  members  and  twenty  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school.  In 
the  Convention  minutes  for  1899  and  1900  no  pastor  is  recorded. 

CXII 

Ballard    Norwegian-Danish    Church    (1894) 

This  church  was  located  at  Ballard,  King  County.  It  was  or- 
ganized with  thirteen  members  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Finwall,  on  March 
7,  1894,  and  came  into  the  Northwestern  Association  in  the  same 
year,  with  Brother  Finwall  ls  pastor.  From  1895-1899  Rev.  O.  L. 
Hoien  was  pastor.  It  became  affiliated  with  the  Norwegian-Danish 
Conference  when  that  body  was  organized,  reporting  in  1896  twenty- 
three  members  in  the  church,  and  forty-nine  enrolled  in  the  Sunday- 
school;  a  young  people's  union  of  thirteen,  and  a  mission  circle  of 
nine.  In  1899  there  were  twenty-four  membe  .  and  sixty-three 
enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school ;  but,  in  1900,  when  Brother  Hoien  was 
succeeded  by  Rev.  E.  S.  Sundt,  there  were  twenty-six  church- 
members  and  forty-six  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school. 

CXIII 
Lopez  Church   (1894) 

This  church  was  located  at  Lopez,  San  Juan  Island,  and  was 
organized  with  seven  members  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Black,  on  August 
16,  1894.  Three  others  soon  united  with  the  church,  but  after  this 
there  is  no  further  record  found. 


CXIV 

NoRTHRUP  Church  (1894) 

This  church  was  located  at  Northrup,  King  County,  Houghton 
Post-office,  and  was  organized  with  ten  members  in  1894.  From  that 
date  until  1896  the  church  received  fifty  weeks'  aid  in  the  support  of 
its  pastor.  Rev.  D.  T.  Richards,  from  the  Home  Mission  Society. 
The  church  finally  disbanded,  it  not  proving  to  be  a  favorable  loca- 
tion. 

CXV 

Pleasant  Hul  Church  (1895) 

It  was  located  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Whatcom  County,  and  was 
organized  with  nine  members  in  1895.  Rev.  E.  B.  Hilton  was  pastor, 
and  a  gain  of  three  members  between  the  date  of  organization  and 


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the  meeting  of  the  Association  was  reported,  making  a  total  member- 
ship of  twelve.    No  further  data  are  found. 

CXVI 
The  Tabernacle  Baptist  Church  (1896) 
Thi^church,  located  at  Tacoma.  was  an  offshoot  from  the  First 
S!™k  A«"         "^^^  organized  on  April  23,  1896,  with  thirty-one 

S^'pc  r""  "^^"^  ""^f^^r^  ^'  ^°"°^^=  '^^^^°"«'  P-  A.  Smith, 
Tudge  R.  S.  Greene,  Gen.  W.  Dard;  Clerk,  W.  O.  Hardin;  treasurer 
Al.ss  Lizzie  Bray.  Rev.  S.  C.  Ohrum  was  unanimously  called  to  the 
pastorate  which  he  accepted.  The  meetings  were  held  in  Freed's 
.u  t"^  u  '"^  especially  characterizing  this  church  and  the 
mother  church  was  that  each  in  its  prayer  meetings  was  praying  for 
ra  11°^^^"^^  °^  ^^"^  °'*'"-     '^^^  Lord  heard  and  answered  their 

Material  was  found  in  this  church  sufficient  to  organize  every 
department  of  church  work  and  fill  the  offices  with  competent  leaders 
The  old  church  was  left  with  abundance  of  talent  to  refill  the  offices 
made  vacant,  and  leads  to  a  conclusion  that  it  is  a  good  plan  for  bees 
to  swarm  often,  otherwise  they  will  eat  up  all  the  honey  and  starve 
The  church  was  recognized  by  a  large  council.  May  19.  1896 
Articles  of  incorporation  were  taken  out  in  which  it  was  provided 
that  the  church  could  not  contract  any  debt  for  any  purpose.  A 
lot  was  secured  on  the  corner  of  Eleventh  and  Jefferson  Streets  and 
Boren  Avenue,  and  work  began  on  a  house  of  worship  in  May 
to  contain  an  audience-room,  a  lecture-room,  and  three  class  and 
robing-rooms  so  constructed  that  the  larger  rooms  could  be  thrown 
together  and  thus  provide  sittings  for  nearly  six  hundred.  The 
church  had  now  grown  to  sixty-eight  members.  In  1898  the  church 
reports  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  members,  with  one  hundred  and 
seventy-six  in  the  Sunday-school. 

This  church  became  one  of  the  most  vigorous  churches  of  the 
city  along  all  lines  of  church  and  evangelistic  work.  Its  work  among 
the  Chinese  and  Japanese  is  taken  up  in  the  sections  devoted  to  those 
missions.  It  had  a  downtown  mission,  and  performed  much  evangel- 
istic labor  in  the  surrounding  country  and  towns.  It  was  liberal  also 
With  prayers  and  money  for  all  classes  of  missions.  It  closed  the 
nineteenth  century  with  one  hundred  and  eighty-six  members  and 
bright  anticipations  of  being  helpful  in  the  Master's  service. 

CXVII 

Tacoma  Immanuel  Church  (1896) 

Tvf  ^v  was  located  at  Tacoma.    It  was  organized  in  1896  by  Rev.  E 

M.  Bliss,  who  became  the  missionary  pastor,  and  was  recognized  by  a 

lar-e  council,  with  Rev.  M.  W.  Miller  as  moderator,  on  October  15 


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248      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF  THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

i8s>6.  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  1897,  with  twenty- 
eight  members  and  an  enrolment  of  eighty  in  the  Sunday-school. 
L  1  Root  was  the  supenntendent.  It  was  stated  on  January  21  1807 
that  Brother  Bliss  had  the  largest  number  of  unconverted  people  fn 
his  congregation  of  any  pastor  in  the  city.  In  1898,  with  the  same 
officers  there  were  thirty-three  members  in  the  church,  and  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  enrolled  in  the  Sunday-school. 

a.U^I'Tv,  T^l'  ^'J^^f".^.'"'  ^•^'^  '^Kan  systematic  work  on  this 
field  of  the  abandoned  Wright  Avenue  Church,  the  outlook  seemed 
very  unpromising.  The  church  property,  which  now  belonged  to  the 
Home  Mission  Society,  was  in  a  dilapidated  condition.  One  of  the 
first  things  done  was  to  buy  nine  dollars"  worth  of  glass  to  replace 
the  panes  broken  by  the  boys  using  the  windows  for  a  target  At 
first  these  elements  seemed  unruly  and  almost  unmanageable,  without 
any  respect  for  Christianity.  Many  of  the  boys  were  from  Lutheran 
and  Catholic  homes.  For  eighteen  months  the  progress  was  very 
IT^u-:  ^T""!  ""«'*  converted  who  but  for  opposition  at  home 
^^ould  unite  with  the  Baptist  church.  There  was  an  occasional  bap- 
tism. The  congregations  were  large,  containing  from  thirty  to  forty 
unconverted  people.  ■  ^ 

Brother  Bliss  had  under  his  charge  the  Fern  Hill  Church  also 
^hoor''^"'""  members,  and  twenty-five  enrolled  in  the   Sunday- 

p  ^  ^^^l^'  ^^°°'  ^^^  Immanuel  Church  called  a  council  to  ordain 
UTo.  L.  1.  Root.  The  council  was  large  and  representative,  and 
the  examination  was  rigid,  covering  four  hours'  time,  and  was  emi- 
nently satisfactory.  Rev.  A.  G.  Sawin  was  moderator  and  Dr  W  L 
Moon,  clerk.  Brother  Root  succeeded  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Im- 
manuel  Church,  jointly  with  that  of  the  South  Tacoma  Church,  in 

CXVIII 
West  Ferndale  Swedish  Church  (1897) 
This  church  first  appears  in  the  Convention  minutes  of  1807 
with  xourteen  members  under  Rev.  A.  Johnson  as  pastor.  Brother 
Johnson  began  preaching  once  a  month  at  this  point  as  early  as 
189s,  because  thirteen  of  the  members  of  the  New  Whatcom  Swedish 
Church  of  which  he  was  pastor,  resided  in  the  vicinity  of  West  Fern- 
dale.  Two  from  this  neighborhood  were  baptized  in  1895.  In  1899 
there  were  nineteen   members,   and   in   1900  twenty-three,   with   a 

from  f^n"™'T"*  °*  '^"'y-    ^"^-  ^-  J-  Granquist  was  pastor 
from  1898  to  beyond  1900. 

CXIX 
Seattle  Japanese  Church    (1897) 
The  Seattle  Japanese  Church  was  located  at  418  Jefferson  Street 
and  was  organized  with  five  members  by  a  council,  of  which  Rev! 


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F.  Okazaki  was  moderator,  and  H.  I.  Kudo  and  Mrs.  L.  V    Ward 

r,h.h  '/"*'''  y'"'^7-    I"  ^899  there  were  sixteen  members, 
w.th  a  school  of  twenty-five.    The  church  was  not  associated 

bee  page  344  for  a  historical  sketch,  under  the  head  of  "The 
Baptist  Japanese  Mission  in  Seattle." 


CXX 
North   Bend  Church   (1897) 

,8  llilt  'k"'""^  "  ^,°'}^  ^'"'''  ''^'''^-  ^'  ^^'  recognized  February 
28,  1897  by  a  regularly  called  council,  of  which  Rev.  T  Cairns 
was  moderator  and  Rev.  L.  J.  Sawyer  was  clerk.  Eight 'churches 
were  represented  in  the  council.  Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman.  of  the  Fir" 
Church,  Seattle,  preached  the  sermon;  Rev.  S.  A.  Abbott,  of  La- 
«""^i'i*''^     ""  •'^'^''^^  ^°  ^^"^  ''•'"'■^h:  Rev.  J.  H.  Woodley,  of  Kent. 

eS-'nln  ?^,^T'■/^'■^'T''r  =  ^"^  ^"^-  J-  <^^'"'^'  o*  Snohomish 
extended  the  hand  of  fellowship.  Copies  of  the  proceedings  were 
ordered  sent  to  the  Paafic  Baptist,  and  the  clerk  of  the  North- 
Bend  Chu^Jh°*"^*'°"'  ^"'^  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  the  North 
In  1898  Rev.  William  Brown,  who  had  been  pastor  from  the 
organization  reported  fifty-one  members  in  the  church,  fifty-seven 
oirolled  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  twelve  baptisms.  In  1897  Pastor 
Brown  had  bu.lt  a  house  of  worship  on  a  lot  one  hundred  feet  by  one 

?nwn  R*"l  "'n^'  '^°"'''**  ^y  ^-  ^-  "T^y'"^'  »he  proprietor  of  the 
town.  Brother  Brown  was  a  Washington  boy.  bom  in  the  Walla 
Walla  region,  and  converted  at  Cheney.  He  was  educated  at  Mc- 
Minnville.  H.s  ordination  took  place  at  Issaquah,  in  June,  1896,  and 
he  served  as  pastor  there  for  fourteen  months.  Coming  toNorth 
Bend  in  1897,  he  held  meetings  for  three  weeks.  A  church  of  twenty- 
six  members  was  organized.  Twenty  converts  were  baptized,  and  the 
church  soon  had  forty-nine  members.  As  this  was  the  only  church 
and  the  only  religious  service  in  the  town.  Brother  Brown  had  the 
right  of  way;  and,  being  what  is  known  as  a  "hustler,"  he  went  to 
work  at  once  to  build  a  meeting-house.  His  requests  for  aid  met  with 
a  hearty  response,  and  aid  came  in  lumber  and  material,  in  work  and 
cash,  until  he  had  a  house  of  worship  completed  at  a  cost  of  about 
!t.i,2oo.  He  put  two  hundred  days  of  work  into  it  himself  \fter 
serving  as  pastor  for  a  year  and  eight  months,  Brother  Brown 
resigned,  greatly  to  the  regret  of  many  in  the  church  and  town,  as 
the  published  statements  indicate. 

In  1899  Rev.  J.  H.  Morgan  is  reported  as  pastor,  but  we  find  no 
further  data  concerning  his  work.  In  1900  Brother  Brown  was 
back  again  for  a  second  pastorate,  and  at  the  time  of  the  associational 
meeting  he  had  just  closed  two  series  of  revival  meetings,  one  at 
North  Bend,  and  one  at  Tokal  Creek,  six  miles  from  North  Bend 
among   the    mill    hands.      Four   of    the    prominent   people    of    this 


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250      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH    PACUIC   COAST 

community  were  converted,  and  were  baptized  in  the  evening  by  the 
l>ght  of  a  huge  bonfire.    Six  were  baptized  at  North  Bend     A  nlr 

Z'^H  '"'u^T'^  ^°'"  ^*^*-     Everything  was  taSng  o„  new  Hfe' 

The  church  debt  was  paid,  two  mission  Sunday-scS  w^re  sTarted 

here  were  nearly  sixty  members  in  the  church,  and  all  branches  of 

the  work  were  moving  forward  hopefully.  "tranches  of 

CXXI 
QuiLCENE  Church  (1899) 

SentpL."  .'"'^^^  Quilcene.  Jefferson  County,  and  was  organized 
Septembe.  19.  1899,  with  nine  members,  by  Rev.  F  H  Webster  who 
became  pastor.  When  the  church  was  'admitted  to  the  Northw^rern 
Assoc.at.on  ,n  1900.  it  reported  five  members  added  sinc^the  oreanT 
zat^n,  two  of  then,  by  baptism.    The  church  had  preTcLg  from  the 

k?nl  r"  ^  ?°"l''  '"  '^^  P^"byterian  church  bSildTng.  wh  ch  was 
kmdly  loaned  to  them  for  the  purpose.     The  church  ma^^fl^n  J 

"S'zr  """■"^' '""  ""'"^ "'"  "«^-ts„T  ta  s,! 

CXXII 
Ballard  Calvary  Church  (1899) 

SepteLJer  ^T"r^'  ^""Y-^'  ^1"^  ^"""'y-  ^^  ^^'^  °^?anized 
eiehteTn  LiH  ;  ^^h  T'?^  '''"  ""'  ^^^  »  membership  of 
e.ghteen  and  a  Sunday-school  enro       -*  of  forty     The  recorH  fnr 

scnool  under  J.  T.  Armstrong  as  superintendent,  .ind  states  that  tL 
church  was  hopeful.    Miss  Bertha  Wares  warclerk 

CXXIII 
South  Tacoma  Church  (1899) 
This  church  was  located  at  South  Tacoma.  Pierce  Countv     It 
was  orgamzed  on  March  ir,  1899.  and  a  chapel   recStly  purchased 
TJ,  m  T"  ,^«"-'°^^t^d  lots,  was  newly  decorated    fuSed 
and  dedicated  w.thin  ten  days.     The  new  organization  belan  work 
wjth  a  comfortable  home  and  no  indebtedness^   The  pastor^  SerE 

enterprise.     S.nce   th.s  church   is  composed  of   excellent   Christian 
workers,  and  ministers  to  the  needs  of  an  important  part  of  the  ctv 
.t  gives  promise  of  efficiency  and  success.     The  Fi?st  Church    tlTe 
Immanuel   Church,  and  the  Scandinavian  Church  have  each  con 
tnbuted  members  and  money  to  this  new  movement. 

Under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  L.  T.  Root,  there  were    in  1800 
|xteen  members    with  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  fifty    and  in 
1900  tne  church  had  twenty-one  members.  ' 


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CXXIV 
New  Whatcom  Immanuel  Church  (1899) 

iSoo^rII'm"?  •5.!°"''=''  «   Bellingham,  Whatcom   County.     In 
f^.v!-  /■  ^i*'^^"  Pasto"-.  and  reported  a  membership  of 

twenty-s.x  and  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  the  same  number. 
The  church  came  mto  the  Northwestern  Association  in  1900.  with 
thirty  members.  Brother  Cole  was  still  pastor,  and  Mrlk  U 
seve"nT"  '''^'   Sunday-school   superintendent,   with   an   enrolment  of 

CXXV 
Dryad  Church    (1899) 

16  /C  ^T'f  ^*  ^'■^\^'  ^^^'''  ^°""'y'  ^"^  ^^^  organized  June 
16,  1899,  with  eleven  members.  The  Convention  report  in  October 
gives  It  twelve  members  and  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  forty 
When  It  came  into  the  Puget  Sound  Association  in  June.  1900  it 
had  no  pastor  and  no  regular  service,  but  was  building  a  house  of 
worship,  and  maintaining  a   Sunday-school  and   a  young  peoole's 

r^  Ic!:  r'^u'^."  *"'"^"*^-    ^"  0^*°^^'  ^900,  it  wa!  listed  as 

a  missionary  church,  in  care  of  Rev.  A.  W.  Sutton  as  pastor. 

A  handsome  little  church  building,  twenty-eight  by  forty-six  feet 

lltT::^f  ^f'  T^  '"i'V'"  '900.  The  Home  Mission  SocTety 
gave  $150  for  it.    It  was  dedicated  free  of  debt. 

CXXVI 
Ballard  Calvary  Church  (1899) 
This  church  was  located  at  Ballard.  King  County.  It  was 
organized  with  seventeen  members  in  October,  1899.  It  was  recoe- 
mzed  as  a  regular  Baptist  church  by  a  council  on  October  11.  1899. 
LT  .T  1"  the  Norwegian-Danish  meeting-house.  It  came  into 
the  Northwestern  Association  in  1900.  reporting  seventeen  members 
with  no  pastor,  and  a  Sunday-school  enrolment  of  seventeen. 

CXXVII 
Preston  Swedish  Church  (1900) 
This  church  began  its  life  under  exceptional  conditions,  for  be- 
fore   ,t   was   organized    Bro.    August   Lovegren,    proprietor   of   the 
lumber  industry  at  Preston,  had  erected  for  its  home  a  neat  house  of  • 
worship.     The  church  was  organized  with  twenty  members,  eleven 
from   Seattle,  five  from  Ballard,   and   four  from  Tacoma;   and  by 
October  had  received  two  more  by  baptism  and  one  other,  making 
twenty-three  m  all.     Rev.  N.   Hayland,  of  Tacoma.  and  Rev.  A 
Johnson,  of  Pearson,  preached  at  its  recosmition.  and  fourteen  dele- 
gates from  the  churches  were  present.     Rev.  F.  O.  Lonn  was  the 


2S2      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

under  .he  lead'^of  Dei  A  lJ.veLr  ^  "'"'"  "™°"»  themselves 
a  Sunday-school  whiie  tht?  hfd  .'  ''"''*'"'"^,f  P^^"  meeting  and 
D.  T.  Richard^   MD     with  o         semimonthly  service  from  Rev. 

average  attendtcf  at^s  JdtsVo73r^^^^^^^^  ^^» 

CXXVIII 
Bellevue  First  Church    (1900) 

ation.    The  church  IZII^XIIau  '■^P.°'-t'"g  to  the  Associ- 

the  rules  of  t^e  Northwe^S  a,-  't'°""'^^''"'*^  '"°'^'"^  *° 
membership  in  tLf  SyThrsUTe^r'wi'.h'-RtT  c' fi'r  '"^ 
pastor  and  O.  C.  Wilson  as  clerk  •^-  ^-  ^^''*=''  *' 

ance'a'n'd™"^  ^e":  iood^^lTclM"  ^''^  "''""'J"""-    ^^^^^  ^"^^l" 

^^.  .ci  o;er  s!;r?t:j3^tr  ^^^  - -/•s 

FmANOAi.  PtAN  OK  THE  FiRST  Ba.  .:sT  Chcrch,  Beu-evub,  Wash. 

BY  J.   C.   BAKES,   PASTOR. 

&  a;^e„^'E.„gir«>  ''''^''' '-  -"-*  "P--S. 

July  AJlust^l^T*^';:"'  '°>«'8n  missions, 
g^^  November  and  December.    Given  to  the  American  Baptist  Publication 
whos^StyXllT-   °^  *°"'  '°  ^'  P'='«'>  ""''"  »  <=°'n'nittee  of  

current'^eTpSles'  o^the^yr  aTes"timatJd°  h''^'^,!'^  ^  '»•''=''«"  ^°^  ^^e 
being  to  secure  from  each  member  nTtlf  u^  chui-ch  action;  the  object 
willing  to  give  at  stated  pSs  to  me.Vi!,"'"''  '""'>  ""^  "  ^^ey  are 
fiscal  year.  The  committee  ..,?m,Vt,2  ".*  *''*  *^""«"t  expenses  of  the 
keep  accounts    notiTSauenf.^-n.?e?^°PI'^^  «=°"ect  fund"! 

during  the  year  as  members  comt'  i„fn?f."  l''^  number,  of  contributors 
tion  They  "shall  report  prt^ress  at  t^ end  oi't^'V"':  ^°'"  L''«  ^ongrega- 
furthcr  action  necessar/  may  be  tlken  il  tJ^l  ^''u"'°'JJt'  *°  ♦*>**  a«y 
committee  shall  report  quarterly  to^hechM^rrhif^"""''-  thereafter  the 
at  the  end  of  the  year  ^"^"^^^  '°  *"«  church  vtnth  a  summary  of  results 

durin/l°*;:[,  Tar'tr"  Si^^^/'l^r^^^  ^''T  d^P'^-ent  of  work 
attention  of  the  ch^urch  'o''::SVAr^^lS^\i'^^Zi^:i^t\& 


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department.  Each  committee  shall  take  the  pledges  and  collect  all  funds 
for  their  work  within  the  limit  of  time  assigned  to  it  make  f  full  reZrt 
to  the  church  at  close  of  period,  a  summarrpf  which  Thall  be  Dresented 
dVar'un?n7of*work  ''"  '"''""'  •>"«''-«  'h'e  presentS  o'f  Te" nS 

congigSS.  ST 'srJd  ^blafh^'lf '':heTsrl.??h  ^S^siSi^ef  to^*!? 

4-  All  funds  collected  by  these  committees  shall  be  oaid  over  tn  thm 

reasurer  of  the  church,  who  shall  receipt  for  the  same  and  forward  ta 

their  several  destinations  as  directed  by  the  church  torward  ta 

,^h:,\i^^uV  ,u^-  s'^a"  be  understood  that  no  committee  on  benevoknce 
S'^s'SefTJaZter^^dlpS^n^^"^  '='"'^^""«  -  '^^  over%Vot?^: 

^^^  S^^lSoS^^  ^„^!  S^  ^S'of^y^t/S^^- 

church      ^''"  '°  '"'^•''  *''°"'^  ^"^  ^"^"«^^  '«  ^"it  the'wishes  of  the 

it  on^a^'L^H  fr^.?i''l*^^''!l"'■''''  '^."''■'  '°  Po°'  ''*  benevolence  and  divide 
he^^inin„   -:*^u  ^'  *''^  P'*!^*  "^"^  *=«"  be  filled  out  for  all  objects  at    he 

deoaSmemnf^^ii'^fi    "^   '^''t",*   P'^^^^es   and   collecting   same    in    each 

^^^"^^  ^'  bfse^nXi£%rnrb^'ir;\1,e^Tmr^r^- 
?epm  rriTs'^lra^aSrS^Sra^"  ^"  ^"^^  ^^^Hng  "^the  ^wTelc-'and 
of  cKh^wor^k!  ''"'  "'""  '''°'''"'  "'  ^''"«  developed  in  all  departments 


^^: 


FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  Bellevuf,  Wash. 
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DIRECTION  FOR  USING  CARDS 

Sign  in  duplicate  two  cards. 

Return  one  to  the  committee. 

Keep  one  for  reference. 

Enclose  .mount  as  pledged  .nd  put  in  the  regular  Sabbath  collection. 

In  case  of  absence  send   by  some  other  hand  or  remit  by  most  con- 
venient  way. 

A  faithful  and  prompt  compliance  with  this  pledge  will  make  a  success- 
ful  and  vigorous  church.  'utcess 

Collection  envelopes  will  be  furnished  each  subscriber. 


CXXIX 
Clearwater  C    vrch  (1900) 

every  heart.  '  "  *""  °^  *=""'•  ^nd  brought  gladness  to 


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PART  IV 

BAPTIST  HISTORY  IN  BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

(1874-1900) 


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INTRODUCTION 

by  ^I'^^SS'i^l^^'ll  hi^ry  began  in  December.  ,874. 

Stratford.  Onta   o     He  l/an  it  o"ncr.'^'''"  1"^*"*  ^=''"">-  ^^-' 
fo.tnd  a  few  of  thcmLn^Z  .      T  ^°  """''  ^°'"  ^^P'*'"''.  and 

and  mutual  consu  aHon  overBantS    ':  '"  ^'^'^  '^°"^'^^  '°^  P">«=^ 
have   alwav,   h.A  ?        baptist  interests  in  the  province     We 

the  Great  CommSon  If  t£?s  fal  ,?is  ""'^%^''%^'!  ^'''''  ""^^^ 
church  is  rearing  and  sending  ouTto'  b  ess  ZtrM  ''''r"'''^  i""' 
a  very  pleasant  memory  of  his  acauarm/n!.  .u  u-  .'"^  ^"'^'""  "^^^ 
his  entertainment  at  their  home   and  h.^  .  '""^'  ^"^  °^ 

the  families  and  pers^s  finaTv  UTh  .  '''  \^'""'ar  memory  of  all 
in  the  Province  o'fSLh  CoIuSia  "    '"'°  ^'^  '"'  ^^P''^'  '^''-^h 

life  al'd'^Sirthes'e'oictu'"  °'  *'^  "*=''  ""^°'^'"«  -'  ^^aptist 
mountains,  ricf^  ii"  p  od  c  ioS  Xbri^'in'^'^"' J^"^^^'' -' 
situation,  King  practicallv  nn^'  'f;"''^""^  .  "  ^hmate,  beautiful  for 

developed  intoSh?S  m  nTng'distnS'  %?'  ^^''^^  ^-„ '^"-O" 
was  a  growing  Dooulation  nf  hHu  ^.^^  °^  »"«  world.     Here  too 

cultured  and  prSg^et^e    w  th  Se  nf?'  '"1  ^°''^'  ^*^"^'"^-  ^"J' 
Jesus^  whosT^odTneTars  ^I'r^'iSrJ.^^'' 

the   larger   field   of   general    p^^^^^^^^ 

shall  follow  in  partf"SLtorirT«;.f?r''?  ..^"  ^°'"«  «°-  ^«^ 
Church,"  into  wWch  the  firs  cSur.h  f  '5  °*  *.^'  ^*'^'^  »>?««' 
-PPose  that  this^'skth'^Vs' wSte'T R-  wSergt  11'^ 
hTd'so^l^Te  a^hlrrrn"^""'  T%  ""^ '''  Cal'^ary'^ChurX  wt 
eminence  and  succ«,        ^"'"^  '''  ^'''"'  ""^*=  '"  ^''"^^^'^  P^e- 


!,,t,' 


Mr.   Alexander   Clyde 


Mrs.  Alexander  Clyde 


Mr.  Caleb  Bishop 


Mrs.  William  Spofford 


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CHAPTER  I 
BEGINNINGS 


•  North  btir  MiMion  named,  an,! 


and  'h';:;r.n".  X"vLS  ;'v,t:L;°"v''r-'"';  -""'-'••"»■ 

yard  at  Esquimalt,  it  was  then  -P^'^f"'"*^"'-   .  ^^  'th  'ts  famous  navy- 

amithemostimpomnta'aSc   orS^^  ^"''^^  Columbia 

to  be  so  in  the  future.  Christian  effort,  and  it  promised 

^-."^l^^^^^^^^^^  cause  in  Victoria  .,. 

with  h.,  family  from  Stratford  Om!.:*f^H,^lexander  Clyde,  having  come 
A  tl'/'V-K^'?"  ?""  «  "Toff^h^^^^^^^^^^^  «ekoutthefew3aptim 
thin«  "  T^*!^"  "K,  *"  'his.  but  '•  who  hath  H,?"- !•■■  V"^  ."hortation 
InAVu  ^'"^  '■"'«  fl"ck  decided  to  se^?.?^  f/  ^'T,^*"^  **'«  ^^y  "f  small 
and  (ol  owmg  the  suggestion  of  Mr  r,^h«  c.  P°"'f''e.  an  under-shephefd 
Mr  W.lham  Games,  of  0„ta?io  to  beco„,!'".f.«-"'  *?"•'  ^"  invita'fon  o 
Carnes  accepted  the  call,  and   i A  th.   vf     \  "j".^  spiritual  leader.     Mr 

t^i?d°TnH  ^'"^".  »"■«  'l''««'on?he'te?h%?J°'r'"«K^'876)    reached 
tnird.  and  organ  zed  them^flvi..  in.-,  ".  ■"*'  together  on   Mav  th^ 

Calvary  Church.     The  need  of  a  nil'..  "*^*  seven  arc  connected  with  the 

these  meetings,  fifteen  Drofe«  J  1         "       ^  *  '"^''''«  "suit  of 

vigorous  effort  was  made7ot£ot  off 'rr-  ""J  ^^^  ^^"--  ^"'"^  ^ 
and  nearly  $2,000  was  oledwd  nn  S  I  '"'^^^  ^"''*  ^^^"^  $6,000). 
ministered  the  first  baph'smbv  imlf      ""^  '^'  '^^7,  there  was  ad- 

The  coionu  (newsp^T  ^ '^i^.rs;^:::::^^:'''''^^^- 

^  u<i   uoos   plan   of   redemption,  and   a 

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258      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

1? rij-Sef  w:^\'',"e:,^„^^'^t°h'^  :^'^'^  -er  the  congregation 
mg,  and  a  deep  impression  was  made      '  '  '     '  °"^  ""'"  ^"'  '''''  '^'^P' 

servi?e"of"foHl'  meeting  the  house  was  solemnly  dedicated  to  the 

Sey    sa^d    unto    1    T!'^'  '"^  ''"  P^°P'^  ^^"^'     ^  ^^^  g'^d  when 
(Ps    122).  •     ^''    "'   ^°   '"'°   ^"^^^    ''°"^«    of   the    Lord"- 

great^SliToJ'Sr'h  '"?  "If  ^""  overflowing  with  love  for  the 
oerformThl  ."''u'-  '"''°  ''^  ^''  '°^'^  ^^^^  constrained  him  to 

fh.  .,7k  "'"  ^°''  '"'"  '"  ^^'^  northwest  city  of  the  continent 

Baptists-  I'd  T"'  Vr  l*""  ^'^  "^^^^'^'^  s'-  M.ssio„  of  the 
th?iln      '•    ?  ^mediately  began  an  effort  to  raise  funds  from 

ess  the  Zr't        '"^T"* '°  '°'''  ^"  ^'^^  indebtedness  of  the  church 

essfX   be   cafL    f^'''^'"''^  ''^  ''^^*^^^"  '^'""^ht  could  suc- 

canceled  '"    '"^'^'•"^"^^    '^   '^e    floating   debt    were 

NoJ!fjX^'''^'''"  °^  """""^  '^'^  ^^''t'  '^'  ^"thor  took  up  the 
North  Star  Mission  as  a  specialty  wherever  he  traveled  often  ma- 
kmg  journeys  of  no  inconsiderable  length,  aside  froiSh.s  regular 
mUsi^n  S:  a.''"""  ^'r  »'^.  ^''-ght' would  be  likely  to  a  lte 
mission.  He  also  prepared  a  circular  which  was  widely  distributed 
calling  attention  to  the  great  field  opening  to  us  in  BrS  Co  S  a 
he  wrote  letters  and  mentioned  the  North  Star  Mission '„  h?   cor  e- 

rd"H:H''r^°''  v''^'''"  ^''"^"^'^-    ^y  these  means  he  coll  cS  $359  • 
and  deducting  his  expenses.  $38.35,  he  remitted  to  the  church  $32065 

J^     T'  t"*"  "'"'=''  ^^  ''o'd^  'he  receipt  of  the  church      This 
added  to  the  pledges  he  obtained  while  in  Victoria,  makes  a  totll  of 

fafd  mn.,  ^"P"^/'''"  'u'  '"^''''  ^'  ^'^^  t'-^^'^'^d  an  extra  thou- 

de3fca?e  th/'L      l™'"^"'  J^""'"^  '"  ^"^  ^™'"  ^an  Francisco  to 
dedicate  the  church.     He  gave  a  full  half-month's  service  to  the 

thou^nn"     'T'^'-  ^^'•°t^"«^'-'y  fo"^  hundred  letters;  sent  out  fou 
letters ^o  a![ !!!  '?'  ^^^«"  "^.t^em  widely  over  the  coast;  and  wrote 
incZH     T  ,1.^'''"^  '"'^'""^  J""'"^'^  '"  the  East  and  South,  and 

St  Loui,  T^t'r  •'.  pI'"  ""/fV  ""^"y  P""°"^'  f"^"d^  i»  Chicago, 
St.  Louis  De  roit  Phi'adelphia,  New  York,  and  Boston,  and  ob- 
tained a  hearing  before  the  ministers'  meetings  in  several  citreT 
BHt?sh  rnl  "?'"^  '  ^P^'^'^y  °^  t'^^  ^^^""^  'tar  Mission  and  oi 
NorJh   Arne^ca!'  "  "  ""P^^^^^^^^^ed  opening  for  mission  ^vork  in 

The  chief  value  the  author  sees  in  these  later  years  in  such  a 
cZ./"^^"\u  *°""f  '"  '^'  ^^^^t  interest  it  aroused  on  the  Pacific 
the  Stated  n"f  w  T  I  ''''^^''""  ^^  Associations  and  Conventions  in 
an  BantU^  H  xT°"'  ^c'^^"'  '"^  California,  and  by  the  Ameri- 
thei^Zlt  T^  ^*""°"  ^°*^''ty,  the  final  outcome  of  which  was 
iow  me^Jln"  °  k'  ""^'^  '"*""'^^t  and  prosperous  convention  that  is 
now  merged  in  the  greater  organized  work  in  Ontario 
In  his     Field  Notes,"  Bro.  J.  C.  Baker  says: 


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BEGINNINGS 

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on.  We  would  not  ignore  it  if  we  Jou  H  w°"  """  '''■^/^  ^'°'»  'his  time 
given  by  God  to  the  Baptists  of  X  coast  a^-  -=""?'  "^^  ''■''"'''•  '*  *^ 
to  foster  and  Kuide   till  it  shall  i,„.  *^  ^  "'^''^  «o  ""ear  and  nurture 

valiant  service "Inrind'eUndm'w'o^i^trtm"  '"  "'^  ^^^  JesusTd^' 
a.  .o5  ry  "?V'^o,r&"'^;eS°t'  iT^^;!,"-^  /^J-^-  B-  C  seen, 

^^^^i^r-"^^^  -"'^  ''e  fou^;rd"or^^d;'vXS!hiS  ^BS^s•a?: 

enioSbll-  rSal5%s"''ct  TU^'t' tr  "^"^'^  ^'  '^-"'"•"'  -d 
IcH^lities,  and  a  soil  adapted  to  orodurina  J^  i''°^'*'  ""P*  *"  special 
of  nearly  all  kinds,  of  the  firs"  qSy  *  '*'''  '°°*  "°P*-  ^"'^  ^^"'"ts 
-^^^r:'ZperXL,''^^^^^^^  extensive  and   rich.     Gold, 

commendable  energ^..  In  the  seconH  in  *•.  ''"'  ^^'"«  developed  with 
Mmes.  just  now  presented  to  the°"provTnciil  'p''°^^  °^  '^^  ^''"'^t"  " 
session  this  week  in  Victori-i  I  fin/.i?  ^  *' .  ^^'■''^'"ent.  beginnine  its 
esUmated  at  over  $"8^^''  Th'elwo  Ul' m  n^f'^  °'  ^^''^  ""  '"  •«^' 
■ngton.  put  out  for  the  same  jear   i?o ,  A  ?'"^''  /^"couver  and  VVell- 

Thirdf  "fu^^^  *°"^  °^*'-  the  previous 'year  '°"'  ""'^  ^'"'^^  ^" 

nishedmfb/lVrriea^J'that't^rnrn'- ''^5-1876  ""''  '^-"  l^'nclly  fur- 
system  efficiently  at  work  '''°"''"  ''^^  «  well-organized  school 

elega^T"f;V' we'rrKf  to^-d%^"lS^;".^,  «''--"'•  ^T^y  of  them  ■ 
you  were  in  Kentucky  in  April  or' in  some^  A^A.T  ^"'1  ^''""^  '^ink 
You  realize  at  once  that  you  are  sCrm^nH^^  k*"  -^"^  f*""  ^t^'"  '"  May. 
ment  by  wealth  and  development  Amonl''.,,''^  -ntelligence  and  refine- 
Pacific  Coast,  the  Province  o?Britis1^CofuJihf  <^?""VO"v.ealths  of  this 
6fSemor*=?H""""^  '°  hold  aTonsScSs  positfon'''"  ^'''"«^  ""'^^ 
founS^ai'"- t^a^nd-'SSy^^^^^^^^^^^  •'ave  already 

Most  oX^cCteic^t;-?;'ki€^^^^^^^^^  -  -'Sr  p7aS 
Baptists  in  all  the  towns  a„d  Bamis  {212:''^°^'  ^''"^  '"'^^om, 
settled  portion  of  the  country  scattered   over  all    the 

Missio;°S^il'?yTJa^d'rtS's;;"?t°"o?BV°t;:'^  ?''''''  °^  ^^^  Home 
we  carry  out  the  suggestion  made  in  mv  ?ast  •' Fi^U  "'^'-  ■^^*"•  ^^nnot 
an  effort  to  aid  the  Victoria  church  on  tjfi  » J  ^'"'c'^"!"'  ^nd  make 
I  know,  brethren,  that  I  am  a.king  an  extr^nrH- ''''''  ^«"^^>'  '"  March? 
tha*  It  s  demanded,  and  that  no^ne  of  us  wM  "h'/  '^°'"*=  ''"^  ^  »'^'ieve 
money  invested  in  the  cause  of  our  blessed  RedJ^''^  ■''  "l^^'^  ^""'^ 
otar  Mission.  uiessea   Kedeemer   in   this   North 


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CHAPTER  II 


THE  VICTORIA   CHURCH 


«rcaAribuL°Ho"    A"r"yof^?,'ir  ^Th''-   i'^T     l'""  <^'«   Overton.     Period   of 

Of  wh.>f  '^I^'^  ^^'^^  °*  ^'^'°"^  consisted  of  about  equal  numbers 
of  white  and  colored  people  working  in  perfect  harmony     The  race 

Thi"cZr  T  P'r*''^.  •"  ''''  ^^"'^^^  ^'-»"  was  not  found  there 
The  colored  people  conducted  a  large  and  respectable  business-  thev 
owned  property;  commanded  respect  as  busineS  men  ""d  we% 
treated  as  equals  in  the  different  churches.     They  did  most  of  the 

tTLT  f  "'^'  '"'  °""^^  '"^"y  °^  ^'^^  carriage    usedlS^    or 
hotel  and  pleasure  transit.     In  the  First  Baptist  Church  they  were 
as  wealthy  as  the  whites,  if  not  more  so.     It  was  evWent   however 
that  the  un,on  of  the  two  classes  in  one  church  could  no    exiirfo; 

unSIZ'lV  ^".^"7'^  '°P^^  ^"^  •'^'-^^^d  ^hat  it  would  continue 
unt,i  the  church  had  grown  to  such  numbers  and  ability  that  when 
the  change  did  come,  there  would  be  a  brotherly  divisL  and^ach 
ci  linr"'"  "''  ^''^  *°  ^^•'^  "P  '  ^^P-^^^  --"^  m'ked  by'he 
Not  long  after  the  dedication,  some  difficulty  arose  in  connection 
w.th  the  pastor;  but  whether  it  had  anything  io  do  wi"h X^olor 
hne  or  not,  the  author  has  no  data  to  determine.    One  of  the  deacons 

breth^eT''anH^Thrh'''^°l'  ^''^  ''"'^'''  ^"^  ^°  ^^«  ^"'"'^  "^  the 
desiraWe:  ""'  '''°  '"'^^  *^"*  ^''  ^^t""-"  ^^s  not 

After  the  pastoral  relation  was  seveied.  the  pulpit  was  vacant 
until  September  i6,  1877,  when  Rev.  J.  H.  Teale. '^f  CairfomL   be 

tooTrr*"  "J'  u'^J^'"  '"''^^""y  '^°^'  -  y^"  ^"d  -  ha  bXr'e  he 
w,tw  f,  "^  '^'  ^'"^°"  ^'^-^  ^'^"^^•'-  Brother  Teale's  pastorate 
wa^  hopeful  m  many  respects.    In  November.  1877,  Dea.  C   Bishop 


THE   VICTORIA   CHURCH  26 1 

the  superintendent  at  the  Esquimalt  Navy-vard    write,-  '•  n... 

nave  started  a  Chinese  mission   in  Victoria    with   Mr«    r«ii,   lu 
continued  until  December   1878     w!T' .    f'°'''^'^  ^eale's  pastorate 

„     .  Victoria.  B.  C.  December  23,  1878 

be  acceptable.  ^  '^'^''  '''"^'  ^  thought  a  few  lines  might 

week?^siS?'^tJ  S";ffict"ih?S;t^"rf^  '''  P^^T'*--  --«  three 
prompted  solely  by  a  sense  of  dutv '  hi  ^T'lt-^'  ^*"^  ^'=''0"  ^as 
Brother  Teale's  needs  assurance  Hi.  h'.°^  '•'"'  "°  acquaimance  of 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  may  ind"ca?e  and  wherl  L"  "  J"  ^'^  wherever  the 
service  of  the  Master  He  is  anxious  fn  ^ff  ''f "  ''*'  T^^-  "^«^"1  '"  the 
indebtedness  before  he  leaves  •  if  nSlef^r"*  "  reduction  of  church 
the.  church  about  $4S0  ye7  unpaid  or  «;„?.!T5''^/''e  floating  debt  of 
extinguished,  the  church  w  II  be  relieved  E''*'**'  ^°^-  ."  '^is  can  be 
they  are  allowed  a  term  ^f  years  to  mel»S  ""'-"3  embarrassment,  as 
ness.  viz..  $3,000.  ^  ""'  **  remainder  of  the  indebted- 


The  church  also  says  in  the  same  paper: 


torat^ofX%rureh''?f'Ue'efg^ri„J-/'-  ^^^'^  ^as  resigned  the  pas- 
able  to  remove  tRoatin/ debt  frnrfi?*""^''^..  ?«  t^n^s  he  will  be 
will  be  a  blessed  resul  to  reach  ISdhuX'?  '''^''"  '"^'"«-  This 
work  in  British  Columbia  must  b^  consiS^red  a°,  'on^f' f '"tl"  """^  °'her 
cessful  It  has  been  our  privilege  to  record  Of  tK?''  °^  ^^e  most  suc- 
in  our  next  ssue.  when  we  have  thJJ^S  i  .■  *""  *«  will  say  more 
Teale  will  enter  upon  wTrk  in  Orecron.f''*^'*'  "?•  }^*^  ^ope  Brother 
unable  to  carry  out  his  ouroose  of  rom..i  !■  *"  u^"'^  ''^y-  ""'«s  he  is 
then,  of  course,  he  wi  1  settle  here  and  di^'llff,^."  '°"["  ?/  ^'"dy.  '•"d 
portant  field  would  be  dest  tute  of  %  pfstor  R,  rT'Hn  ^°^  ^^is  im- 
them  a  man  as  he  did  before  Mav  RnH  hi«c  L^l  "*"[  "^*^'"'y  send 
pastor  is  the  prayer  of  many  heartf     ^  '''"''  **"=  'church  and  outgoing 


I;  I 


-6.      B.PX,ST    HrSTORV   OF   THE   XOKXH   P.cirxc   COAST 

the  4S:whra  Sntirassui-ance''^  "^  '"^^  subscriptions  for 
encouragingly  of  their  chu?ch  and  in  tL°h  T'"  *°  ^°"o*-  She  "peaks 
,t'„''Ti,'P"''*  °^  '^'  "--ause  at  New  \&,^'?\"'  '""'*.  «f  their  pastor! 

when  Rev.  Joseph  Beaven  o  Cal  oriif'""'^  !.'''°"«f*'  ^''^  ^I^^"" 
^lay,  ,88,.  continuing  his  offidal  labor  ^  T"^'''^  '^'  P^^'°^^t«  '" 
ray  of  light  was  appreciated  It  hi  hi  «  '.^■'"  '"'^  '  ''^'^-  '^'^^ 
addition  to  its  great  financalhn.H  u^  u""'^"'^  '^^  darkness.  In 
on  the  color  linV  a  ctl^ion  wh S V  '  ''^"''u'^  '^^'^  ''^<=°'"^  divided 
only  in  the  church  but  a  so  in  h  .  -'"■'  '^"^  ''^^"  growing  not 
divided,  both  in  numbers  and  biv'botr"'""^-  ^""^  ^°  ^1"^"^ 
church  was  liable  to  be  broken  un  h^J"  """"'y  ^"^  ««^^i«-  our 
Board  of  the  North  Par, fir  r  ?  ^  ^'"'  '"'^'""3'  division.     The 

as  a  mission/'f?!'  Sel  po  ts^receTv^d  t'  '^-^'T'  ''^  ^''"-^ 
sent  Rev.  J.  c.  Baker,  the  president  oflh/R."'  ^"truction.  and 
am.ne  and  adjust  the  conX  fng  elL^emf °"i'%''r'""  ^°  ^''■ 
Victoria  in  March.  Findine  that  th!>  .  m"  ^^'^-  ^^^^^  ^^"t  to 
ness  of  the  church,  over  whfch  th/,^  k°"''u  ^'^'''  °"*  ^^  *he  busi- 
'ine.  he  called  a  mee  ing  of  the  ^  ''  l"^  '^'^'^^^  °"  ^^e  color 
Seeing  no  hope  of  seSent  n  tl^r  '  "^■''''^  ^°'"  «^«"S"ltation. 
asked  for  a  committee  of  Xt^^ee  of  ^1^^  °'  '}"'  "•^°'^'  »^- 
report  a  plan  of  adjustment     Th.r  f     '  '''^'''  '°  formulate  and 

ful  conference,  re^teTto  th^adioZen"'  "''"  '  '''"^  ^"^  P'^^- 
which  an  the  mem'bers  werJ'p^e'stiT  a"s1on:r ^  °'  ^'^  '^''"^'^'^'  ^' 

cessfl'r'^^oruTir'ofTrrt'o^frF^^r  P'^V^-  »^-  -o-  sue. 
taking  all  the  circumstances  of  theca-.L'  ^^^}''^  ^^"'^^  of  Victoria 
embarrassment    of   our    work    wn?,M'  consideration,  and  the  present 

entire  business  and  management  of  h.  If*"'.!^!!"^  .recommend  that  the 
either  the  colored  membirs  or  th.  v''"''''''  ^^  ^iven  into  the  hands  of 
decide  by  vote.        •"^'"''"«  or  the  white  members  as  the  church  shaH 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Dea.  C.  Bishop, 
A.  Clyde, 

T.    \\\    PlERJ»E, 

A.   J.   Clyde, 
Dea     M.    F.    Bailey, 
\7-  ,.     ■     T,    ^  ^''    Richard 

Victoria,  B.  C,  March  ir    iRHr  V 

of  ^^^^^iSsZ^^rrBZ'd^oF^^  under  direction 

sorry  to  find  that  you  had  t^ot^e'^ir^^'^orf^'ha^rioSlTroSw^,  Tn^d^ 


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follow,nK  po,„ts  will  b'e  gained?^'  ""^  '"  "  ^''"*''^"  ^P'>it.  I  think  the 

""  f  s  s/,?^?  »<■'»''»'"■  '"•" "" """  »'^"« "«-;  s 

,  .     '•"urse  IS  to  separate  in  a   fr,«Uji         oretJiren  cannot  ajrree    f'l.. 

for  your  peace  and  prosperkv      r  h^'*''"  ^'   ^^^'^'''st's   followers      I   nm 
&n''^ftt''fcT     "S%o'hefc^^^^^^^ 

>-t  thinrtote"dot""^o.^"  »hing/co„"sid"er:d,   I  b S' it' .0  ^^''T 
"  '-'y  is  the  pra?e7^of  ^o?/  S^J^in^^ctt^"-  ^^ '^  >-  -  ^ec£ 

J-  C.  Baker. 


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BAPTIST   HISTORV   OP   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


The  report  was  then  adopted  Her*,  it  ci,^  1 .  u 
there  was  a  spirit  of  real  Christian  brnfh?5  "V  ^'  "^^"'^ood  that 
all  the  various  meetinRs  notwith!t=.«J  "^°^  prevailing  through 
all  were  laboring.  A!oT7lnT^f'"l'^'  'T^''  ""^'^^  ^'''^h 
Joseph  Beaven  was  installed  as  m  «■  ^^"   ^''^"'^   ^isit.   Rev 

June  of  the  same  year  the  church  ""^  ^'''°'  '"  ^^^>-  '88'  In 
the  Puget  Sound  A'ssociltion       '     ^"'  -"epresented  by  delegates  !n 

Gowe?rr  rertotriXo^i  1  7"^"^'  ^^  ^'^-s 
the  debt;  a  service  wLh  arpare^'^he  Sull°  °'V""  ""'''  '°  ''^^ 
the  adequate  results.  ^        faithfully  performed  without 

cemingM•i'Tiajn^""  "''°''  °^  ^''^  «-^^  ^o  .he  Convention  con- 
Th-    fi  Id  VicTowA,  B.  C. 

mmmmm 

their  forces,  the  work  is  takino-^n  o  J'L^y  have  thoroughly  orlanized 

Sound  a^rB'StS  J^ouk'*™^  «'»«  '»  '^^  ■>««« 

of  Salem,  visited  us  in  March  tUc-l  ^^^^^S  meetings.    Rev.  J.  r   Bak»r 

appSin\e°H"  ^"^^^  pie^'f^tS^B"; V'l  '\^  '=?"^'=''  "ere  cS 
appointed  missionary  for  Puiret  «;nMnH       J   n  ••  •  .  ^^-  James,  the  newlv 

w.th  us  a   few   Sabbaths.  ^^pfeZ?  'J'e' iS^^^t^'n''^-  "^  P" 

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we  plejge  ourselves  to  do  wh^t  we  can  'Vf"":  "i  T"'"  ^.m  here,  as 
have  gone  out  from  us,  which  ZLll  \  ^^°^l  °'  *^«  '^'''ored  breth-en 
twe„ty.s.x.    May  God  blesryS   'n"al"your  recti'ngsT""'"^'''''  °^  °"" 

connection  with  a  mislion  drcle  W,  ^""♦'''^^'"""ionary  meefing  in 
church  two  hundred  dollars  and  hav^J^""  reduced  the  debt  on  the 
foreign  missions.  '  ^"''  "^^^  "'^^'e  contributions  to  home  and 

We  are  praying  and  waiting  for  the  outpouring  of  the  Spirit. 


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niE  CAL\  AKV  BAPTIST  CHURCH 

American   liapii,,  Home   Mi  c    ^  *"""   ""i*-*'-     Tlu-  „tv/7  (^        ,'.   "'*    "'"" 

Home  M.„,on  hooe.y.     The  new  m  ,    o^    -W  "  'Ifdicated.     The 

t:AK,.v  in  June    ,88.    '  .  "'*'""  ""  '"'"" 

•"f-tgage  was  foreclosed   inH  f^  1    t       ,"'.   '''"'^    '^U'Wenly    fell  ■    the 
and  sacrifices,  on  ^Vcl^7      IV^Z^^^^^^^^^^ 

TfT^'T'^'^-  ^^''''^  '"'«  «'he;  hanj?       ''"^■^^^"•^^  dollars  had 

^or  hope  was  not  bsrand'even^'in  I'l''';.  ''"'  ^"  ^^^  "«»  'o^'. 

and  potency  of  life.    The  vJit  of  rTv   D    r    p"'  '"''  '^'  P'°'"'^e 

conipanymg  Miss  Fields,  returned  ml^        "'•  ^'"'^  ^'  '^"^  ''me.  ac- 

Grasping  the  situation  o    af^a  r"    he  1        'I'^V^''^  "'°''  opportur,e. 

o  reorganize,  and  make  arrl' e^^ents  Jo'"'''  '^'  '"'^^"^'^^  •"'="">ers 

Jot  and  bu.lding.    Inspired  by  hTwii  1  h""""  "  ^'''°'  ^"^  ^^urch 

on   the   third   day   from   the  ^ashes  of   h.r     ."'""'  '^'  '^""''^  ^'ose 

he  fifth  of  June.  ,883.  the  twemLhree  Jrethf  "■'"   ""'"^'^   ^"^  °" 

From'tV"'  ^"'""^  Baptist  Church  --^"^Jf^ni^d  under 

quietgTo";vtL'\lteinXo1>er'rrotrH"'Ml'  ''  ''''^y  "^ough 
for  $700;  and  in  the  month  follow  nT  n"'^^^  l''T  ^^^  P^^'^'^^sed 
efforts  of  Mr.  Thomas  HaugC     Je  h,'"^^'  ^^^      '°  ""  ''"'"' 
>sed  the  church  a  gift  of  SfooTnn.,...      "'^.  '^^"''°"  Society  prom- 
the  completion  of  fhe  new  circh  edifi':/" V"  .1'^'''°"^'  ^sSo  ^n 
was  extended  in  the  follow  ngFebrt;^o^,"''^v^^'^^  P^^^°^^'- 
Aova   Scotia,  then  comnUf.„„  u       ,       '    *°   ^''■-   ^Valter   Barss    of 
^'-  Y.     The  call  1  To?  ;  e" I    aid  afr'^^'^J  ^^"^"^^  ■"  R^'^he^er 
and  after  „,onth.s  of  woK    behalf  oTth^fi  "''"",  "'^  °^'^'"^»-" 
cHurch.  the  pastor  entered  upon   hi/  work   sSr"'^''  '"'^''^^^  °^  '^^^^ 
the  weeks  rolled  by.  signs  of  erovv  h  L        ^'P^^'^''^'-  ^O-   '884.     As 
a  meeting  held  MaV  13^  ,88,   it  waJ  h^  ."!'  '°  encouraging  that  at 
steps  toward  erecting  'a  hous^  of  w'rshb      Whr'^^'  ''  '^"^^  '^'^'^ 
rangements  were  nroeressin<r    ,       °'^^1.'P'     "  hile  these  building  ar- 
the  c^hurch  into  newTfe      "^^       '"'''  ''"^  "^'^^^^^  ^^vival  quick^ened 


J>ea.  Thomas  Haught 


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lor  several  weeks,  but  Rev    A    U    r^  t, 

providentially  enabled   to  a,,L'  .V   "r"'"'\  K"""""'  nii„ionary.  was 

workofmgaVrinriplttwL'r,  '"""  "^«^*^-"t'y  '"  «hc 
early  „,  NovcnU^r  an  1  in  the  J.n  ""''  "PJ°  '""'"*  '"=•  '»»'o^- 
l»erald  Street,  whi  h  t.  ..i  'n  f^  Te"' .?""'  ."^"  ""^  ^''^P^'  "" 
t'O".    was   publicly   dedicatertVrn,?  '"''"'''■*  ""''"  '■■°"*''"»^- 

Haptist  place  of  worsh  p  ri  is^,     '  T'?"'   "   "^'"^  '^'   "««"«' 

December,   ,885.  will   Sr^Ll      '  IV  ,°'"'"'^'"-      '"^^  «'""«''-nth  of 

epoch  in  our  d^enonn-uS;  °  .  ,"  OnX'"'  "  '  ".""'""^''^ 
was  favored  with  the  presence  of  Revs  Rt  "'^^^'''^'""  'he  church 
'"inster;  A.  B.  Banks   ieiuT-,1 1?  ,   ^''""'*''  "^  •^'^«-  \\>«- 

ent  of  Missions,  and  J  J  ?  SenT""''^  "'  ^'  ^'^''-  ^"P^intend- 
'and,  who.  by  requc't"^ pitched  .h?'i.'i"'''"''  "^  '■"''^'  ^"'^"'•^■''-  P""" 
owes  a  debt'of  grat  ur  ,0  l'  'u^  H  ''''""u-^"'"""-  '^^'  «^h"^^'' 
with  (lod-s  blessing    ,no  ev  nledt.  i '   '^'"''^^   *^'"«^-   '^•^'•"-. 

to  provide  for  the^d  i       '     le  ch ur  '."'^  ''"""'  ""^^■'^'"'  ""'  ""'^ 

jcH^rootn  was  tthw^^::::^:iira::r^^i,::c;;t:rope;^ 

bered'"t:U^e?eL":Lt?:'^i:^^o"7''  ''''''  ''""  >--  ^^-^  "- 
now  numbers  seventy  nnc  'en  her?  u  ''"''T  '"'^  ^^'"'""^  «  home, 
can  worship  God  in^T orn'tnctu^J;'  ""'  •''^"-  ""^-^hepherd. 

be  uL^l^lastmr^^^iSr  t^wS'Sis?^'^'^  '^'^  ^'^^^  -^" 
reached  a  helping  ha^nd  ac;oss  th  r  o^n  nltion'nf^r'T''^  '''^>- 
Canadian  territorv.  and  with  nr,.n!!!f  .  ^  "agonal  boundary  into 
their  struggling  brethren  ^       ^    """^  ^"">-  ^^"^rosity  relieved 

the  S^.Si^tganL;dT?SL'S^^^^-  ^^?-'  -"''<>"  oi 

on  the  Sunday  beforeVSion  D  f.-^'fi  'fh ut  °'/'^'°^''''' 
enterprise  was  started  anH  1,,      •   '^''^^' ^"^^  0.     ihis  Sundav-school 

P.  Wilson;  ove  fortt  n  Is 'are'no  ""  ',fl  ="  "^^  ^°"-'«^  ^ro 
chapel  is  greatlv  neeL     Cottage  nm    '"'°"'-''  '""^  "  ^'"^"  '"'^^i"" 

that  same  neighborhood  e^^  ':e'ek  '  whTc^'h""'  'f'^  '^^"  "^^'^  '" 
refreshing.  •    ^^'^^'   ^^ich   have  been   seasons  of 

pa.i4" 'h'rju'ir.ir.?  i^'-rr^irbr  '■"*,"  '•"->■"■  »■'  '-^'^- 

the  creature  to  the  Creator  tZ.^lh  """'"S*;  '«  <"  l<»l<  a«av  from 
;-- »,  O  Lord:  not  „„o  „,  CTt'oX'  ^'^'Z>-  1^. 

»ekn„„,edg.d  record  from  at^Sv  „?htK  1?'"7h"'''''  '" 
,.rcpara„„n.     He   can.e  ,„   a   ticM   o^  ^r;^' ^^^tt^ncT  ™d°™"S 


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.APT,Sr    H.STORV    OK    r„E    X„»„    p,,„„    ,„_^^^. 


^/'       3- 


poss.b,I.t.es.    w.th    obstacles    to   overcome    s.ffi.-     . 

full    a    man    of   large   experience   «nH        *"'^"^"'    'o   tax    to    the 

'n.t'al  work  he  showed  aWhty  of  a  hth   '''J'"''    '''''"'"•      ^"    '^- 

future.    In  1887  his  church  had  inrr.*^5  °''^^''  ^^'''^  ^o'-^told  his 

^nembers.    Spring  RidgrMiss  on  wTsTnl  cha"^  'r'"'  ^"^  "^"^''^ 

flounshmg  Sunday-school,  a  weekTv  ntavt      '^     °*  "'  °^"'  ^'^^  a 

preachmg  by  the  pastor.     Another  outst^Ji^ '"r??'  ""^  occasional 

South  Saanich,  with  several  conversions     h°"     '?  ''''"  '"'*^"  "P  «^ 

on  ahernate  Sunday  afternoons  '         P''*"'  P'-^^^hing  there 

one  hu'd'S  LT^iS'^^S,^;  'e'rS  '".  *'\'^"  °^  '««7.  with 
cessful  but  perhaps  too  strenuous  work  It  ™f  J'^l^"'"^  °^  ^"c- 
cause  of  his  early  death,  which  ocXr;./  r^  ''^^^  ^^^"  P^^'^  ^^e 
He  was  loved  and  honored,  but  the  LnrH  ,!"'""'. ^'-  ^'-  '"  '^9i. 
upper  mansions.  *  ^°'*^  ''^^  need  of  him  in  his 

He  was  succeeded  by   Rev    M    T     d 

Rochester;  a  man  of  finepresencestand^nJl"^!'  *''°  ^  «^'"^*^"*t«  of 
of  experience  and  of  abilify  to  car^tw  ^i^'l*" "  *  preacher;  a  man 
begun  in  this  important  a^d  gro^X    h''"°'"'  f°/"«P'ciously 

h^W  '°°^  '^*''"  ^^-  «»«•«  closed  his  work  W  'f '^  '"  ^°^^"'- 
held,  and  many  additions  followed     H™    ^P'f'^' .  services  were 

■ngs  by  the  celebrated  evangeI°sT  Rev  r  ^T!'"^  '"  '^'"^  ""eet- 
presence  on  the  North  Padfic  Coa!t  wa^T'  ^°^''  C^'™^'  whose 
church  was  now  prospering  in  aSL^rf  T^'/  benediction.  The 
Rugg-s  pastorate  contfnuK  four  !ear?r'\°V''  ^°'^-  ^^^'^er 
gained  such  strength  of  character  IT^'  '"'""''  ^"'"^  *he  church 
;eadmg  Baptist  church  in  th^Jr^nc^^  ^Z^o:^^::'^,^^^ 

bis  sltltltX  "Siitl^i:^^^^^^^^  «PP-'-ion  of 

woric     tJ;  ?»,"*V'°'*=1  bis  labors  wff  uTafterA-^""  *'"  sustained 

«tem.    H.S  was  a  most  blessed  anSVuSm'inistoTndee?"'"  ''''  '"'''' 

torat^Tn  {sp^.  'ZttrToS^a'^^^^r^^^^^^^^^^  'i"'^^"^  ^'^  P- 
and  pleasant  address,  of  an  ^v! -^eHsH.T^  "i^"  ?*  ^Tood  abilities 
favorite  with  the  yo^ng  peoole  bS  h  l  ?  °*  '"'"^-  ^e  was  a 
'".press  itself  very  stro^y  eit'her  uoo^  tE^'r^l^"'  *°°  ^^-^^t  ^o 
of  the  growing  city.  '^      ^  '^''"'"^^'^  °^  "Pon  the  life 

in  th^cas?rB^oth"rtoomb?t'  ^''''''  "^^^'^  '"  '894-  As 
pastorate  prevented  hs  fuHw Hty  from'^  °'  ^'''''''  «*>^-"'^ 
-Its  that  can  be  tabulated.'^&^^-^^^r-  ^a  Sn^^^t 


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Se"e«eireras':;?e\rr"^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^  '^^  ''^'^  °n  the  field, 

always  heard  withTnte  est  anS  '  Hi,"^.  '°^^""^'  """•  ^"^  «- 
and  his  general  eood  ,ud»^«,f       .i    ?  '  experience  in  the  ministry 

suited.    L  had  f  stro.^g'p^son,irv'\n7ofr  •"'"  °'^'^"  '°  ''^  -"" 
own,  both  in  the  interoretitrn  nf  ^^'  -^      ^'^"  P"'  °"*  ^'^^^  of  his 

of  organized  denlSnTSe:  S^m"  Whi.l"  ^'^  r*^*''^^'  ""^^ 
>ng  the  majoritv  with  him  '^r'^^^vmmt  while  not  always  carry- 
intensely  bibhc7  poVblvToo  T"  ^'^  practically  efficient  and 
what  h^  built  tdTso^undb'Jsuoon'vT'^'  P^^'°"^«=  ''"^ 
well  liked  by  the  churchTnd'by^hchy^in^^lr  '^"'-  ""^  ^^^^ 
heldt%a1:ne^nt^X%St;^^^^^^^  ^"  '««S.  and 

^"^r?S^t;jS^?!^^""^^^^ 

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CHAPTER  IV 
THE  NEW  WESTMINSTER  CHURCH 

New  Westminster  m  1878.  Baptist  beginnings.  Constituent  member-s  House- 
to-house  services.  Services  in  the  courthouse.  The  r^undayschool.  The  iiast.r  (rum 
Victoria. 

The  second  Baptist  church  in  British  Columbia  was  the  Olivet 
Church  of  New  Westminster,  organized  August  8,  1878.  This  church 
bore  a  conspicuous  part  in  laying  the  foundation  for  Baptist  church 
growth  in  British  Columbia,  and  deserves  a  record  next  to  the 
Calvary  Church  in  Victoria.  New  Westminsrer  was,  at  this  date, 
the  second  city  in  size  and  wealth  in  British  Columbia,  and  was 
fast  growing  into  prominence.  It  is  located  on  the  Eraser  River,  at 
the  head  of  navigation,  and  had  a  population  of  about  three  thousand 
and  several  public  buildings. 

Like  the  church  at  Victoria,  this  church  had  a  memorable  early 
history.  In  August,  1878,  the  following  persons  banded  together  to 
effect  a  Baptist  beginning  in  this  beautiful  city,  namely :  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Matthew  Grey,  James  Tarnbull,  William  Freed,  C.  M.  Mc- 
Naughton,  and  John  Williams.  For  some  time  the  services  were  held 
in  the  homes  of  the  members;  but  a  Sunday-school  was  opened  in  a 
rented  hall  with  good  success.  Finally,  arrangements  were  made 
with  Rev.  J.  H.  Teale  of  the  Victoria  church  to  preach  once  a 
month  at  New  Westminster.  It  was  Brother  Teale,  in  connection 
with  Rev.  J.  T.  Huff,  general  missionary  of  the  Baptist  Missionary 
and  Educational  Society,  who  had  organized  the  above  members  into 
a  church  under  the  name  of  the  Olivet  Baptist  Church.  This  arrange- 
ment with  Brother  Teale  could  be  only  temporary,  but  it  had  its 
place  in  prospecting.  Two  persons  were  baptized,  but  soon  left  the 
city.  When  Brother  Teale  could  come  no  longer,  the  brethren  still 
held  together,  having  services  at  least  when  Providence  favored  them 
with  a  visiting  minister. 

It  was  early  in  1878  that  the  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational 
Society,  which  afterward  became  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the 
North  Pacific  Coast,  sent  their  general  missionary,  Rev.  J.  T.  Huff, 
to  British  Columbia  for  several  months  of  work.  His  first  work  was 
in  Victoria,  and  as  next  in  importance  he  took  up  the  work  at  New 
Westminster.  Since  New  Westminster  was  then  only  second  to 
Victoria  as  a  strategic  point  for  Baptist  effort,  we  give  the  full 
history  of  the  beginning  of  the  Baptist  church  there,  which  will 
appear  in  the  three  following  letters,  published  in  the  Baptist  Beacon 
for  September,  1878: 
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The  ■•  Baptist  BtAtoN  " 
(The    following  private   letter   is   of   si.ch   deep   interest    to   ail   our 
people  that   we  publish   it  entire.-ED.) 

Rev.  J.  C.  Baker:  Victoria,  B.  C.  August  ,3.  1S78. 

this£nKitfo";re^hu^r'^BUtr'ifJ^  ptefch^^^".^''^ '■"'  ^i^'^''^'"  '" 

to  welcome  us.  and  the  streets  strewn   with  posters  announcing  service 

bers      The  maTer    l' 0^',^"  r\'T^''l'  °^K^"i=^^d^ith  sLv^n  nfen  - 

rr^  fKr^;jSxSS;e  ^eSnH'Sp^e^S  if^l? 
tLl^'^'^V^"^  ^'°'"  °"'"  °^"  <^»'"'«^h  in  Victoria  an  organis?  a  chLi; 
leader,  and  a  zealous  young  man  evangelist.  Two  were  received  for 
baptism,  and  Brother  Huff  administered  the  ordinance  ^n  Sundav  The?e 
severa^of  thf^'h  T'f-  ^'""T. '"  -^^  P'^«'  ^"o  will  unite  "^oon^'^ml 
to-day  to  SaTe  their^^hZ'  ^  M'"''^?/  °"'"-  ™"K>-eKation  left  Victoria 
r^„f?Li  I,-  I    i'     "^""^   '"   ^«*   Westminster.     Brother   Huff   will 

continue  his  work  there  for  some  days,  and  will  no  doub    be  the  mean 

place  r2v^H  W  ^BrlT*'''"  '^^'  night  after  the  organization  took 
Place,  Kev.  H.  W.  Brown  was  present  in  the  meetinjr  with  us  makimr 
jt  quite  an  interesting  occasion,  as  his  coming  was  wholly  unexpected 
<^R.hn.TT;  *h.ch  seemed  most  appropriate  to  us  on  t  at  ""ghf  was' 
Behold  what  God  hath  wrought ! "  Only  four  months  befnrP  r  ha^ 
visited  the  place  for  the  first  time,  and  Brother  furZl  told  me  he  knew 
of  no  other  Baptists  in  the  place  besides  himself.  But  now  a  church Ts 
TK'^  ^?"?^"*«'«  coming  forward  for  baptism,  and  a  Baptist  pastor 

tL  i!?1,'h"°"'r^'  *?-^  '  ^^^''''  evangelist^ll  in  the  field  at  once 
pn^  f,,t  •  u  J  -^t.  Company  passed  us  up  and  back  free  of  chartre 

m,n J   m'"''!^  "'  "^"i"  '^'^  ''"'  °^  '""Is  in  the  bargain.     We  are  unde; 
many  obli^fons  to  them  and  their  accommodating  steame.   stewards 
rn.^fi^^'  u        ••    '^'"O"'"-   an   evangelist   of   national    repute,   commenced 
meetings  here  in  our  church  at  Victoria  and  in  the  Presbv  erian  Xrch 
bst  Sunday  with  good  congregations.     They  are  continuing  ev^rvn^gh 
iTmafurhir  ''  '  '"  """^  '"  """'  """'*"-  bm  good  fr^iit 

ti,»  ^J  expect  to  go  with  a  delegation  from  our  church  soon  to  recognize 
the  new  church  at  New  Westminster.  I  wish  vou  could  be  w°th  us 
and  rejoice  over  this  newly  born  sister.     The  New  Westminster  chiirch 

"''Tvicton/"''T"'*^'^-  ^*  P"«?*  f^r'l  Asso^iation^Tmontt 
raised  bvRrotLrr^^*'  just  received  $150  from  England,  being  monev 
raised  by  Brother  Gowen  while  there.     Th  s  has  been  hanked  with  what 
'°"6'„"r'  breth°ren"''*  T^  time  as  we  can  meet  the  whole  floaTi^g  Sebt 
n=v  ;^  •  '"^^*'''^^"  a""?,  laboring  hard  to  increase  the  pastor's   salary  and 

t'he\ime'"'l'^'r.  ?°'''l  7  ^K^""""'-  ''^  ^^5.  It  is  money!  money!  aH 
T«!,.      .     i  ^"^  astonished  at  the  patience  of  some  of  them.     (The  Lord 

^      Send",1c  °^r  '^''"''  '^'  ''T'^'y  ^"^  "^^^Ps  'he  accounts.-Eo  ) 

new   subscribers'^'  """"'  "''"  ^"'"""'  '^  ^"^  "^^"^  ^  '"^  »«="i"^  """^^ 

Much  Christian  love  to  the  biethren.  j.   h.   Tf.ai.f 


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BAPTIST   HZSTORV   OF  THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


Dear   Brother   Baker-    r   ,rr-     a    ■     Y'"""'^'  ^"8""  23,  1878. 
mained  and  preached  twice  for  Cther'TeYlf  °™/\J"'?  ^L  and  re- 
n^^T     ''J"""?  *"'0"»  his  people     All  J  m;^^"*  *''*'  ^  <=«"•'<«  ««>  the 
On  Tuesday,   August  7    start^H   fA,    nt    ''*^";™ea  to  apprec  ate  our  visit 

went  with  us.  oHu?"  arrival  we  Wh  f"''"!"«''=^-  Brother  Telfe 
evening  at  the  r.ood  Te,nplar^^  hIh  a?  thA"*'"«  '^^"tised  for  the 
the  Baptist   brethren   were  there    ;.„^  r     '"J"''  appointed  nearly  all 

faithfu:  band,  although  few  in  numhf  *u/°'i."<'  *''«'"  *  very  «rnett 
and  cw..e  on  Sabbath  for  two  weeks  Br^.h  ''"^  ?"""8'  eVerTIS 
from  ruesday  until  Saturday  of  thj^fircr"'u''  J^^'«  remained  with  us 
v.s.ted  together  f-very  famil/or  nJrson  l*"Si''i!"«  ''"  ^e  could  We 
raised  a  Baptist  On  Thursday,  A^  o  we°o  ^.an-""H°^  ^''°''«<'  ^een 
WK..  seven  members,  and  aft/r  th«^.  9,  we  organized  a  Bapt  st  church 
baptism.  The  next  evening  BrotSr  Teffe^nri'^^  V'^  ^"«  received  or 
church,  at  the  conclusion  of  whfch  nnl  l'"^"^^'^  a  sermon  to  the  new 
church    on    her   experience      AffL  P"*°'?   *»«  received   into  the 

deacons  were  selected  both  of  wt  ha^'^ief^^n"  -^^  u""^  church  two 
One  of  them  is  a  leader  in  music  ni^/"..'^'^.'"  '•'^^  o^ce  before 
music,  and  she  will  act  al  oS^t  A„  ""k  kk*'  u''^'*"  '«  a  teacher  of 
number  of  persons  gathered  on^  the  bank  of  F^r^'  '  p  '  ^  "•  •"•  »  '"K^ 
baptism  of  a  dear  brother  A  solemS  L  •  **^'"  '*'^^''  ««  witness  the 
ministration  of  the  ordinance  V^TrJ^^'TT  ^^^  '"^^e  by  the  ad- 
an  immersion  before  and  thU  jl  ^  i?"^^,  °^  "'^'"  had  never  witilesseH 
t^he  grand  old  Fra3e/RLV^'^weTe\'/e°d''t''the'  first  time  the  walers"of 
teng-the^tirgTifernSiS^^^^^^^ 
and  -me,  I  trust,  w\re  fuiryTeSc^Tn^^rS!!.^''?:?  SS^fl.Vfe 

the  church'?ppo^ntrd"?he^E'/^'  '*^  o^Kanized  a  Sabbath-school    and 
which  time  five  classes  were  fo™'^^';^^  ^^  '*>"  Sabbath  mor^„g''at 
present.     They  made  arraT/emlnf^/  '  T^irty-two,  old  and  young    wefe 
ibrary  books 'they  have  veryTew' Cai;  llTp^l^°°^''  »»?'  °f  pSs  and 
oward  a  library  or  BiblesT  iHo    it  w  S  be"thn'„'i!'f°?,  ^"^'^'r  ''^'P  'hem 
supplies   needed    were   furnished    hv   tT-    be  thankfuHy  received.     (The 
Society,  from  Salem,  or  partly  by  donation  '^'?"{"^,.%Ptist    Publication 
name  is  J   Willian,  and  Brother  Teana^";;;n^^   Jheir  superintendent's 
ticulars  of  the  organization  of  the  church   ?nrf  .'i"*"!"  ^'^^  ^^^  the  par! 
'ce;  therefore  I  will  omit  that  '    "'^  ^''°  *''<=  recognition  serv- 

sent  you  five  names  for  the  Beacon  from  New  Westminster, 

J.    T.    h    TFF. 

Recocnition  Service 

DE^R   Be.cox-   TI      R      •  ^'"'""^'  ^^  C- August  28.  1878. 

privileges  and  received%Sn«   W  *^  u- £''°''J""   have   lately   enjoyed 
thanks.     The  comine  to  ,«  «?^m-    •    "^^""^   *hey  wish  to  accord   the^V 

together     ,h  th7o"U°zat  on^?d'"reSti?n"  of  \"'  ^^'l^A^-' 
Westminster,  are   events   i.-.n^  """recognition  of  a  new  church  at  Near 

church  at  Victoria 'no  Ionier"^stards\lonT  in 'tr'  ""'■  "'■  ^^^  Bajus^ 
The  most  northwest  outpfst  of  our  Baoti.  7ri^  '^'°'"""  *"''  sisterless. 
minster,  and  not  here  A  faithfni  i;»m  ^  ^'?"  '«  "«*  at  New  West- 
there  for  the  defense  of  tri?hThivmef"!'°'?.J'V.''«"  established 
more  than  this,  for  the  oeoole  hsv- ,  L-  il"  ***  ^^^^  the  fort";  yes 
a  council  which  convened  on^th^TwentiTth  of  aZ'"';  I''!?  f''"^=h  <^M 
■t  as  a  regularly  organised  Ba^tlsTSV^  ^ri^u'n"c1l  raVc^fc' 


THE    NEW    WESTMINSTER    CHURCH  ^73 

w^h.i|T4l?„^!'°R"eJ^^^^^  and  .he  foHowin^ 

Ore    Rev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W  Brown   H.J\^u^'  ^'regon  Citv  church 

H.  Hariis.  First  Baptist  Chi  rch   Oakland '^r.'   '  tu'^'  Wisconsin;  Bro  c' 

appointing  J.    H.   feale,   chairman    and '  AmL,/^^,  ^i'""^"  organized  by 

sermon  was  preached  b^  Rev   H    W    Rrnl^  .u  ^'^'*«^'   secretary.     The 

!°  i''5  .^^"r.'"^  8iven  by  J    H    feaJe    /nH  ?{,  ""^  «vangelist.  the  charge 

tended  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Huff,  of  Oregon  Citv     Th.'   ^"1  ?^   fellowship   ef! 

°/jf"'  W'th  a  good  prospect  ofncreae     Som.^"'"^. 'l*'  '"  •"^'"f'ershi,, 

l""""«  Sundav-school  of  thir  ylfive  scholar^,!  ''*^"  ^^^''"'-    A"  'n- 

have-'/n^^^'"  *^*  0'8>ni«tion  of  the  church      Thfl^T'^^  »*"=  *«o"rf 
have  and  support  preaching  at  least  a  r,/rf  .,*  .t  *  .^^"'"•^'^  «P"ts  to 

Congregations    were   good,    but    not    v/4f  1      ■"*  •='!."'■'=''««  stood  aloof 
chf,r.^l""^^°'  Mr.  Brown's  coS  ?nT„.  ^""^   "P^"*    thei 

church  testify  to  having  been  greX  h/n.fi?£i™"2^  '"  "«*  O"*  of  our 

nf°r/'*  '°r^V°><i"*  fellowship    and* qute  a  numh^     ^°'^'=   '?*^*^   »>«"   '«- 
of  I.fe.     Oh.  for  Wisdom  ?o  .cnow^ToVto"7afh^X'?S;;^  £Ut^ 

Your  brother, 

J.  H.  Teale,  Moderator. 

small  mining  town  seven  r/es  distant  «  a  ^.=^''''".°.?"^  Wellington  a 
also  another  gentleman,  each  invited  a  IaHv„,^*'  "^''VP".  the  proprietor, 
fo-nething  to  drink-Winfor  Xr  lim./r'^^A*'"*^  '^  *''«^  would  accept 
thought,  upon  the  existing  sute  of  morals  •     ^  ""^  commentary  this^ 

the.^!s^rorSpr,^,„^,,s;n  °h"  ^-" «-. 

si?- ---  =?a¥;TFd^?1  Ff ""  -  "k: 

members  as  a  stranger,  who  at  v.ic  ^i„  u  ^  *','^*'  ""«*  one  of  the 
accept  a  tract.  Feeling  rebS'lcH  ?-J  *"  ''°'?'^'  ^^ked  me  if  [  would 
fidelity   ,^nen  he  eSd  Ws  exce^lent'"e''xamn;"J!"^'   ^-  commended  hs 

ourVs^rd&*''^  ^'-  -y-bfa^r?;e  tet?j  ;^:o?k"  r 

goodt  F"Ul-rSr\SrStitl,t'er?^^r?"J''-  r  ^  -  ^^is  world, 
surprised,  and  not  a  little  gra^rfiedtn  u?     u  *'''"•     ^  ^^s  not  greatly 

hT-'  i"J"^^*  «*  Wesfrn'-nft'en  'services  aTeh'eJfv.  '=°""^?'^''  ^'^^  «>« 
bath  in  the  Good  Templar's  Hall  Once  earh  ^^^li''"^  '.^'"  "^h  Sab- 
l^^V  ^^f  "-emainder  of  th"  t^e  bv  two  JH"'  1"Pp2'«^*^  ^^  Brother 
member,  fourth  in  order  that  I  hSve  reflrr^H  /.  *''l  ^["^^hren.  Another 
prayer  meeting  the  evening  that  I  was  orese„t-*^5  ''r''^  ^''"««  °f  the 
casion  required,  fill  the  desic  accyta^fy%Kllh  TS  ?ots^h"4^reil  "'=- 

-portance,  and  every  po.s.ble  effort Tsradrtrsecfre^TaTr' 


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^^^:::j1S:^:^1:,r^  haU  opportunity.    The  Board 

ary.  spent  some  time  with  the  chu/ch  in  S«,  ^"^'^0''=''°°'  •"''^'"°"- 
saker  was  also  sent  to  labor  th  re  for  a  tl^;  "m  ^'^^  ^^  J'  """" 
tainable.  however,  until  Februarv  .M-  u  /°  P^''°''  ^^^  o^- 
preached  his  firs  sermon  in  ?h^  .n'/^ ''^'"  ^'^^^  ^"^^'^  Le""**^ 
church  became  d  sheaZed  by  this  W  "''' k  ^""^  "^'"^^"^  ^''^ 
incident  to  a  new  and^rnwin^  ^.  probation.     The  changes 

son.c  n,e„.bers  left  tr  !ZrZrZT'-  '''"'''f  '''''''  '"^^'^  «*"« 
energies  and  build  up  the'  homes  'butTT"^  "^'"u  *°  '"'^'"'^  '^''' 
lieving  thev  had  a  rLhttl  fh  ^  ^^''  ^''^thren  held  on.  be- 

little lock  t  is  your  Fair's  t'o^^^^^^^  "'  '''  ^''''"■-  "Fear'not. 
The  histor/o^the  com  ne  of  ?i? fi"''. '°  «^'''  ^°"  ''''^  '*'"K'1°'"" 
showing  how  the  Holy  SfeadV  It  ^T'  '^  *""  °^  '"^*='-«'' 
and  to  the  Holy  Spirit  that  nnn  !u  T^''  ^°°^  *°  ^^^  »'«thren 
pastor  of  the  ch'urch  DulT  OnUrL  '  cTn  ""'" ,  ^°'"^  ^^""'^• 
Spurgeons  College    London    Pn'.Su    ^!^:  ^"'^  ^  graduate  of 

lege  of  the  pastor^t^.    In  ,884  tl  "ttfpt^^  '"^  ^'^"^  P"^'" 

sent  Rev.  J    C    Baker   th/„  *;,.•.     ,      ''*"''''  ^^P^'"'  Convention 

Mich.,  to  rUent  itl'^k  ^"^I^J^^^Th!:^?''''; 
describes  as  follows  ^  '""^'''  ^"  '"'^"'^^  ^hich  he 

an  inYeSieVi'hh*  M?  bS  %^l^n^'  'f^°'  °".  '^'  ^'"^<^  »loP«.  I  had 
Westminster;  but  consKn^  th^  stL  nf  ^P^l^"  he  mentioned  New 
arduousness   of   the   work  Tn   hi   a  °- J^^  health  and  the  evident 

declined  to  enter ttoXtla^tio'n^  t^^h^  r^ectTo'th^  fefd'.^   -'""'" 

for.  aft:ra""v1;g  Tirhis^'fliw""'^"  ""''  °^^=^^-  ^'-t<=^. 
short  period  in  wLrcom  W  T  i^h"  ^''^  ""'*.  '"^  '^"""&  ^^^  « 
of  Missions  and  of  the  Boa^'  Br'o?Lr  T  "■"^""*  "^"''^  Superintendent 
field  in  November    ^4    th;  Result  of^S^r^T'  '^l^T^  '"  ^''^'^  ^''^ 

sr?;^:Js^^^~  1  r  ^-— t^- cJ;;rS: 

persons,  and  surmisin^s  o..t«ii  '^   ^^""'^   comprised   nine 

could  not  be  done  indeed^f  vt.T'  T  '''"''"«^  '^'''  '^'  ^^ing 
handful  of  people  to  attest  elwt-"^''*  presumptuous  for  such  a 
city,  But  w'e  r'et"  ^^p^a  sf  to  t"|reTt  H^dTlhf  T'  IT  ^^ 
gratitude  to  the  American  ^Baptist  HomrSs^'^tL'^teta  st"or 


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has  been  sustained  and  the  cause  establishe.l      Tt,.      u 
been  the  exercise  of  self-denial  on  »hl  n    .    .     ^"'^  ^^^  ""  ''""''« 
the  result  is  more  tSan  grattlv^ng       '   '  "'  ''''''''  ^"^  P^'^P'^'  l^"' 

.hat  no  government  Xerty  wastaifabTe  To?!h'r  "°"  "'''"'"''' 
tion  for  lots  was  made  to  The  ci^y  JounSl  wi'th  ^'"''%  "^PP""" 
Bro.  James  Turnbull  had  for  some  time  e.  xn  11,""^  'u""''- 
understand  that  he  would  donate  a  buildine  lof  for  Zl  '"^  '° 
<ts  equivalent  in  cash,  provided  nnotl ler   -^fJ  u      '  P"'"P°'^  °'" 

few  months  after  the  nastor'  Itt  Ir^  .  u  u""^  '^"'^"-  ^^hen  a 
a  house  of  worship  k  had  ba  eh  e  fr  h  .'  ''T'^  ^"'^^^  '°  «^^«» 
ing  as   it   now   possesses      Pn  undertake  such  a  build- 

atfons.  Ever  cfeTnv  was  .  ..i  '^"■"'"i^t^nces  arose  to  defer  oper- 
stantiality  of  U 'S u^c^  honl""  '"  '"  ^'"'  ^^^'^•^^^■'"--  -^  -"- 

anxie'ty' to^'aTSe'remre^rs'  eT''7  °.'  r">'  P^^>-^  -^>  --h 
more  e^ecia  v  tL  paTtor  \v?s'r  '  !^'  ''""'^'"^  committee,  and 
day  of  t'he  week  De«mbe7  '  S"  Th  '°  v^  "-"''  °"  ^'^^  «"' 
semi-Gothic  in   s  vie    f^v  six  fJ^f  '  "  '  u'^  "  °*  ''^^'^  ''"^k. 

ship..  a„<l  w.  ./pi«  »o„  ;'Sd  „,C"  """"""  '"  "■""  '^"o- 

At  the  dedication  Rev    T   C   Rai-^r  ^f  c  1        -^ 
the  morning,  Rev.  Walter  Bars;    m{    of  Vi"ci,r    "  ■  "'^ '^^  '" 
noon,  and  Rev  A   B   BanW,  in  f^L  •  '     %..  '^*°"^'  '"  ^he  after- 

church,  which  now  numbers  over  tw!n.  ^'^  *k^  happiness  of  forming  a 
sees  the  hght  will  have  h"  owr?  setTrl  "n.^r*'"!,'  ^^^  ^^  *'^«  'ime  this 
own  house,  with  the  prosoect  nf  «n!.n  ."^  "°-  ^"^  ''^  worshiping  in  her 
thank  God  and  take  courtage  "  C  unto'Cr  O^  her  foster-mother.  M'e 
to  thy  name  give  glory,  fofthy  .ScyTd  fol-  S,^°u't;.-s"7akr"  ""  '"^ 


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is.  ctth  ;^;re.r.;t,TShid' , ■''':•  ^r"  ^'"">"- 

time   until  Rev    T   w   m  rT    •  .     P^^*<=n«<^  <o  •»  one-fourth  of  the 
time,  until  Rev.  J.  VV.  McDamels.  of  Iowa,  was  settled  as  pastor  in 

approved  by  the  Superintendent  if  M  ssion^  The  chur.r  ''' 

sum^  self-support,  with  an  advance  oiTary  tl'li.sTa    "7  "" 

Rev.  J.  H.  Best,  of  Ontario,  followed  Brother  Baldwin   emerin. 

LauT^  ^^'^  membership  reached  two  hundred  and  'ixtv 

?hlt  ^^Pf  r"^''  °f/hurch  work  were  in  a  floSwng  condi  S' 
That  year  the  house  of  worship  was  enlarged  at  a  co  t  of  Sis Z' 
Th,s  too  was  a  time  of  great  spiritual  development  and  activ^' 
The  church  had  a  large  and  flourishing  Sunday-school  a  voun^.; 
people's    society    numbering    sixty-five,    a    young   ladies'    self  dS 

r'?  °u  'T^^  '"''"'^"'  ^  *°™«"'«  niiLSry  sTc  ety  IV'Te 
on  church  and  city  aid,  home  and  foreign  missions^ariH  rflnf,tl.7-  *^ 

ruol"d''''"?H°'  *"^^-'°"'  -mbers.'^E"crof  h  se  3-ti  /  w"a? 
supplied  with  an  eflic.ent  corps  of  officers  and  leader/  and  was 
healthy,  vigorous,  and  helpful  in  the  activities  of  the  church  In 
February.  1895.  seven  deaconesses  were  elected-  e^hL^L  ■  . 

they  added  much  to  the  working  fo7ce  of  thTchurch  '  "'""'' 

A  mortgage  indebtedness  of  $12,000  had  been  transferred  to  an 

«,«,i,^™«  "u^."*'*  pastorate  closed  after  five  years  of  very  successful 
work.  He  had  received  a  very  flattering  call  from  an  SsernfiS 
but  decided  to  take  up  work  at  Rossland   B   C  ' 

We  now  leave  the  history  of  this  church  to  be  continued  bv  the 
historian  of  the  British  Columbia  Convention.  ™""""«<»  ^Y  the 


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Hon.  William  Merchant 


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CHAPTER  V 
THE  CHL-RCHES  OF  VANCOUVER,  B.  C. 
I.  FiRir  Chukch  (1887J 

,u-    7q^    ^'"'    '^"P"*'    Church    of    Vancouver     R     r 

third  Baptist  church  oreanizeH  in  .V,,  '    ^-    ^-    ^'^^    *''»^ 

indebted  to  the  /.I  \\^!lln^Llr    ?      f7"'"'  ^"''  ''  '^  '^^K^'v 
Robert  Lennie.  the  pas  or  '^  New  w".;^    ^"^  "*  ^^«'""'"«-     R«=^'- 
for  one-fourth  of  the  time  to  t!r/?'"'  ^''^  8""'«^^  '^^ve 
he  possessed  the  confidence  of  th^     "''•  "^"'^  ^'  Vancouver.     Since 
plans  were  outlined  to  him  and  ,0  r^'^^'r^"  ""l  '^'^  "»^^  *=i'y.  »heir 
ence  had  with  the  promoTer,  for  ^k?'  ■'"""  ^"'"''""  '"  »  ^^o^^e^- 
even  at  this  eady  perS     '   forer.'    T^"'''     '^"^"*  ""'  ^^^  «»>le. 
work  there;   and  he  deteVmineH   »         '^'  ""P^^ance  of  Christian 
drive  twelve'  miles  t  alflTd H?  wJatre^rd  Ir    °''''°'"'"""^-     ^« 
passable  roads,  and  yet  not  to  mi «'  ''"^  .°^'«"  ^^er  almost  ini- 
perience  of  this  front'^e    worker     He  Z  'PP°'"!'"^"''  «»*  ^he  ex- 
the  Si  perintendent  of  Mi^.^nn.      ?   J^*'  "f^^''  '°  «°  *°^^"d  bv 
Columbia  constantly  before  ?h^'  H         »5-  *"  "'''  ^^^l*  '"  »"'"»' 
vention  and  preferreH  Sh        *"  "'""*  **'"'°"   ^oard  of  the  Con- 
centers of  toX(:n\:i\oi:s:ri  tiT.r'  -?--' 

services  with  the  few  Rnnf.cf    u  ,.;"'■  Bother  Lennie  held 

but  as  soon  asa  sti ublfptTcou^dTe  ob't^'^V'"!:-'^^^  '^»"'"^'  = 
him  to  establish  an  appoKenr  or  LrH',  i?  ""  "^^''^  P"'"""^'^ 
month.  Hpo-nimeni  tor  Lord  s  Day  services  once  each 

the  SS'Biust'Lme'M-""'  %''"^^  ^^^'  "^^^  ^>"«  "PO" 
as  to  render  ?timpCbS  for  th^t'°".^?''*^*y  °^  ^"'^'^  ^  <^»'"^^'e'- 
this  important  mi  °  on  Bmther  T  '^  ^  *°  ^'"V'*  "'^"^^"y  «id  to 
Dominion  Board^y  request  of^iM'^u'r'i^  ^'^^  '^'^  *«  the 
the  Superintendent  of  Xsion  before  th.^'"''  ^"^  Convention, 
minion  authorities  to  aid  he  ^ork  in  Brit^h  rri"^'''"^  '^'  '**'■ 
to  its  probable  transfer  finaHy'o  thdr  ca"e  "'""  ^'''  '  ^'^" 

secuS;^a'"f:r;iiX^e%oX;rr ".°  ^°"*'^  ^^^^^  - 

Dominion  Board  would  undertake  to  sInH  ,  ""  '  f"""°"  '''*'  »''« 
and  stand  by  him  until  th/m^cc  I  ^  "»«ionary  to  Vancouver 
dentially,  Rev.  WilS  McDrn".?"  ''^^^'"^^^'f-stistaining.  Provi- 
and  was  induced  Hake  hold  of  ?.'  '"  '^'  ^'^'^  ^""^  '^^'  ^ime, 
good  interest  untVthe'S  iva  'of  Re  '  j  B  "Kenned /""  A*  ^^'/'^ 
Brothei    Lennie  had  oht,;„»^  7     ■''  ^"  5«""edy  from  Ontario. 

way  Company  two  lots   on  S  .     '" ,?'  ^"""'^'^''   ^^'''^'  «^'!- 

f-  the  services,  and  i^i  Tanua  v    mrL"T7n'''''  "^^  ^^"^^ 
januarj.  1887,  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 

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Vancouver  was  organized  with  ten  constituent  members;  the  number 
was  doubled  in  a  brief  time,  and  Rev.  J.  B.  Kennedy  was  installed  as 
pastor.     Brother  Kennedy   was  just  graduated    from  college;    and 
brmgmg  his  young  and  competent  wife  with  him,  appeared  to  be 
providentially  called  to  the  charge  of  this  young  church.    Conversions 
and  baptisms  followed  soon,  and  a  larger  meeting-house  was  needed 
The  growth  of  the  city  by  this  time  had  indicated  better  the  most 
desirable  location  for  a  church.    Such  a  location  was  obtained    and 
a  new  building  was  erected,  capable  of  seating  six  hundred  persons 
and   provided   with    the   other   necessary   appointments    for   church 
work.     Brother  Kennedy  exerted  himself  to  the  utmost  to  provide 
funds  to  cover  the  whole  cost,  but  left  a  debt  of  $1,750.    He  and  his 
wife  were  greatly  beloved,  but  after  three  years  of  successful  work 
he  resigned  and  returned  to  the  East. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  VV.  C.  Weir,  who  entered  upon  his 
work  in  the  fall  of  1890,  and  held  the  pastorate  for  nearly  five  years 
At  this  time  there  was  a  large  ingathering  from  revivals,  substantial 
growth  m  the  church,  and  all  of  its  activities  were  well  directed 
Two  new  churches  were  organized,  the  Mount  Pleasant  Church  and 
the  Jackson  Avenue  Church.  Though  about  fifty  members  went  out 
to  organize  the  two  churches,  yet  Brother  Lennie  says  that  the  at- 
tendance at  the  Lord's  Day  services  in  the  mother  church  was  not  per- 
ceptibly decreased.  When  Brother  Weir  resigned,  he  left  the  church 
with  a  membership  of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Stackhouse,  who  had  a  suc- 
cessful pastorate  covering  a  period  of  three  years,  extending  past  the 
time  of  the  organization  of  the  British  Columbia  Convention  At 
that  time  we  leave  the  churches  of  British  Columbia  and  also  the 
conventional  and  educational  work  there  to  be  continued  by  their 
own  historian. 

It  is  my  purpose  to  continue  the  record  of  the  British  Columbia 
churches  as  long  as  they  were  co-operating  with  the  western 
Washington  churches  in  the  Northwest  Convention,  to  write  of  no 
church  not  entering  in  British  Columbia  into  the  organization  of  the 
British  Columbia  Convention,  and  of  none  after  the  date  of  that 
organization  in  1897. 


2.  Nanaimo  Church  (1889) 

This  church  was  organized  July  18,  1889,  with  fifteen  members 
and  was  received  into  the  Northwestern  Association  at  its  annual 
session  m  1890.  The  town  of  Nanaimo  lies  seventy  miles  north  of 
Victoria;  it  is  reached  by  the  Esquimalt  and  Nanaimo  Railway:  and 
is  noted  for  its  mines,  the  payroll  of  which  amounted  in  those  early 
days  to  $70,000  monthly.  The  population  was  about  five  thousand. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Banton,  from  Ontario,  was  directed  to  this  field.  A  few- 
Baptists  had  been  waiting  long  for  the  coming  of  .n  leader.    Gathering 


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around  Brother  Banton,  they  soon  established  services  and  organ- 
ized a  church,  which  was  recognized  on  August  9,  1889 

addi"  tl  »r°  r"t  °iP'°'^^'  B^"'0"'s  pastorate,  fifty-one  were 
added  to  the  church,  fifteen  of  whom  he  baptized.  Lots  were 
secured  and  a  house  of  worship  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $4,000 

When  Brother  Banton  resigned.  Dr.  C.  E.  Good,  from  Woodland, 

L^  p^  Rev  A  J  ;VeIsh  was  pastor,  with  forty-one  members.  In 
t1^.»     .     .  Clunston   was  pastor,  with  sixty-eight   members. 

These  short  pastorates  and  intervals  between  pastorates  were  not 
conducive  to  church  growth.    In  1897  the  church  went  into  the  British 

twtmemberT''"""  "'''  ^'"  '''•  "^  ^""''°"'  P^^^""-'  ^"^  «^^«"*y- 

3.  Emmanuel  Church    (1890) 

C.).^Z"'ru''^\^^'''f  ^''"^  °"'  °^  '^^  Spring  Ridge  mission  of  the 
onTl^„,K  "I-  ^"^  T!  '"■&^"i"d  in  August.  1890,  with  twenty- 
one  members  dismissed  from  the  mother  church  for  that  purpose. 
Five  years  before  under  the  administration  of  Brother  Barss,  a 
Sunday-school  and  prayer  meeting  had  been  started  in  the  home 
of  Dea  Peter  Wilson,  and  a  small  chapel  had  been  built;  and  now 
a  church  was  formed.  Rev.  C.  W.  Townsend  was  the  first  pastor,  and 
entered  upon  his  labors  in  October,  1890,  remaining  till  March,    891. 

Tnd  "th.n  rV°"T'l^^.,^r-  L-  ^-  ^""""'"«  *°^  »hree  months 
and  then  by  Rev.  P.  H.  McEwen,  of  Paislev,  Ontario. 

.ar.r   :l"  ^^"■°*^*^''   McEwen   entered   upon   his  pastorate   in   June. 

«?^S  ."'■''''  u°°"  ''^^^"  ^^^  ^'■^'=*'°"  "f  a  "cw  building  to  cost 
?6,TOO,  and  kept  the  old  chapel  for  Sunday-school  purposes.  Brother 
McEwen  s  pastorate  covered  a  period  of  five  years.  It  was  a  time 
of  steady  growth;  and  a  strong  church  of  one  hundred  or  more 
members  was  built  up,  and  became  vigorous  and  well  organized, 
rhnr.v.  ?  ^r  .Vr  ^'^^^^n  resigned  to  become  pastor  of  the  Olivet 
Church  at  New  Westminster,  he  was  followed  by  Bro.  O.  E   Kendall 

v.r"*.*''"^l'l"l^"*'  "^^^  '^'''^^  ^^^  «=hurch  acceptably  for  one 
year,  after  which  he  returned  to  the  East  to  pursue  his  studies. 

one  hLTrlT'°'A  '^^'u^'"'-  J-  ^-  H^^t'"gs,  who  found  a  church  of 
hi^LrT^.^"*^  ^'^^''=^"  members,  a  Sunday-school  with  one 
hundred  and  forty  enrolled,  a  women's  circle  numbering  fortv.  a  Bap- 
conditfon"^  °*  twenty-eight,  and  all  in  a  flourishing 

Under  the  ministry  of  Brother  Kendall  the  church  had  aided 
m  organizmg  the  British  Columbia  Convention. 

4-  Chilliwack  Church   (1891) 

WpcL^-^  Chilliwack  First  Church  is  located  ten  miles  above  New 
Westminster  on  the  Eraser  River,  and  was  organized  in  March,  18.^1. 


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was  reported  as  newly  organSd  witrsix[ee?n,/"J^'''  '^*^*'=^«r'  '' 

t .  C  McCarty  as  missionary  03^  f*"l'"<^'"''<=".  and  with  Rev. 
MacGregor  was  missionary  pastor  a„H  ^^  ^"'^  '^  R^v.  P.  c 
organization  of  the  British  cKLB/f^^'A""'"'^  ^''^  «='»'«h  at  the 
then  reported  twenty-nine  mlber,  ,T  °"^«ntion.  The  church 
Sunday-school,  thirty-seven  "n  Th .  «     »     '="'°''"ent  of  thirty  in  the 

en  m  the  mission  cfrcle  tI"  hurch^'f  ^T^  ^^^P'^'^  ^nio^?  a„d 
and  there  was  an  indebtedness  of  on,y%?r>'-«?,-'-d  at  $  .000, 
'"  *  prosperous  farming  communirJ  ^^T  .^^^ilhwack  is  situated 
some  ministerial  studentf  and  Tom '  ^'  ="^  »»'«'•«  will  probably  be 
records  of  this  thriving  church       '  "'"  °^  ^^'"'^"^'h  in' the  fu^ture 

5.  V..cot;v«  Mouxr  P.h.s.„  Chukch  (,89r) 
.  This  church  was  begun  a,  »  n,-  • 
nineteen  members  from  th"^  Vancouver  pSt  Ph^  T  °''^^"'«'l  ^'^h 
The  same  year  it  was  admitted  ithrN^rZ  °"  ^^''^  ^'  '^'■ 
Si"  ^'  ^-  ^^"ton  was  the  pastor  In  ,8n°,'^"*^''"  Association, 
was  erected  thirty-two  feet  by  fortv  e^.l?^  '  fi'"'  ^  '"^eting-house 
of  two  hundred  and  fifty.  and'cSg  t^' ^"^  '  '''''"^  -Pacity 

so4^^Sed',rfa?ottX^'"•{?"-   -  thought  by 
council  of  prominent  brethre^  oJ  wh    .T""'*'  °^  '^'  city;  but  a 
-an.  recognized  the  chuJch  as  neces  t   ^i;-/-  "^T'  "^«  '=''>-- 
The  pulpit  appears  to  have  bSn  c.^'r^'^u'"''^"^  '°cated. 
The  church  was  represemed  at  ,h^  «  '*      ^  '^"^"■'"^  ^'•^*''^«"- 
^^"''""'"^  Baptist  Convendon  by   four  h.'      '^  "^  '^^  ^"''^^ 

Thomas  Mulligan  was  one.    It  is  reoorteH      ^k      '   °^  ^''°'"   ^^^tor 
ship  of  thirty-two.   with  eighteen  ^Sfh  ^'J'^V^^S  a  total  member- 
Union,  nine  in  the  mission  ciroU       }^.  ^^P*'"'   ^oung  People's 
school.    The  value  of   he  hou '    1;  '"\'?'"^ty-one  in  thf  Sunday 
a  debt  of  $700.  •'""'^  °^  ^o'-sJnp  is  given  as  $1,500,  with 

^-  M'ssior.  CiTv  (B.  C.)  Church  (X893) 

-  ;h^'Sc;^'  tS^SrSS  "^^  ^-  ^-  ^-P".  came 
there  was  for  doing  mission  work  anH  r*  "•  '^^  ^''^^  P^spect 
church.  He  soon%rranged  that  Rev  Tt""1-'  ^^^^  Testament 
services  here.  He  was  the  firlf  n  !•  "  ^-  ^'^rce  should  hold 
sion  City,  and  he  faTthfuS;  pr  emed  tL'^^'f  *,°  P^^^''  '"  Mi  - 
^o  months  later.  Brother^  Kr  sent  /''"?  °^^  ^"^P'^'"  ^bout 
He  held  meetings  every  evS  for  n.?,?'   ^•.^-  ^"^*°"  ^ere. 


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7.  Vancouver  Zion  Ba>]-ist  Church  (1894) 
detriment      Finally,  however,  with  the  coming  of  the  level-headed 

8.  The  Rossland  Church  (1896) 

9.  Nelson  Baptist  Church  ( 1897) 

This  church  is  located  in  the  Kootenay  minine  district  in  fh* 

G°RTvd2  1  ""-^'T'-  r  '""^'^^  -•'"  fronlfhe  coTs  .  Bro 
.^'  July  180,'  "  '^•"'^*^'-'^'  f'"^^"[-  t°ok  "P  the  work  at  this  place 
m  juiy,  1897,  and  was  used  by  the  Master  in  «ran,»,;„„  „     t.      1 

YoutV^r.^r?!'"^  ^"^  '"  organ^Tnra  S'ndfy!  cro!  BapS 
Young  People's  Union,  and  a  Ladies'  Aid  Society  When  Brmhi 
Welch  returned  to  college  Rev  C  W  Pr.=-  \  t  "^  "*^"  brother 
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10.  The  Chemainus  Church    (,897) 

It   is   located   on    Vancouver   TQian^        j 

twe  ve  members  in   1897.     Its  work  U  ./"•  ^'^   "'•^^"'"d    with 

Williamson  and  Bro.  A    J.  WeTch    anH  .t  ""''  °"  ''^  R*'^'  J-  W. 

to  erect  a  house  of  worship  at  an  ^arly  dltl  """''"  ^'"'^  ^'^""'"^ 

n.  The  First  Church  of  Kamloops  (1888) 
10.  mS.  '^'"'='  "^^  "^^-■■"•l  "^  Rev.  Doctor  Spencer  on  October 

12.  The  Saanich  Church   {1888) 
It  was  organized  by  Rev    R    w    Tr„«  .  ^ 

and  other  persons  from  the  church«at  v'T  '"^  ^'^*°'"  ^Pencer 
1888,  with  eleven  members         "'^*'''"  ^*  Victoria,  on  December  13, 


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BAPTIST  YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  UNION  OF 

WESTERN  WASHINGTON  AND 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

ventions  and  institutes  being  directed  by  the  PubliSon  SoS     No 

"Such  time  shall  be  given  to  the  vounff  n»nni.'. 

it  ha^JoTi^Vb^Sf  °'  ''^  """""^  ^"°P'^'^  U"'-  -^  ^--^^. 
ualityl^'AeiTSiStiont'  SL^°""«- ^^^l^ ••-  *''^''-  ■"""»«d  spirit- 

n„r  ^°'"  l"""*"  ^!"'  y°""^  P^^P'^'s  societier  had  been  oreanized  in 
our  churches  under  various  names  and  had  grown  to  be  aTfrortan 
factor  in  denominational  activities.     In   1891   Rev    D    D    PronTr 

he"r:rt'of  thrS"^  o^  the  Convention^amlttemio^n  t^  tTn 
ine  report  of  the  Mission  Board  as  follows: 

Young  People's  Soqetifs 

connection   with  X  Board'^  as    oon'^^'as  it  mL*"},"'?"^^  evangelist  in 
provide  for  his  salary.  ^^  ''*'  '"""**  practical   to 

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been'coLunfSt  Taco^^  fhif  ^L'^T  S^'^'^'^  ^-on  had 
president.  The  first  annual  a  eetingTas  hTld  af^N  \^-  ^"'^  '' 
B.  C,  October  le,  1802    in  cnnn.i;  •  ?     .**  ^**  VVestminster, 

Convention.  PresfdenfkiLVpSin;  "¥Jirt*  ''°:J';"'  ^''P*'^' 
present  from  eleven  unions  reoresentinJ  «  ^""i^  delegates  were 
The  total  enrolment  of  unions  in  tht  l^  ^P,  ''""^'"'^'l  members, 
thousand.     Rev    I    F  VIT T  *^  '^''°'*=  ''^'^  was  given  at  one 

nine  local  unTon/;  a^nd^'reTo  tV'thTt"^  1  ''.^  ""•°"  "^^  ''-"^ 
tributed  by  the  unions  for  mhonarvworr^J^u''^^  ^''"  '^°"- 
Convention  had  voted  to  g71TS  1//  ^^'  '^'  ^"^'-'^  "^  the 
the  support  of  a  young  peoplk  t^an  "1'  .  '''."^  "''P'^'""  '"^^--d 
the   young   people's   unloSraise   IZ^       '  ^'''^  J'^ommtnded  that 

andl^oooftheamounrwaspeLnr''''    ^-^''^    ^^^   ^^°Pt«^. 
ing  secretary  to  obtain  t^^o^her  In.  k     '"''""«^'  "'*=  ^^^rrespond- 
local  unions!     Rev.  J    E    Coomh^  $200  by  correspondence  with  the 
after  strong  prote  t  b^    Dea     T    R^'pr^"    '^  '^"''^  ^°^  =^»"««««' 
where  he  was  pas,   ..  Vhis  was  a  v.r        II  "^   ^'^°"""  <=hurch, 
r-^eeting.     Geo.  O.  Smith    of  New  vS  '"*''"^'^^t«=  ^nd  successful 
Mrs.   W.  H.   Spofford    ;f  li;„^^*'S':'h"v-'^°^'"  ^'''''^'''' ' 
president;   A.   L.   Johnson.   oT  Vancouver    VV.  y'''^'"'   ^"'  ^•«- 
Board  of  Managers  consist;d  of  A  Sshail  V^^   '   ''''«";•     '^^' 
C.  Starkweather,  of  Market  Str2.rrv.      ,  '  y^"^""^^*"'  ^-  C-;  Geo. 
Tacoma.  and  Rev.  J.  r?olbs:TaCo';::,;t  '""'^=  ^^  ^^  «-''"^' 

BaptSJ^TuS  'Sctotrr;"^r,^  '^^  ^  ^^^"'^  -•^'^  ^^e  First 
Young  People's  UnionTf  the'VorthterR"  ,5^%  heading  "  Baptist 
Hardin,  vice-president  oresidin^  -fr  ^^^^"^  Convention."  W  O. 
sented  by  th.^thS  Sg  t/s.  pr  s^m^'-fhirwr  ""'°"^'  '''''■ 
estmg   meeting.     Special    mention    !nT  7^'  ^  ""o^'  'nter- 

forth  by  two  essa/s  ead  before  the  ,.?'?"""^"^^''°"  'vere  called 
Bailey,  of  LaConn'er,  on  the  subj  ct  "  YounrP  ^  ""'^  ^^  ^■ 
wmmng";  and  the  other  by  Miss  Carrie  KV^n!  />?'^  ^"^  Toul- 
on "The  Young  PeoDle'/TTn.lT  ^"^'=''' °^  ^^^  Whatcom, 
latter  being  requested  fornS'.- '"*^-  "'^  ^"&'°"«  beyond."  the 
officers  elefted'^werTRev  y'^f '^ctm^  '''' -^""'^  ^'^'''''  ^'^^ 
vice-president;  E.E.RosHnkfrea?urrkeTc'%"^L^^  «•  ^^V'  fi"t 
mended  as  district  missionarv  and  ;>,.  ^'  n '  ^•-  ^^"'°"  '^^^  '^O'"- 
adopted  and  sent  to  the  NoierCotenSTo!rJ"°'"'°"   ^^^^ 

passe5%f?^t7oKon.''^v^l^'  "ThK^e^^"^  ^^°P'^'«  Convention  has 
district  missionary.  Rev.  C  C  Mar^t^nT„!^"  °"'"  "PPreciation  of  our 
vention  Board  that  he  be  annoinfj!?  X,  '  ^^^  recommend  to  the  Con- 
nm  our  hearty  sympathy  alfdTpport-  and  wh  '''''''  ""l^^at  we  pledge 
to  raise  part  of  his  .salarv    fif,*  \?^°  whereas  we  have  undertalcZn 

vention  BoardVd^fit  tL'rettTon'ol' B?ntr''V^'''  Northwesfcbn- 
People's  Convention,  and  X  ask  thp  Rn„^  .    ".^^"'°"  *°  t^^  Young 


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twenty-s,x  unions  reported  a  healthful  condition  and  good  work  bein^ 
done  locally,  but  no  general  work  being  attempted      In  Zfi  th.r! 

m^niLr'lhl'tChw^t"?"^'  ^■''  "'"^  •'""^''^  andXtt 
memoers.     me  .Northwest  Convention  arranged  that  one  of  the  an 

J  E';xS;rs'':rthSo  '^  '^°"?  ''^  yo^r.,\^,^::Lt  iiz 

Peooie's    Union"  ^  '  ^'""''  '""'"y  °*  '•^^  "Baptist  Young 

Peoples    Union,      was   present    and    delivered    two    addresses     one 

fn"  liT'  ""'■'  '".'  °"^  ''"  "^'^  ^^"-^'  --"^  of  the  young  people 
«i  h  the  general  convention  because  sufficient  arrangements  were 
not  made  for  the  young  people's  work  in  the  program  of  The  Lnera! 
convention  as  shown  by  the  following  action  taken  bv  the  ItZlll 
convention.     Pastor   W.   C.    Weir   presented"  the   fotLg  fe^^L^' 

portiKn'eVhde  ^ZfZrn-^n^'ll'""  ^"""""T'  ''^  '"^•■•"<='«=d  to  ap- 
^ideration  o^  Sptst'^'^ounrPeop^e's'Srworr   """'"«   '°   "^"^   -"■ 

After  discussion  by  Brethren  Downey.  Garlick  Terrell  Griffin  <;a 

ing 'th  '  pTo^TamT"^'  ^^'^^  ^"''"  "'^^'"^^  ^  amenTmenMns?;uc  -" 
ent  nn  ^X     *^°T'"''  *°  P'°^'''^  ^°^  *^°  ^^^ions  of  the  Con- 
work  consideration  of  the  Baptist  Young  People's  Un°on 

The  resolution  as  amended  was  adopted 

Pastor  M    W.  Miller  addressed  the  Convention  on  "  How  to 
Increase  the  Efficiency  of  the  State  Organization." 

An  address  on  "  How  to  Secure  Greater  Interest  in  Conven 

Si  t  y"  ^'"r'1  ^r^-  ^-  ^°^''"^'  '"  which  the  history  of" 
Baptist  Young  People's  Union  conventions  for  the  precedn^sfv 
or  seven  years  showed  lack  of  interest  in  conventioL'becau  "Vffi" 
cent  arrangements  for  a  full  convention  of  the  young  peooe  weVe 
of  the'iTroLe"''''  °;''.^  '■'"^"''•^^  ''^'^  ^'-  ^howranVhXuZn 
each  summS     "''  ''  "  ''''"''  '"""''  ''^^^""''^  °^  *^°"^'="»'°" 

The  following  resolution  was  presented  by  Brother  Sawin: 

ff,,1'^*'Vt.'''  ""*^'  °^  °"'  >°""«  P^°P'*'«  ^°^k;  therefore. 
meetfnTwith  the'sta?e  Convention  ^I'h'   ^''"'■'.'   ^°""«   ^'"^^^^'^   Union 


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vcnt.on;'    Motion  being  pu..  ,t  wL  pas^d  ur:!"     '"'  ^^  ^°"- 

interlst^oT'a^d  taifac^stibi'e^Tr^'"''^'  "°^'''"^  °^  ^P--' 
strong  addresse  :  by  Rev  F  A  Aeir'  oTT^  ° v  "^  '^^.'^  ^'""^ 
Movement"-  Ri.v  P    t   c  "^f    '   °"   ^^^   "Young   People's 

T?;,,*  /-u      t.       -^"6"®*  9-19-     Rev.  Louis  S.  Bowerman    of  Spatfi^ 
First  Church,  was  the  president   anH  Dr   \\r   ,"„"'*"■  oi  Seattle 

fhof  r  '^  ""^  people's  work  under  this  new  departure   and 

1877.  The  "Baptist  Beacon"  (1900) 

f,.li  ^u^  ^"f-"  ^^'"'°"'  "°^  t''^  ^"'^'■'^'^  5<i^"J',  comes  in  for  it, 
wJf  H  °^  '"*"■"'  ""^  importance  in  unifying  and  developing  the 
Baptist  denomination  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast     l^T^    -t  u 

In   the   summer  of   1877  the   initial    steps   were   taken    looking 
Sc  Sr""'  ""^"'"'  "^^"^  ^'"°"^  the^Ba/tirts'S^he  Nort? 
A  constitution  was  formed  and  put  into  the  hands  of  »  ,.«^^» 

ScES  tr;or"hr  '-'  '  V;^  ^"^"^^^^^^^  ~'  at 
inaug^Tatlng'  ^C^Jol^l^TV'Bt^^'VX'T"^^^^^^  ^ 
work  of  the  American  Baptist  Pubhcaufn'so^  eTy  waf  cSmt^of 
the  committee,  and  drew  up  the  constitution.  Returning  to  W^h^aS 
quarters  in  San  Francisco,  the  matter  of  printinga^d  clcula  ne  ?h: 
constitution  was  left  in  charge  of  an  appointed  by  the  commUe 


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rX  tn   1  ^*'"?i  ^L'-'  '"   September,   where   he   had   been 

rolM.^        .fT"""'*;:  ^'-  ^""^^  ^°""^  '°  his  astonishment  that  the 
constitution  had  not  been  circulated  nor  the  meeting  called      uZ 
referring  the  matter  to  the  committee,  and  urging  S     that   th^ 
meeting  be  called,  he  was  asked  to  send  out  a  sfa"emcm  if  he  s t >  1 
thought  a  gathermg  could  be  obtained.     Submitting  the  ma  ter  as  " 

as  fdut^v  fhaY  hV"h"  m''"']^  "'t'"'  '""^'"^'  «''«''-<l  ""P--'    ■' 
as  a  duty  that  he  should  undertake  the  task. 

In  his  study,  circular  after  circular  went  into  the  waste  basket 
with  the  remark,  "That  will  never  wake  up  these  people."  S  const 
tution  copied  shared  alike  fate.  No  denominational  pLer  was  at  hand 
and  "what  should  be  done?"  After  a  prayerful  nlgh^Iheinswe; 
S'e  fJJm  fam^r '  'V'":  °""=  'hey 'wilt  read  thft  and  respord" 
f  hak  the  fiSt  i^r",  ''^  f'  ^'"'.  '°.''"  ^'"^y  ^"'l  ^^««  ^^^Ihout 
columns,  had  a  thousand  copies  printed,  mailed  it  to  every  Baotist 

couTd  obt':!;"'?^  °'  'T''  T'*^^  ^°"''  ^°«*  whose  address' hi 
coud  obtam.    The  people  read  it.  and  reread  it  (they  said)  ;  it  was 

.nH  ?M  "1  "^f  l*""  '"'"■''■'  ^:^«'*«="«d  by  the  first  issue  of  the  Beacon. 
nt  M?M  ^^  n  success  in  bringing  together  a  representative  body 
L^.^tTr'  "'*'  '^^  ^°''"*y  °'"^"'=d  '»«  continuance  as  the 
and  R^v  'Y^'^nT'"''  ""^^'  supervision  of  its  Board  of  Missions, 
and  Key.  J.  C.  Baker  was  appointed  editor  and  manager.  During 
S  ff,^  R  f  ^."  '^'*°"''  management  he  was  either  preside"! 
1.  7°f  ^"'^  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Society,  or  held  the 
office  of  Supenntendent  of  Missions,  giving  him  an  opportunity  to 

whSle  fiMd'"?/r'r'-''^""''°"'J'  ^"^  Sunday-school  work  on  the 
whole  field.  Later  he  inaugurated  the  policy  of  having  a  page  in 
each  issue  given  exclusively  to  foreign  missions,  another  to  educl" 
tion    another   to    Sunday-schools,   each    under    a    competent    edUor 

the  fiefd    -,"h'  "^'''  ?"'  "'^"^  '^'  ^^^^"^  °^  ^^'"^  ^"d  workers  on 

o  ke.^  ih!     .,T     °*t^%"r'  '*""'  "*  denominational   interest  as 

0  keep  the  whole  work  of  the  society  in  its  detail  before  the  people 

It  was  a  four-page,  twelve-column  paper,   issued  monthly,   at  fiftv 

cents  a  year;  the  first  year  shows  thirteen  thousand  copies  mailed 

w itrhTwif  ^'  ;  '1!^.*''"  editor  had  seventy-nine  cents  lift  to  divid^ 
NMth  his  wife  and  children,  who  had  done  the  registering,  folding  and 
ma. hng^  The  author  is  holding  the  last  copy  oi  the  first  Sue,  of 
which  he  gives  a  reprint  of  the  articles,  as  he  is  no  longer  able  to 
behelfi  thT  '•*  f'"'"  frequently  inquiring  for  a  copy.    The  author 

taken  wi  x^T"'  '''"  ^  "''"^'y  '"^  '"  ^">-  ^"'^^Pr'^^  under- 
taken  for  the  Master,   it   was   in   establishing  the   Baptist   Beacon 


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which  has  already  shown  itself  a  child  of  destiny  by  l>ecomin«f  th* 

Standard  m  to  the  Middle  West 

of  his  successors  have  surpassed  him  in  "ditori  .1  sir  11      II         '  *"'*  !?°"'' 
careful,  experienced,  conservative    anc    mil       v.  i.^  ^  was  prudent, 

of  the  diflferent   views  of   hrethrr'n,^  i'       'n  ^"   appreciative   sense 

the  field  and  hs  VurmunLgs  ^^^nS' of  ;he"b:srlr2"^''''r'  "^  /"''«'  !.'' 
same.  "■■"■"«»,  ana  ot  tne  best  method  of  supplymg  the 

The    second    year    the    paper    was    enlarged    to    a    five-coh„nn 

ir  STin  advar^'T'"*^'!^  '°"^'  ""'  ''''^  "^'^  «-''  ^'  ^ 
per  >ear  in  advance,  closmg  the  year  with  a   small  balance  in  its 

U  oTertaSt  "?'"    J''^  ^t"?  ^"^^  '^-  ^^""^"  Bakerfinding 
U  overtaxing  his  strength,  asked  to  be  relieved   from  the  editorial 

eaitor  and  Hon.  T    P.  Hackleman  business  manager,  and  t!,e  naoer 

and    Brother    Hackleman    was    practising    attorney.      After    a    year 

the!  hr  .1°^  ^r^  T''''^"^  ^"'l  satisfactory  editorial  manage,,  ent 
the  e  brethren  found  it  necessary  to  relinquish  its  publication  re- 
porting no  debt  and  a  small  margin  in  their  favor 

The  following  report  of  the  Board  to  the  Convention  meeting 

Salem,  Ore..  October  i,   i88i. 
To  the  Baftist  Convention  of  the  North  PaciAc  Coast: 

endi„T(i:ob:;'V"iT.'  ''^ "'''' "' ''' """'  ''"''"•  ^-  -"^  ^-^ 

unti^t^ffi;  ^nrb-er^^^Tl^^l?  ''T.r%Z''''Zl'r^'^1  >"^  = 
Board  we  were  unexpectedly  called  to  act*  upon  ufe  resTSbn  of  Rev' 


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tional.  and  foreign  miMion  work  have  b«en  placed  respectively  in  charse 
"  ft'"  ?  ^i  ^"^^'  "  ^  Latourette.  and  Rev.  B  S.  McUffer  y  Ea?h 
of  these  brethren  has  rendered  valuabk-  assistance  in  itV  pubSon    and 

r,„KTn^°oCrS:r ""  *  ""'•^  •-  ""=  '"'^""  ^"^  ^'^'^  ^^^^ 

.  t„  T*"?  *>"""""  "f  »he  future  of  the  paper  i,  an  important  one  The 
n^^'r  fi'  '''T'"*  •""■■'  ''"''  '"«'«  •"  f^'I'^vc  that  It,  permanency  and 
h?.  ar/,?f  M  '  wS  '!l  "">""«, 'he  coming  denominational  necessities  of 
this  great  held.  VVhether  the  time  has  arrived  for  action  in  this  d  rection 
or  not,  IS  a  question  we  shall  soon  have  to  consider  Po"  illy  some  L" 
t.on  loolcmK  in  this  direction  should  be  taken  now.  The  p°per  w  nch  wa\ 
a   necess.tv    m   our   work   at   the    first.   ,s  growing   more^o  e^e  y   vear 

are  re^Tna  it"'uv  "l'"    "  C^V^   ?"'^t'   ""=•"'"'">•   «'•'«   "   •"«>•   '' "'aid   a  i 
are  read  ng  it.     U  e  bespiak  for  it  the  continuance  and  increased  uatroii 
age  of  all  our  people,  and  the  prayerful  consideration  of  the  ConxSn; 

Brother  IJaker  took  up  its  full  publication  again  at  Salem- 
he  changed  it  to  an  eight-page  paper,  twelve  by  thirteen  inches,  con- 
mumg  the  price  at  $'  00  per  year.  He  conducted  this  paper  as  be- 
tore,  with  the  help  ..  his  family,  until  the  Convention  met  in  (h- 
to ber  i»8j,  when  from  sheer  exhaustion  he  found  it  necessary  to  ask 
relief  which  was  granted,  and  the  paper  removed  to  McMinnville, 
with  Rev,  G.  J.  Burchett  as  e.litor.  Brother  Baker  had  now  pub- 
lished the  paper  for  four  years  and  a  half,  closing  his  manageinent 
with  $40  due  him  on  advance  payment  of  the  last  issue  and 
lurning  over  to  the  new  management  nearly  $400  in  unpaid  subscrip- 
tions, the  large  per  cent  of  which  he  regarded  as  good  for  face 
value.  The  $40  advanced  was  paid  back  to  him  bv  the  new  man- 
agement as  soon  as  collected. 

rirother  Burchett  took  the  paper  under  a  salary  of  $300  a  year 
guaranteed  by  the  Convention.  In  1884  he  reported  nine  hundred  and 
f^fty  sub..cr,bers,  the  annual  cost  of  issuing  $618  per  year,  and  amount 
due  him  on  salary  of  $89.  Strong  commendation  of  Brother  Bur- 
chett was^  voted  and  recommendations  for  the  continuance  of  the 
^cacon  the  Convention  guaranteeing  the  payment  of  publication  and 
S300  salary.  Brother  Burchett  gave  efficient  service  for  another  year 
and  reported  the  paper  out  of  debt,  but  that  he  could  carry  it  no 
longer.  After  due  consideration  by  the  Board,  it  recommended 
the  Convention  at  its  annual  meeting  at  Portland  in  1885  that  the 
Beacon  with  its  assets,  after  all  liabilities  were  met.  be  turned  over 
o  private  hands,  under  sufficient  guarantee  that  it  should  be  pub- 
ished  for  at  least  five  years,  not  less  in  size  or  frequency  of  issue, 
to  be  continued  as  a  Baptist  paper,  and  published  in  the  interest 
ot  the  Baptist  Convention  of  the  Xorth  Pacific  Coast.  This  recom- 
mendation was  adopted  by  the  Convention,  and  the  management  and 
ow-nersh.p  accepted  by  Rev.  J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  who  issued  two  numbers 
and  turned  it  over  to  Rev.  S.  P.  Davis,  who  published  it  under  the 
name  of  the  North  Pacific  Baptist  for  the  term  of  three  years  Mr 
l)avis  enlarged  the  paper  and  increased  its  issue  to  a  weekly' 
Brother  Davis  published  the  paper  for  four  years.    Thev  were  ve.ir^ 


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.^poVrt°d^  1?^^^^^^^^^  ^.^  time  .rowing.  a„a  a„ 

which  has  since  owneraLrcrntro1,errpaper""  ""^"^  °^^^"'"''' 

who   is'the  disdri'isrerX?at"th'''*°''  '^  ^^^^  ^-  ^-  ^^--dd^. 
century.     True  ti  fhe  guaran  ee  ««.  °P'"V"«^  °^   'he   twentieth 

a  stanch  Baptist  pi J^r^ndTn   and  h^eT',  "  '^'^  "'^^^^  *=°"tinued 
of  all  our  denomiL^ronalLenc  es  no^^       '"  l"""^^"^  '^'  '"^erests 

EXeUubfcrCt  C^^^^        ''f!^/'^''''  had'absorbe^  the 

half  years  before,  if  188^  when  Rev  I  ?  Lr""  ^°''  ^'"■'^'  ""'^  ^ 
5fafo»,  an  unofficial  effort  waTL^-K".?-  ^^'''"  ^'^^  ^^''o"-  o^  'he 
0/  rr«/A  to  consofdatft^eXr/n  w^^h  th\^  V"'  "'''"'' 

in  a  California  city  represendTthe  ^^ic^fe  co'aT'' T°he  'n '"''"'?^' 
did  not  meet  with  favor  at  that  timT  a^  Z^  proposition 
Pacific  Baptists  succeeded  infil  1       T'  ^^'^  J""*  ^°'''  ^^e  North 

the  author  i  not  apprised  but^s  I J^'"''""^  '^'  "^''"'^  °f  ^^''"' 
wise  Christian  forecast   and  oo«iKf'  '"  ^^^ng  .'t  was  the  result  of 

vival  of  the  finest  "1;  aSevent^^L '"''". '^'u^'""  °^  '^^  "  ^"^- 

two   sentences   from   a   rlnnU       '' ^^"^ jlown  by  the  elimination  of 
friends.  wh"h   'rred  twT    lid^'aSs  o'f  t^  C '   ""^  ^^^^^^ 

and.^\if^te!f&£,,t^J^  Sd^tefr'  "^''^^  ^  --^  able 
.nation  to  give  it  the  r  patro?l«      w/*^!.''^  members  of  our  denom- 

of  Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy  as  edTtor  fn-chi^f   ImT,'"   *''■''•    '"  ^^^  «=''o'" 
been  made.  "  '^"'*'*'  ^  "lo^t  ex       "nt  selection  has 

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THE  BAPTIST  BEACON 
Salem,  Oregon,  October  i,  1877 

Light? 

Schoor-A'r   MoS'*ou?%ttfr^H'T''\^'^""*'°^'''-  ^""l  Sunday 
Baptist  cause  geSy.     To'^1    wh     "ant  liJh?"'  ^^   ^'°?}'    ^"^^   '^' 

light,  .s  this  B.PTIST  L.co°/3edt  :^b";  i;?:;u^"efoSs%aA«  *°  ^'^^ 

What  These  Editors   Beliem 

What  These  Editors  Don't  Believe 

rditio?wil'X^°the*'.'olum7'"  d^th^'  ^^j''^.  ="'"'«  ar'e'thlt'tht 
defend  themselves.  '       '^  ^^^^  '^'°''^'^  ^''"^  "°  opportunity  to 


"The  Baptist  Missionary  and  Educational  Snripf.r"  *«-  r\„~  j 

let  all  who  can.  come     •  "^""^^"^  '^'  *"*"  that  heareth,  say  come,  and 


Preparation  for  the  Meeting 
te.  Ji"d'.-ftX'i,!?J  S°l''  fe'"'.'"«-     ^°'"<=  Paying-     Second.  Come  de- 


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"*•   '^ORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


ten  dollars  each  to  mairs  i.„  .u    ^  '•  "Undred  who  arp  anir.^  1      • 

^o^follow.  and  seek.ng  a  great  blessing  upS^lSSfire^rr?h%;^d^'£ 
Mission  Work  on  the  Coast 

Statistics 
mies.  seminaries,  and  institutes     Fn  ^hff."  l"**  universities,  and  42  acade 

&.■"'■  ^"*S  "inisl".,  L„1  a  ™mhi,  iS'  '""""ion!,  with  27X' 

c>o»  „„„„„,„„.  ,„,  ,„  „„,  ™b"f.r,Ki?„:,''° -prcS„?K 

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SOCIETY 


CH>A£n:R  I 

BEGINNINGS 
1874-1875 

-ganize'd  in°SSober  "rs^  ^'''''"  ^-■^'>'  ^^  the  Pacific  Coast 
Baptist  denonainat^"'  to^^lhrrrk^.V'^- ^^^"^'^  ^^a"  ^el^S 
troublous  period.    Indeed   th,o    k    '^^''^o'-n>a   during   a   lone  and 

Mission  Society  was  an  imporrant  5L?  ^'"''  n^'  ^^"""'^  Fo«4 
Conventions  in  the  centrTpaJt  of  SVi"  ""  '^'  Associations  aS 
cent  of  our  membership  and  "ll  th?  .  ""''  ^''"'"^  ^  '^^ge  per 
located,  and   that  member,  nf  ?i-  ^"■°"«^  churches   were  then 

Christlike  spirit,  he'dt  eV/k  the  ^^'' J'l  "^'^^  devSn  tnS 
hreatened  to  disrupt  all  organized  .ft.  •  °*,^'«'=o'-d  that  so  often 
leaders  in  this  great  woS^were  ,!»  V^^  denomination.  tZ 
-en,  competent  to  handle  it  the  pee  fo"f\'."^'r''  ^^^^^^^  ^o 
Chicago  and  Boston  who  were  condurHn  J^^  ^^P*'^*  women  in 
wisely  foresaw  that  the  Padfic  C„T,t  ^  ^^^  ^'^^^^'  ^°^k.  They 
-onary  operations  in  the  Ontt  and  Their' V^P-^^'^"*  ^''^  '^^  '"i- 
justified  as,  year  by  year,  commerce  and  ^"'^1  ^^'  ^'"^  ^""P'^ 
Coast  to  the  Orient  have  growT«n»M  *"''^'   ^""^  ^^e  Pacific 

s.onaries  embark  from  thls^oaTt  "°^  """^  "'^"y  °f  the  mis- 

Z-^Z-t^  :lj^^^^r^^^^  thT^ghtef  ol 
East,  once  pastor'^^f  thf  plm  bZVX  ^^1  ^"'^  honored  in  the 
B.  S.  MacLafferty,  for  years  „reS     .^''"•■^.''  "'  San  Francisco.    Mrs 
Rev.  B.  S.  MacL^^fferty'  who'  n  a  "  stor":'  T''^'  '^'^  '"^^  -'f^  of 
large  a  share  in  building  up  the  F^rst  rhl^V^^"  ^^^^^  had  so 
v.ce-president  of  the  societv  !,      1       "'"''''  °^  Oakland.    The  first 
of  San  Diego,  author /nd  educator  iVol'^  ^'%  ^-  ^^  ^ate 
of  the  church  at  that  place   who  Sh  .k     f"  ^-  ^-  ^^tes,  pasto; 
growth  in  that  city.    M?s.  F;sSt   if  Sa.r»  ^""r^^""""   ^^'^  B^ist 
B.  Foskett.  who  had  so  large  a  share ^n  f.^*^':^'"^"to.  wife  of  Rev   H. 
296  ^^     """^  '"  the  heart  and  life  and  growVh 


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BEGINNINGS  -„- 

wS^r^^l  ?"'"^''  ^^^"-  ^"  ^»  ^«=«=ond  vice-president     Mrs  M  E 
Watson,  of  San  Franc  sco,  was  treasurer     Mr.    Tnk    '^^"ir-  ^- 

S.  Kalloch,  Mrs  C.  P.  He;th"Mrs  E  B ' H^Srt^- iS^  ^T  Girth" 

to  nrav  tJi»  T  r.,A  *„        j  '  seven  nundred  mi  es  awav 

Collew^nH   'c  '  ^^'  ^'"'  ^  successful  president  of  McMinnville 

said:  Cahfomia.  ns.ng  from  their  knees,  with  one  voice, 

to  -d'the""ilUrfn  or?a"LTn|"mls°si?n"rief  l^^^^^^  ?"^'r  T"'"*'' 

as  she  may  find  necefsary  or  helZl      We  shaV^^^^^^^ 

prayers  and  pay  her  expenses,  but  who  wilf  go?  "  *"''  °"' 

UDon\?,'%"'r   if,^"'  ^"5  ^'y  unanimous  consent  the  choice  fell 

Mrs    Bake?  maS""'  ^''.  '"'"^  \"^P^^^  ^''^  appointment 
f:.r  ,f  "•. ^alfcr  made  a  most  remarkable  missionary  tour   the  most 

o  rsne?t'hVSom:'M°'-'"^"^-'^  '^  '^'  denoLnatlon  on"S 
coast  smce  the  Home  Mission   Society  sent  Rev.  O    C    Wheeler 


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beginnlSs'^oble  a»*'^hfy"a"/e  'anrt  ih«  "**'  "''^   •"«   "Content   with  these 
Washington  as  one  of  you.  '^««on.  British  Columbia,  Idaho,  and 

the  cl'de;^'„^tlIi'TorthrerColtt"°h  f"'-"  ^  '^°"^'°'  '^^  --><  ^^ 
them  in  doing  a  greater  work  .m^'      i  '"""'^  *°  co-operate  with 

will  not  be  forwarded  correctly   .„h"''*  'H^'P^ndently.  fearing  that    hey 
foreign  work  will  nas,  thr«?.ih  '  ^"^  **  ^°P^  '''at  all  money  given  for 
Miss  Field,  or  to  thf  Ind?a  ?imr„Vp?':i''^K ''*1'«"*«<'  to  Mrf^  Ingals 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  be  the  chanTlthrr.^^h*'"l'r  ^^^  *°'"«"'s  ^S 
have  It  to  report  at  the  close  of  ?hl  year  "  ^°"  *''"  **  ""^y 

Coaslt  ?ha1^:rlf  a„75:;':l,^'"°"^  •^'if  ^^"^  on  the  Northwest 
from  a  letter  toThe^trc1esX"M;;JTHLff:'°""  '"  '  ^"°'^-" 

be  fafhS  a"nd'greaTfn'eir„est*^'T'°"^-  "^^'l  ^°^  '"e  Master.  Let  us 
Lord  into  this  sinful  woridwomL°h  """^  *'''  ^^^^"*  "^  o"r  blessed 
to  take  up  and  carry  forward  su"h  a  mith?''"  ^^°"-  ?»«"  P*™"  ed 
victories  for  the  cause  of  rhr.c!  ""gbty  work,  gaininw^  such  great 

God  with  greater  faith.       ^^"''  "  *'  "°^  «^«^  ''^ing-    Le^  "s  loo^fo 

saysf'"-  ^-  "•  ^''"°°"'  '"  ^''  "B^P^i^t  ^"nals  of  Oregon."  p.  368, 

the  p%  Xr^th'eVSoS.  "  Syei^-^se'r^^""  ''''■  ?»^-  "''^^ 
trusting  in  the  Master,  whoniX  served  to  r/r/fn"^^"'^*^-'^*."'^'^'*-  ^ut 
m  Oregon  ready  helpers  in  Mr!  \l  nJZr  \,  f""- h's  own.  She  found 
Mrs.  Boardman,  Mrs  Warren  and  other  ,J'ni^^''-  ?"'^'  ^"-  Chandler, 
prayers  were  already  enlisted  In  the  wnrV  'p  "^^"^^  sympathies  and 
another  she  went,  even  where  the  antil^Ic;-  ^'■°"?  °"^  gathering  to 
presenting  clearly  and  fordblv  the  ar^a/;^^^^^  Y^*  ^"y  strong, 

were  full  of  inte^rest,  and  ^/etullJl  fn^^^ Sm°/tiS'o77e^era?c%Ts'^ 

rnJbythe'l7rlL\Tw^^^^  ''''  '"^^'•"^  *^'^  '"  ^his  move- 

by  -ei„o^-irre::i;L^  a^^^^^^^^^^^  Oregon, 

BaptfsrSon?ry^So;^t/-fJr  t'hf  FacSc^  Crt""'""^.^- '^f  ''^  ^^--"'^ 
our  midst,  and  it  is  our  hope  that  th^R.^t-ci  "  '^^''^^'^Hy  welcomed  in 
respond  heartily  to  the  wo?k  whfrh  cL  '^^'*'  '''^""'"  °^  Oregon  will 
se  ves  with  the  Bapti  "t  u^^cn  rf  il,'^  represents  and  identify  them- 
missions.     (Minutes.  187P)  '"  '"  ^'^'''  ^"'"^  of  foreign 


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Baker  as  the  representative  of  fh.r  vf  ^.^o^^'a^'on  accepted  Mrs 
to  addres.  the  AsSJon     At  th.  S'''^^''"'^  *«^'^'y.  and  asked  her 

to  take  up  a  colleS  To""  the  wo'rk  orthe  '"-'.^'^^l^  'l  ^'^  ^•^'-' 
to  I21J5.     In   the  course   of  h^r    ■  '"^'^'y-  ^'''<^''  amounted 

circles  at  Oregon  C^  Salem  A.br'"'^  '^'  "^^^"'"'^  '"'-'■°" 
Minnville,  in  the  W  Lettl  Vaniv  ^' /"^n""'  ^•"''>-  ^"^  Re- 
dressed the  Portland  drdestii^llr  """^  """''  '°«^^'''^'-  ^'"1  ad- 
the  work.  East  ;?  ie  motTa  n?!."'^  '"'  P""^"^"^  «^'  '" 
Dalles.  Pendleton,  and  PiirRocT  On  P°''^'"c"''  ''''^''  "^  T^e 
ized  the  circle  at  Seattle    L^^Z    °"/"«^'  Sound  she  reorgan- 

both  circles  being  supported  by  intelli^enf  Tmi  .•^-  ^'^'■"• 

Remarkable  results  in  dZ.il-    ^!u        -^  consecrated  workers. 

Northwest  PacificTott'  e'r  X'  ea^h^f' W?h-^'''?  °"  '""^ 
a  large  number  of  the  most  inflnrnt;,i    "^^ached.     Within  thirty  davs 

churches   were  united  rUrJe"'at"in  7^:^12  IT"  ^V^^ 

numbered  childreJ  out  of  th.  H  J'"''  ''"^''  ''''  mothers  of  un- 
and  the  cupidity  of  menin  '  .heli^h?""".  ?v  '^'""^  '"^  P^^'^^ 
dained  by  God  as  thThentU  nf  ^    '  '"I*^"'^""'  and  liberty  or- 

risen  upon  thee."       ^     ^       '  '°'"''  ""^  ^'''^  ^"''^y  of  the  Lord  is 
in  tlfeSro?'/^""':  '''•'^  ^'"^"  "P°"  'he  churches.    Thev  were 

weS  fSh  c:id„esfTf\T':r"Y/.""^^'  '^^°^^  '•'^y  J'--  t 

discord.  ieal^usTwe^eLr^^^^^^^ 

such  transformations  as  occu'rred  ^ith^    LTeLf'^Th  ''  'V''. 
vision  was  enlarged    anH  tu^  ^  uiiin  two  years.     The  spiritua 

.rib«li„„,,a™its     Son,rh"/h^  lj«.r  »rn.p«hy.  p,aj„,.   con- 
vast  .  lie  d  for  Kists  Mh^nHT.    k"!     ""  ^""'  ^'"'"  ^"'"  '»■> 

ll.e»  alwayrionr  f„  iL,^  ;^      .°1  i"'  ."'"'"      ^ucl,  result,  a, 
missions.    ^L'wS  o\^hte"ot"l^''„',''?;  *;■'•"  ^"  ,">-■«" 

ss-c;;  '.su"er?"v° w  t  *^  "--'^ 
;o»^i"ioSrrrr^leH'S'- •°  ■- - 

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fovlV°J„rSi°"  '^".»PP"«"!  ♦«  the  onlooker,  but  the  beautiful, 
evident.  ""-""'«<='"«  »P'r't  of   the   Master   was   everywhere 

{orJ:^^Zu^u-  ^''m  *'''°'*'»'  missionary  workers  among  women  in  the 
wome^  Sh.  >^Tu'\?"'r"'  *"  »*"'  °"*  ^y  ^hese  consecrated 
cau^S!"  J^r  2  ^a'^'  Northwest  Coast,  mot  these  godly  women, 
caught  their  devoted  enthusiasm,  and  this,  added  to  her  alreadv 

household  word  among  our  Baptist  people  on  this  great  home- 
mission  field  of  the  Northwest.  ^ 


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CHAPTER  II 

OREGON 
1875-1886 

Sw.tow,  Chini.     MiMiontry  .t.ooi„,.i      p  /   ""'°"   *'"'    B""'"       Mi  „  ,  '; 

lowiig  m,'.'rM.?„Xa;t"t"o^°'-  '■  r  .^''' "' «"" ""  '"'■ 

Ort,oo:  *""  "  ""  ""P"  of  U>«  women',  work  in 

officers:  Mrs.  D.  t;  Pierce   oresidenf?  M«    'iSr*^"!:^-^.  *"»»  "»e  following 
N.  E.  Mitchell,  of  Portland^  Mm   a'  wV^"''  ^^''I^'  »e"«ary;  Mrs 
Brayton,  of  Oregon  Chy    Mrs   E   Rn..  '  J^w"'.^'.  °^  Salem;  Mrs   AN 
Fisher,  of  Albany,  con  ?med    o^nt?re.Mheil'.lf'""^'"fJ  "*»  ^rs.  Ezra 
one  crde  was  formed,  that  in  PortlMd.  *''*""'^"  '"  »''«  matter.    Only 

9"  October  26.  1877.  a  meeting  in  the  interest  of  th.  \v 
Missionary  Society  of  the  Pacific.  /-«,  1  'merest  of  the  W  omen  s 
which  Mrs.  J.  T.  Huff  of  Ore^nn  r  /  "^If  '''i^  '"  McMinnvillc.  at 
land;  Mrs.  UughVry  of  Am.tv  M^  ^'w^""  f  ^^  ^°>'"'  ^^  P°rt- 
VV.  Boardman.  of  a°nnv1ne!^Mr^'s-  ?T^  ^V;\"'  ^"^  ^"-  "T" 
Lizzie  Baker,  of  Salem  andothes  fooi  LT  rJ""'  °'""=  ^''^ 
women's  work  into  the  first  meetLVnfix.-  ^-^'^  '"Produced  the 

Jiona,  Society,  in  connectSn  wlt^wVcV  t%fer  X^ra^'""" 
inent  and  mspiring  position  "^'^  *  P™*"" 

tional's'Set'^^:X',dToreg^^^^  -?  Educa- 

conducted  one  of  the  most  enfh.?ci«r^'  i^'  *''*'  somen's  society 
sessions  of  the  Conv'  don  w^h  fiftl  'v.  '"°''  ^"^'^  interesting 
Baker  presided,  and  MrpO  Mor'"'™''"?  P'"""'"  ^"-  ^-  ^ 
behalf  of  the  entertain^ne  circS'  i?  n  "  ""A^"""^*^  ^^'^  '''''"  o" 
recentl.  visited  SafSa'co  wLP/T"  ^''^-  '^"^  ^^''^^  l^^^ 
ofBcials  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Sori.f!.  'u*  *=°"""""'cated  with  the 

society  would  in'ors^S "ur  wrrL'^rantdeTr'.  ?'^  ''''  ^'"^'•^' 
tion  if  we  would  send  onr  r^nl  f     ^" '"*^«Pe"dent  State  organiza- 

^ation.    A  communTcain  from  M^k''™"?'  ^""^  ^^"^'•^'  °'-^«"'- 

Pacific  Coast  Socie  y   was  rea^  ^rL^f"""  ^T""'  ''"''^^>'  *^''  ^'"^ 
ciery.  was  read,  urgently  appealmg  to  the  sisters  of 

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302       BAPTIST    inSTURV    OI-   THE    XORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 
entire  coast.    A  motior.  finally  prevailed   "  Thath.w"'  o"  '^' 

sr  so^trt^H^^  s::s^r^^'^^^  ^^^^  's; 

societv   publsh   all    collectTon!  fn       T'^  f"^'*'°^  '^^'  '^'  >a"er 
Coast^n'lheHV^S"  "'''^''    ''■°'"    ''^    '^""h    Pacific 

minuteVshowlhaf  tt'^fon"''""""^'  '"^'  Educational  Society  the 
adopted:  """^   P'""''^^"   «"^    resolutions    were 

thepr^c.,^J;^*':^-a-  -y^^-ure   '^   -ee.i„e„t.y 
the  gorpdTo'th^/eS'Sn^ss'^"'^'  ^^""'^"'"^  ^""'every  effort  to  carry 

C^4^'^n':LIr!''oi  ZU:^^^^^^^^^^^  the  labor  which  the 

on  the  territory  of  this  Con -entinn^.r!    /•       •^°^,.'?"''°^" '^^"''mination 

Mi^ionary   Societ/  for  th^^xS!;^' J^^^  ^^ r  ^.^C 'o^^^ 

sented  a  constitut  on  for  considerffion  h".^""^  >^^"-  ^-  '^^  Finney,  pre- 
name  and  object:  "^oi's-deration  by  the  sisters  under  the  following 

ary  SocIS  ofThl^SVadfic  Coasl'^'  ''''  '^'^""^"'^  ^^P*'^*  ^^--n- 
i.atio';S'Vin,eJin  heat'hfn^Ss;'  ''''  '''''''  ^''^"  ''^  '"e  Christian- 
A   full    constitution    follows 

ores  dent-    Mrs    T    C    R,u«,  "cic  eieciea.  Mrs.  L.  L.  Bailey, 


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the  society  at  itfne'^t'm  Stg'    The': Ut^rs"  h  d  "''  "f  '"'  '° 
and  voted  to  continue  their  relfuons'titrth    Sifi    S^ast  sStf ' 

At  t^  SngT  r^r/  :::^t  -'^^r-'  ?-°^-'-si: 

Coast  Society    and  aoDoim;!)  I  withdraw    from   the   Pacific 

sionary  Unio'n  (no.Tiican  ''ZttV'"'^  """^  ''''  ^•^- 
w.th  a  view  to  rWnitionTs\"nXeIrrciefy'^^'°"  ""''''''• 
188.  xSe'drdefartw'  ""  ''^''.^'  McMinnJille,  October  .7. 
circle  at  ColL    \v/=h  T""""  ''^"^*  ^'^'■^  represented.     A 

-ere  p^^es^nt'  at'  is  nieS'tix^eef  rT  '"^"^  ^^^^  '-'- 
The  society  had  cons=S  ^S  1;^^^   ^^.r^:^^- 

iSSj.'^'Fo'i-ty'  laXT'u'er'r'"^  "''  '^'f  ^'  Brownsville,  October  25, 
sengers  The  socetv  h.r'''"''  ^"^/ '^^^^'^  °f  them  were  mef- 
Miss  F  eld  of  Swao  V  ClinfT".  '"^  "'[""^^'^  '"  effectiveness, 
and  create'd  L'crtthu'^S. 'Ih^t  h:  %o  Ta^ve'^'rH^"^^^' 
company  her  on   her  return  to  Chin\."'she  h  d'me    Mi  f  I  t 

TsShTr  oTtt^Mis'st'e?  °"^.  ^'^^'r^'  ^^  ^^^^^'^^r.^^ 
deciding   not    to   r      IT-       Z    '''•'■°^^  *°  ^''^  '''^^''  3'  this  meeting, 

=H=HiHH?? -■-■■■■ 

unite  with  the  society  of  the  \\W  Th.  ^^/  u^'t^^"  '""^^^  '° 
Doctor  Murdock   secmarv  nf  tl  f  a^        niatter  had  been  referred  to 

Baptist  Forelgf  k?s:rSct5     w^^^^^^^^^^^ 

consummated,  I  think  it  would' be  a  gS    hing'     TheT^To. 

ever,  was  agamst  it.    The  work  had  spLd  well'nigh  over   he  St^tT 

?   A    Farnhr'''  ""'T  "T"'^^^'  ''  -^"  ^^  chHdren's  bands     Mrs- 
wort  in  th.^'  '  '"""'f^  '"^  ^"^°^^^  Christian,  had  taken  up  the 

.nffiliatin7witi  it  '       "^  '°"''  ''•^'''"  Washington  circles  were 

dn,rc^h'',n";h?'u-',f '"^  ''''\^'^'^  °^'°''^^  -^''  '^86.  at  Salem.    Every 
cnurch    m    the   Willamette   .Association    had   a   circle.     Mrs.   H.   \V' 


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Estes  was  looking  after  the  work  of  the  Grand  Ronde  Association  in 
eastern  Oregon,  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Walker  was  attending  to  that  if  the 

ZZJlVT  ^"°'='^^'°"'  y'^^'^  had  some  churches  in  Oregon, 
but  most  of  them  m  eastern  Washington.    The  society  was  for  the 

ZliTV  '  '!''i"^'  0^°"'^'*'°"'  ^"^  ^'^  collected  up    0  this 
date  for  their  work  $4,604.87.  ^ 


CHAPTER  III 

EASTERX  ^^•ASHIXGTON  AND  NORTHERN  ID^HO 

1883-1885 

.u..o„..     Territorial  branch  organ°:?d.'"'co„«.ru';;r''V„",i;rary   ,^°"«'~      ""o' 

Oregon,"  Vol.  I,  pp  3^378  a   "0^^^^^  •  "  ^''''''  ^""''^  °^ 

The    womeA    of   tLZ^f  "^^T    °*  ""'^  '"^"1^^  interest. 

would  taxThrrbiHty  ^d'try  t^e  il  t'T'   *°   °— «    '»^^» 
consecrated.    In  the  fim  nSe  tLr  'i^  !"°''  courageous  and 

in  the  denominaS  o?  the  uVwidoH;  feeling  widely  prevalent 

Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  from  the'T^f  "^  p'  '''°"^"''' 
sionary  Union  (now  American  Lnt?.?i7» 5?'^^  ^^P*'^*  dis- 
organizing the  Vomen^s  crdeslt'o  1^^^^^^^^^  ^"^'^^y)  ''^ 
ward  a  specific  work  amonrth.  ^  •  '°"«*'«  to  carry  for- 
circles  were  organized  at  fifsto  "rZ". '"  ''''*'''"  '^"^^-  ^he 
from  the  women  who ' iposed  the  rdes":  S'tn't^'"  ■^^^'^ " 
Un,on  in  its  work  among  heathen  wor^e'     Th;f ^  '^'  Missionary 

^s;^t^^  ^  =  il'Sr:^^^:^^ 

a  ch  Jh  as  dXtel^rr  AsrSio"  ^"°^'  ^^'°-^"  '^  -^^-^ 

Another  obstacle  was  the  inaccessibilitv  r.t  ft,» 
over   so   vaat   -.    t«,,v  '"dctcssiDiiity  of  the  women,  scattered 

had  the  advantage  over  the  womirfw    J'"."'™"  »'  Oregon 

^^'^ti;i£;ar^HS^ 

early  ^in  Olympiatd  Lltt  ;  aJd  hrSTrs  hT/'b^'  '""  "7*^^ 
at  least,  an  auxiliary  connect  on  wth  the  pLiL  r"  <^°''i^^P°"dence 
now  they  wanted  a  State  society  connected  wfthth?'  °'"'^"  '"' 
society,  so  that  there  was  verv  iS  .SnT        k  .    °"'^"  '  ^"'■^'■^' 

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mountains  there  was  a  general  disposition  to  co-operate,  which  was 
done  mostly  by  correspondence,  however,  on  account  of  the  natural 
barriers  and  the  difficulties  of  transportation.  This  state  of  things 
naturally  culminated  in  the  org;.nization  of  a  Women's  Foreign 
Mission  Society  for  Washington  Territory. 

We  quote  from  the  Baptist  Beacon,  under  the  head  of: 

Women's  Work 
A  meetinK  of  representative  Baptist  ladies  of  Washinjrton  Territorv 
was  held  at  Spokane  Falls.  July  7.  1883.  t  ^  consider  thfpropr'etv  of 
Tefrkorv*'  Xw.^v'w^f^'"'''  ^"°'"?'«"  ^'''^'"'"  Society  for  "was" in^on 
L  West  secretary-  lnt^r!!!\^^'  "•"!'''  temporary  president,  and  Miss  L. 
1^.  west,  secretary.  Inasmuch  as  circles  had  not  been  properly  notified 
owing  to  lack  of  time,  it  was  decided  that  the  different  Assoda  ions 
datiLrLXs'^G'w  V'r°"°"^  '".Z'  •"tf?'"f  ^  I""'  P"««  Sound 'w 

Constitution 

For£'l5is;ion;|^i^^^^^;\,iSl^erSV'^  ^'^'"^"'^  ^''''' 
amon'^g"^  LtJe'n^  stsifrL"'  *''^  "^''''  '''''  '^  '"^^  ^^^"^  «^  '"e  gospel 

ComniTtt'e?  u.'hn^Jjf.if'^'"'  °^  *•''?  '?='"^'  ^^^"  constitute  an  Executive 
^.ommittee,  who  shall  have  general  charge  of  all  State  work. 

h»  »^fvr!f /^-  Section  I.  Every  circle  in  Washington  Territory  shall 
tLTf'^  u  '■fPr^entation  at  all  annual  meetings  by  two  deleS  and 
one  for  each  additional  ten  members  after  the  first  ten 

.  ^section  2.  In  case  any  circ  -  cannot  be  represented  by  deleeates 
said  circle  may  send  a  letter  to  represent  it  at  annual  meetings  and  said 
circle  may  vote  for  all  officers  by  proxy.  meetings,  and  said 

Article  VIII.  Section  i.  Until  such  time  as  a  Pacific  Coast  Soci^tv 
can  be  harmoniously  organized  by  representatives  f rom  Pacifi?  S tate^nd 
tr^^lrZ"'  ^a'^u^V"^  shall  send  all  moneys  collected  through  "ts 
treasurer  and  shall  report  wherever  the  Executive  ComiSttee  shall 
direct,  after  consultation  with  the  circles.  ■^""■"■luce    snaii 

I    Jj  accordance  with  the  above  constitution,  the  following  officers  were 

W^A^'^feKe' Seattf-'vPr"S^  '^-  ^'■^^"^'  ?r""^=  vfce-pfesiS    Mrs' 
w;ii    w^r"'  ^*3"j.«:  ^*".  L.  J.  Beaven,  Moscow;  Mrs.  A.  B.  Banks 
Walla  Walla;  recording  secretary.  Mrs.  Stella  W.  Traver,  Spokane  Falls ' 
corresponding  secretary  and  treasurer.  Miss  L.  L.  West,  Walla  Walla       ' 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved.  That  we  appreciate  the  kindly  relations  that  have  existed 
between  the  Oregon  and  California  bodies  and  ourselves,  and  that  we 
wish  them  to  understand  that  the  action  taken  to-day  does  no?  in  any  wiv 
reflect  upon  them  but  is  simply  because  we  believe  we  can  better  do^he 
Master's  service  by  forming  an  independent  State  society. 
1  ,  j^^o^'^fd,  That  we  as  a  body  recommend  reporting,  for  *he  present  at 
further  '°"'*^'  °^  **"   ^"''   '"''^   headquarters   at    Chicago;   and 


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KASTERX    UASHINGTON    AXD    XORTHERX    WAHO         ^O? 

throiStr'coJis5o^Lrsec"ret'at'^o'[he'}^  ^''^,"   "«   -'^'"itted. 

action  be  null  and  void  unless  aooroveH  i      '^'^^'.^"^  <:"■<:'",  and  that  this 

Resoved.    That    the    pr<^eed'^^«/lf^^^i!^5"y  °^  *^id  circles. 

const.tut,on.tothei?a/»//,,'flSffrpllication  •'''    '''    '""'    ^'"^    °"^ 
Adjourned.  »«.'"ii. 

Miss  Leoti  L.  Wkst, 


Ji'ly  7,  i88j. 


Corresponding  Secretary. 


Colfax.  Str;;^;^^:  ^r  hdieTf ,r°"  ^°"^^"^'--  •^^'^  '- 

by  Mrs.  E.  T.  Trimbl;  in  th  ch  •;  ^'^/  '"""''"8^  P''««'de^  over 

branch  of  the  Women  L  BaptitHor'  T'x?  '^.''^i^^"'"  ^  territorial 
and  the  organizat^n  wa  Trfl.^.H  K  ^?  ^T'^  ^'^^■°"  Societies, 
officers:     President  Mrs'  r1^'^'3,^.''y  the  election  of  the  following 

Heaven;  second"vi'ce''p^siden^-  Mrs"  L  =  L^BfiT''^"^'  ""''■  ^^  "^ 
const.t.ion,  which^i^^e^  Z^'S  ^^"1:^1^^  ^ 

Bran^;i''|,h^e  VVot«S°?,o:n'e^"an'd%'o"r:r   ?f  ^'^^    'c"^""'"-' 
^3«tern_  Washington  and  Northern  Tdaho."  ^"  ^^""°"  Societies  of 

and  "to"aid^n"the  Womete'BSit  Hnm.   '^"'t'vate    a    missionary    spirit 
n>  Christianizing  neg.ecfe^d^S^'^^^L^rrn^STr^ig^ 

the  pVym?nt^o"$i.5o"pervTar"  X'^^K^'^l-^  member  of  this  society  by 
between  the  two  swie^fes  n^embership  dues  to  be  divided  equall^ 

Society,  superseded^on  tWs Mm  .^   w"  '  ^'^'*''*  ^'""^'g"   Mission 

ciety   of    Washinln    Terrif.  ^°'""'^  ^°^"'^  Mission  So- 

Spokane.     Afte  Tv"diJe  the  ^Z    °>^'"'"'^    '^'   P^^^'°"^    ^^^   ^t 

competent  leaders   Sfsodett.H""'^   '"'°   '^"^"^   ^'^'"'^t^   ""^^er 
October.  i88s        '  ""'^  adjourned  to  meet  at  Walla  Walla  in 

Rev.'^jteph'Be^vef  andl:?  I'm  %r"  T  ^'^  *°"°-^  "^^ 


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CHAPTER  IV 

WESTERX    WASHINGTON    AND 

1872-1897 


BRITISH    COLUMBIA 


ni„J„i?Vu  u '"  ^^"'""«""'-  Moving  spirits.  Kastern  society.  Wesern  society 
Olympia  Churchy  How  circle  grew.  Pacific  Coast  Society.  A  character  stic« 
rn.ss.on  sp.r.t.  First  circle  on  coast  Auxiliary.  Obstacles.  Distrkt  o  /an  za'i"' ' 
Co-operafon.  E  .a  Society.  Seattle  Society.  Special  work.  T  ue  Xfellows  D  ' 
me"f«m"helc,  ""m"""-  ■""«"!,"•  „R'"Kanized.  New  circle"  Ytnpor  an,  fac^o  " 
New  worker,  w  ^o'."^  ^m"' '     ''i"'  i""""'   ""ting.     Training.«hoo,   helpe, 

ivew  workers.         =w  society.     Meeting  in  British  Columbia.     Forward  m.vemem. 


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women  s  foreign   mission  circle   in   Washington   was 
•lympia  in   1872.     Mrs.  J.  A.  Casto.  the  wife  of  the 
esident,  and  Mrs.   R.   S.  Greene,  the  wife  of  Judge 
:retary.    These  two  were  the  moving  spirits. 
riy   part   of    this   same    year   the    Eastern    Women's 
Society  had  been  formed,  with  its  headquarters  at 
Western  Women's  Society,  with  its  headquarters  at 
Olym         church    was    not    self-sustaining,    had    no 
hous       f  worsi  :p,  and   but  few  members,  with  onlv  five  of  them 
female,  and  yet   t  wa    tne  desire  from  the  beginning 'that  the  church 
should  embrace  m  its  activities  every  gospel  means  of  usefulness     \ 
women  s   weekly  prayer  meeting  was  established;   in   this   meeting 
missions  and  mission  circles  were  a  frequent  subject  of  praver  and 
conversation ;    and    out    of    this    prayer    meeting   grew    the  'pioneer 
women's   foreign   mission   circle  of  the  Pacific   Coast.     This   circle 
became  tributary  to  the  Women's  Foreign  Mission   Societv  of  the 
West  until  1875,  when  it  became  auxiliary  to  the  Pacific  Toast  <^o 
ciety,  with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco.    One  characteristic  of  the 
Olympia  circle  for  years  was  that  all  the  sisters  of  the  church    the 
little  girls   from  their  families,  as  well  as  sisters  from  neighboring 
churches  and  from  Oregon,  became  members.     There  were  twentv- 
sevt-n  members  in  that  circle. 

It  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  this  circle,  from  the  beginning 
of  its  history,  was  active  in  creating  a  sentiment  favorable  to  organ- 
ized women's  work  for  heathen  women.  After  every  sister  in  the 
church  had  been  brought  into  the  circle,  it  was  enlarged  by  taking  in 
sisters  from  other  churches,  who  were  kept  in  touch  with  the  work 
of  the  circle  by  correspondence  when  too  far  away  to  attend  'ts 
meetings.  The  sisters  organized  their  children  into  mission  band'^ 
and  they  held  meetings  to  pray  for  the  spread  of  the  work  through 
all  the  churches.  They  talked  and  prayed  over  it  at  the  associ- 
ational  meetings,  and  .so  became  an  important  factor  in  developing  the 
foreign  missionary  spirit  which  soon  took  such  fast  hold  upon  th" 
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churches  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association  that  it  grew   with  their 
growth,  and  was  strengthened  with  their  strength 

on  til' ViT'r '*''''  '^1  °'^"'P*'  •=''*='•=  ^■^''  '^'  fi»'  ^'>cle  organized 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Its  organization  was  two  years  earlier  th^n 
that  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Society  in  Cahfomia  aJd  waf  al  v  t" 
beg.nn,ng  of  the  work,  being  three  years  before  Mrs.  Pierce  started 
he  fir.t  orcle  .n  Portland.  For  some  t.me  too.  the  01ymp!a  circle 
na  the  most  v.gorous  on  the  coast,  and  stood  foremost  boJh  in 
!he  wi"""'  ""'  "  ""  "'""'"  "'  ^""'"^  '''''  ^---  -n'nbmed  lo 
When  later  the  North  Pacific  Coast  Society  was  formed  the 
.Northwest  Baptist  Conyention,  entered  into  co-operation  with  that 

tads  diSu^tn"^'"^  '"'"'  'V'^'^  ^^-^^"^  "''•^■"   actional   ol. 
blades  diftic  lit  to  surmount,  much  the  same  as  were   found  in   the 

more  general  work  of  the  Conyention.    There  were  natural  b'riirs 
Jiy'isfoi  "of  :hrL?r"?*';'  °'  --P-^'-"-  -n^-ered  adyisable  th 
T  A^ \  distances  are  so  vast  in  this  western  country  that  it 

attend  the  general  meetings  necessary  to  keep  the  work  of  all  the 
Circes  ,n  touch  and  in  harmony.  H^ce  they  drifted  naturaHy  into 
organizations   for  each  district;   but  all  finally  co-operated  by   be- 

Women-rP '"^  V'-  ^""^"'^  "°'"«  ^*'-'°"   Society    and   the 
W  omens    Foreign   Mission    Society   of   the    West,   giving   to   each 
society  hah  of  their  time  and  half  of  their  contributfons  ^thus  com 
bm.ng  the  home  and  the  foreign  work  in  each  circle 

tin.,.)  ^  ^^l  ^-  ^-  ^^'^°  organized  a  circle  at  Elma,  but  it  con- 
tinued only  a  short  time  and  then  became  extinct 

In  1874  a  Women's  Missionary  Society  was  organized  a'  Seattle 
in   connection   with  the  First   Baptist  Church.     Mrs.    T    Lacy  wa 
president    and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hanford  was  secretary.     Th  s  circle  wa 
SStio"  '  '""''  '""^  ""*^'  '^'P'"'  "•''•'^  '"  ^^^  church  and  The 

rhini"  If  i'''^  ^'^""^'^  "^''f'^  ^°°^  "P  ^"""^  ^P«ial  work  in  Swatow 
there''  Thil  1."'?^'"';.°^  ^l''  ''■  ^^-  ^^''^'  ^^^i^^'  -^^'^^^nlr; 
boat  wal  nL  ',  tS'  r"''"^'"^  °!  '  missionary  boat  and  chapd.  The 
boat  was  named  The  Grace,  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Grace  W.  Greene  who 
was  one  of  its  principal  promoters.  For  .  time  it  was  s:pprr!;d  by 
a  membeT''  '  "^  "^  ^''"'''  °^  ""^'^^  ^^'•^-  ^^^^  ^ad  become 

the  '^True"vir.''n  *''^,0'>•'"P'!^  'l'"'^'^  ^oo  was  the  organization  of 
the      True  Yokefellows  '  on  this  Convention  field.     They  were  ap- 

of Tut'  tir"*'  K '''  """'"'^  •^"'^'^^-  ^'''^  '°''''y  --  --posed 

of   but    two    members,    a   president   and    a    secretary,    "who    shall 

pec.ally  consecrate  themselves  to  any  Christian  service  within  the 

le^Uimate  sphere  of  woman's  work  for  Jesus."    They  were  to  secure 


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opportunities  or  e^  S'  „d  'rbn"  t  "'"'  i''  '°  ^^=*^^''  ^- 
church  when  necessary  rennrHn°,"«^  I''""  .*°  '^e  notice  of  the 
mutual  encouragernt  to  S7  T^^  '^'  -^"^'f '°"  ^o""  the  sake  of 
lows"  was  helpful  bu   thev  L  J     .    7'"  "^  *'^"'  "  "^'^^^  Yokefel- 

.houKh  repeatet^trt:Lr  hrrrssSr  *"  '''  ^^"-^"• 
work'^o  Tur^a:/  tcaTsT";%H"':  suffered." like  all  the  other 
the  field  with  a  generai  CWntion  P  I'""/',  "'  "'^''"^  '«  ^°^'" 
be  seen  ,.„.,er  thf  he"d  oU^XTcI  wwk  h^aV^T/l'T^'  '•"^  r'" 
couragement  so  widespread  That  Itry  Ltot  ll  ^'^<^''"/ °^  d'*' 
almost  every  church    felt   it.  ta    ,     ^  ?!  °*  ^''^  ^''^^t  field,   and 

discouragement   Se^nt'ld  sute  of  Jhe  n'^'T'- ''''  .''^""^-     T''*' 
the  churches  to  support  ia  tor,    fh/         P°P""«t,on,  the  inability  of 

upon  the  churchesToTarrrflrward  theTrf"''r  '""'"^'"^  '^""'^"''^ 
had  their  influence  in  retardinJTh;  ?    ,?"'  missionary  work,  all 

ment  among  he  ILn  of  our  chL'he''^  "'^  ""'"'"""^  "'°^^- 

of  the  women's  circTeT  should  sX,,"         -*'  "°'  '*''"^'  '''''  '°'"' 
such  a  tension  "  '""'  ''"^  ^^■^"  extinction  under 

T    P    t.,jT  "v.  ''reene.  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hanford.  Mrs.  T.  A.  Casto   Mrs 
J-   P.   Ludlow,   Mrs.   Stella   W.   Traver    Mrs    <;    \V    R»,  vr 

James  Caches    Mr-;    VV    R    T^u^V^f       I   \     r,     '   ^^^^^n-   Mrs- 
Trimble.  '         "'         '  ^^"-  ^-  ^"  ^^''^y-  Mrs.   E.  T. 

field  ?t%''°T"  ^'^^  *^^  °'"'^°"  ^'^t^*-^  '■"  ^"Ppnrting  on  the  forei-^n 
field  at  Swatow,  Chma,  as  their  missionary.^fiss  Minnie  Buzzel" 


WESTERN    WASHINGTON    AND   BRITISH    COLUMBIA        .?  I  I 

who  was  highly  esteemed  and  greatly  beloved  by  all  our  churches  on 
the  North  Coast.  She  was  gladly  welcomed  in  the  churches,  Associ- 
ations, and  Conventions,  whenever  and  wherever  she  chose  to  visit 
them.  Her  presence  was  always  an  inspiration  and  a  joy,  and  her 
addresses  were  full  of  needed  information  concerning  the  practical 
and  experimental  work  on  the  foreign  field;  and  she  was  always 
heard  with  profit,  whether  in  the  ladies'  meetings  or  in  the  open 
Convention. 

Rev.  C.  H.  Mattoon,  in  his  "  Baptist  -Annals  of  Washington  " 
(unprmted),  gives  the  following  account  of  the  first  general  gatherinp 
of  the  circles  in  Washington : 

«;.,.I*"^  c"""^'  annual  meeting  of  whi.-l-  (here  i«  nny  recor.l  was  held  at 
Sea  tie,    September   8,    18-8,    .Mrs.    Grace    W.    Greene    prcsidmg.      Three 

Victoria'^'aC    '       '  ^'''  ^"''''■'  '''"*  '""'  ''"""  organized  at 

WnJilf-  ''""«'.""  ^he^her  the  circles  should  stand  connected  with  the 
Womens  Baptist  Mission  Society  of  ihe  Wi  ,t,  at  Chicago,  or  with  the 
Pacific    Coast    Society,   at    Oakland.    Cal.,    was    left    for   each    society    to 

tcti^L    lil     (  "'^"^^^l  ^""^  ^•^*^".  '•^"'  °"'  "'■8'"8  various  forms  of 

activity,  viz.,  foreign  and  home  missions.  Bible  reading  with  the  sick 
or  ignorant,  Bible  distribution  tract  distribmion,  prison,  hospital,  and 
family  visitation,  Dorcas  work,  teaching  Chinese,  Indians,  and  street 
waifs,  reclaiming  fallen  women,  correspondence  to  win  souls,  soliciting 
contributions,  and  suggesting  that  these  activities  be  exercised  under  a 
society  m  each  church  to  be  called  "The  Yokefellows'  League"  (Phil 
4- 3),  and  exhorting  any  two  or  more  sisters,  who  are  willing  to  unite 
promptly  to  carry  out  the  spirit  of  this  circular 

Work  UpJn'woS''"  '"*""*'"^  '"^'"^  °"  '"^^^  ^'^''"^  °^  ^^'^""'" 


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The  Olympia   church  claims  the   first  Children's   Mission   Band 
organized  on  the  Pacific  Coast.     We  quote  again   from   Mattoon's 
Annals  " : 

In  1876  Mrs.  Stella  W.  Traver  organized  "  The  Day-star  Band  "  at 
Ulympia,  with  twelve  members.  At  the  close  of  the  year  it  had  twentv- 
nine  members ;  and  in  the  first  three  years  it  sent  five  contributions  to  the 
foreign  field.  One  little  girl  gave  fifty  cents  each  month,  which  she  earned 
by  darning  stockings.  .  .  In  May.  1877.  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hanford  had  a  band  of 
girls  in  her  own  house  m  Seattle  working  for  missions.  It  raised  $1=; 
nfj!     f  ..  4^  "'di   8'^«"  A^  ^P""^'^.?  •"■"ions.   .   .   It  afterward  took  the 

si1nut/r.7^Tir'f'"*«\°'^"'' J''*r..°^  '"^^^  ^^y^i^^   Band."  and 
still  later  of     The  Ann  H.  Judson  Band." 

Here  we  have  the  beginnings  of  the  children's  mission  work  on 
this  Convention  field.  As  a  means  of  creating  interest  in  foreign 
missions,  and  especially  in  the  women  and  girls  in  heathen  lands,  it 
had  Its  place  in  the  women's  annual  meetings,  both  in  Associations 
and  Conventions,  from  this  time  on.  In  m^-t  of  these  annual  gather- 
ings the  women's  circles  and  children's  bands  were  both  commended 
and  recommended. 


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•zation:  but  it  was  soon  found  thafT  ""^  '""torial  organ- 

and  each  district  undertook  the  hand  )„;?/?''"'""'"'=  '°  ^^  ''°- 
also  found  impracticable  to  maLaln  two^  ."'  °''"  ^°''^-  ^^  ^vas 
for  foreign  and  one  for  home  Sio^  T  "  '"  '^'^  '^''''^'  °"e 
there  were  not  sisters  enough  to  keen  .„  .  '""''  °^  *'''=  ^^urches 
On  this  account  it  was  thSht  wise^"'^  two  societies  successfully, 
one  and  to  divide  the  time  and  ZlLT""^'"''^''  '''°  «^'^cles  in 
tvveen  the  two  societies     Mos    of    h  .  '°"*"''""o"s  equally  be- 

arrangement.  and  this  combted  work'"  '  ^'"'"  ^^'''"^  ^'''^  *»>•« 
Washington  and  British  Sumblaiurin.^h  """'"^  °"  '"  ^«^*^^" 
ered  by  this  history  ^"'""""a  ''"rmg  the  remaming  period  cov- 

labors  of  ChristiaS  women  everywhere  dlfr-  '''^,^'«^'"e«   "Pon   the 
report  which  was  adopted  brthrf  "^  ^^^  P«^'  y^^^-"    The 

church  to  organize  a'-' Tru'e   Yoke?eT''"°"c ''"*  >'^"  "^««  ^-^ry 
with  the  women's  work     ' '"^   ^°'*^^^"o«'s    Society  "  i„  connection 

been^;a::2S.trStS£?:t^,?J:-  ^'-  ''-'-  '^' 
The  territorial  secretary  Mrs  0-^0^1^  n  ^"^'''^  reorganized, 
work  is  still  in  its  infanc'y  thoueh  we  .Jl"  "u""''  ''^'''''^-  "The 
side  and  are  now  better  Ju.Wd  7hJ  "'^^u^'P  P'"^^"^  °"  ««ch 
meeting  of  ,882  was  held T  th  1  Pu^^Q  ^'^r/'  '^^'  «"""-' 
revealed  increasing  interest  amon J  tL.^^K^°""^  Association,  and 

From  this  time  on  new  w^kfrs  wer."'    "  '"  ^"""^"'^  ^°^''- 
every  year,  not  to  the  excTusl"  ^^the  earHeT"aL*°  '"'  '""^  ^'^^^^ 
workers,  but  new  helpers  infused  wfth  ""^  more  experienced 

take  the  places  of  the  earlier  worLrs.,  TT!;  "^''  P'"^P^""&  to 
other  causes  dropped  out  of  The  I! H     J*'^'^^'  '^^  ^^^'^'  ^^  f^om 
sentatives  of  the 'locttS  w  th  wh   h  thf'^  T  "'^  ^^'l^-     R«=P^e- 
now  appeared  more  frequenT    M  ss  E^r^^^'^J^r  '^"""P^^ting 
cago    Training    School.^  and    represen^^!^ %h    ^i ''''  °^  '^^  ^hi- 
Foreign  Mission  Societ;  of  the  WesJ^n^       ^    ^°'"^"'='    ^^Pti^t 
^     Up  to  this  year  the  women's  work  ^^1;'  ''  '"^'^  "^  '^• 
of  the  Puget  Sound  As^SLn    11      ^  ^^^"  ""^^"^  ^^^  auspices 
vided.  and%ve  have  ttee  L'Sal  orLT  .•'''  ^^^'^^o"  was  di- 
the  State,  namely,  the  tJetSoL/T'''^'  "^  '^^  ^^''"^^hes  in 
Association,  and 'the  NorKesf  Svemfor 'Se '''  N^orthwestem 
the  women  s  circles  wa«  i,»,^      '-invention,     ihe  genera    work  of 

In  the  ConvenSon  of  Tsi  bo  rMls^M^r^'^",^^^^  '""^  Convention 
the  returned  missionS  from  Chi-  H  r"^  ^j"  ^'""'«  ^uzzel^ 
James  Caches  and  Mrs  S  W  Bea^^n'  7'f^.  addresses.  Mrs. 
ciations.  In  1891  Mrs  Fames  Sund^rt  /'^"''"^  ^°'"  *<=  ^^^  Asso- 
-V    Mrs.  .lames  Sunderland,  representing  the  Women's 


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women's  meeting 

Trin;ble'"rr  cir  Mfs  TsuSrhnd'-^^  '  "•;,  '^'^  ^^  '^'"-  E-  T. 
Society  for  Washington  called  the  mee^n;  t^"o?J"'^"'K°^  ""  Roman's 
bunderland  was  elected  president  anTMrs  I  W  R^^^'  ''""""'•  ^rs.  J. 
few  words  of  greeting  the  r^niirfc     f  ■    •       ******  secretary.    After  a 

for.  Mrs.  wfrd  sefretarv  for  VnrfK"°"f' '""^  secretaries  were  caHed 
Missions,  gave  her  reDort\rrf  rn. "'"'"*"".  ^"°<='="ion   for   Fore  g 

the  same' AssociatorspokeJheflfof%lTo'?^  '^'  ^^?T  '-'"i°"  ^o^k Tr 
Trimble  and  Mrs.  Bates  sooke  for  th.'^  p^  ""c"  °^  Seattle.  Mrs.  E.  T. 

with   reference  to  both   home  and   foreio^"^"'  u^""".*^   Association   work 

next  opened,  in  which  questTons  were  ask^H  .Z^'     ^  ''"f'."""   '""'   «« 

mariner.    Miss  Fors,  general  miss^onlrt  for  fh '^  w  ^^^'f*^  i"  =»  profitable 

Socety  for  Oregon.  w!s  callld-'^InTr-eY/on^SeVJn^  a^fT^^lSoTe^^i- 

AFTERNOON 

Tacoml!?otLh\MTs'!V''ETB;own'orM"'*r^"  ^^  ^^"-  Bates,  of 
G.-eetings  were  nex  deceived  fr?mX/«o^^.-^'V'"'"?'*'"-  "^ponded, 
on  the  part  of  Puget  Sound  by  M^s  Trimhr.^*'?i"''l  "V^^  Presidents. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Scott.    A  devotional  mppHni     *  ^'  ^"^-  *•>«  Northwestern  bv 

Modern  Missions."  The  enroCt  shewed  .Pvi  »'^?^"*  '°  P'-^y*"  *" 
teen  men  present.  enrolment  showed  seventy-two  women  and  four- 

evening 

Geo.*RLb;A'aS:Tris°/(ia^^ifa^h''o"f^^^h^^■"  -^^.-^-g.  led  by 
■nterest  upon  "How  Can  We  Intefil?  n„?  v''"""^i '".'^  *  P^P"^*-  f""  of 

Lester  gave  a  beautiful  recitat  on  «^^Y^  t  ''^''  ''^'P**^  ^^^-  Mrs.  A.  I 
liy  Mrs  G.  E.  M  Pratt  and  Geo  Roh.rt  r^ -'^^  sweetness  were  rendered 
meeting  adjourned  Sfe"  th^'ee'^^^r.v^tfilable  Te^ssionJ.'"  ^  *^<'"*^''°"  *^^ 

Mrs.  J.  Sunderland.  President. 

Mrs.   r.   W.   Read,  5ecr*/ary. 

Snnn^'"' A  '^'"•^  •^'*'""  '^^L  'H  Juiie,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Pueet 
Sound    Association,    held    in    Olympia,    the    women^  organized    the 

^^^l^^-.^l^iTr'n^  'n*  AssociS:.^SS 
u«ing  omcer..  Mrs.  E.  T.  Trimble,  president;  Mrs.  C.  B.  La 


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314      BAPTIST    HISTORV   OK   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COA.T 

olTe  soci7t?  in  Artide"  11:"'°"  "'''  '''''''''  «P""-^  'he  purpose 

FoJJf  S^n^l.Sy^^f^ttL'''   ',°  .^'■'^  .""^    Women's    Baptist 
SS^  Of  the   West  i/tS  t.^ -^  t  SSr^esSlte^S 

for  the  Foreign  Mission  Society    reooredi^-      .-^^^^^^^ 
ports  showed  a  total  raised  in  th/  r  "^  '^''^'^-     ^l^ese  re- 

year  of  $,,5.65  for  various  dent,^T""V°"  ^°'-  '^'  associational 
work  and  $^86  forXJ^reiHSn  ^Ir  ^"'^  '^''"^^  '"'^-" 

socia^^:^  ^'::^  {s;^r  tS^^-iit^^;;--'  ^--  -- 

as  connected  with  the  Convention  ''■°'"^"  *  '""^^ 

meJr'aWe"irrat'i:'L^kedTheT"^7"^^\"-   ^-   ■"   '«9.-   -s 

to  another  field^greatT;  t'o'the  r  gm'^rthe'''"  ^'"" 

expressing  high  aDoreciatinn  r.A    ^  ,    Z\  *"*  '""''^'^s-     Resolutions 

was  succe^ededby^MTs  Fannie  117"^'  ''''''  "^^^  P^"'^^.  She 
confidence  of  the  si^rs  and  nf  '^,^^^\''[\'°<^^  won  the  hearts  and 
her  predecessor  m!ss'  a"!  '"  ".f ^  '  Convention,  indeed,  as  had 
years  in  the  women^  workTn  IZ  ^^'V^'^-  P'-*""'"^"'  for  many 
feature  in  the  niTet"ne  wa,  2  "  ^^  ^'^''^Ston.     A  noteworthy 

returned  n^issiona^S'Lr VutHTof  ^I^JN^"  h^"  S^f  ^^^     ^ 

trrnti;t5"o^rTuthr ^toX  ~ 
coming  to  the  front  of  the  Bao^rsfbH  ""^^p '■•'^\.  ^'^^^"''^  ^^^^  ^^e 
ladies  of  the  Province  h^d  in  WH  1  °*,  ^""^^  Columbia.  The 
place  in  the  wor^  of  the  CSt  r'  °'''  ''"'^  "  conspicuous 
greeted  with  much  pleasure  hnfnn  9°";:^"t.on,  and  were  alwavs 
western  WashinSln  Se''  th.  P     '•'"  '^^  ""avoidable  absence  of 

and  intelligent  w??Jer    that' not  /d^'^K."  ''""''^'^  ^°  •"^">'  ^«™^«t 
to  carry  fLarTthe  women"  ^""'^t  remained  as  to  their  ability 

the  churches  of  the  Province 'shZS  ^"'  ''"'"^"^  ^""^^^  '''•^^^-'^ 
own.  ^ro%mce  should  organize  a  Convention  of  their 

Train?ng'lth^Jh'fr'gi?en^";fr^^"P^""^^'^^^^^  °^  '^^  Chicago 
during  !  visit  to  the  ffe Id      K  '   """'*"'   '°  /'^^   ^^'"^"'^   ^^'"^k 

Convention  field.    They  had  raSdfor'''"'  ""'•''  ^'"■'^  ^•'■^'"  ■"  ^f^^ 
work.    $20i.os-    for    Sr»nH.n     •  ^°"""  '  ^-"^"^  '^""le  mission 

$39x:  fo'r  i^dLtr?:,^ctot^su;p;S^ro;':nd'T^^^^^^^^^    ''''• 
of  M  ss  Williams   in   th^  I,  ■  .  f*"'"'  *52.05 ,  and  for  the  support 

Junior  Home  Mission  Soeietv   r,Z  .'""'■  ^""  secmary  of  the 

.oposiHon .,.  ™i  t'o^To:,;r°s=rr  *j'  s..: 


WESTERN    WASHINGTON   AND   BRITISH    COLUMBIA        U -. 

consiclercd    that  the  women's  societies  should  take  un<lcr  their  care 

the  Home  for  M.ssionaries'  Children  at  Burton.  Wash 

F    L   m"L*      d'stinguished  men  present  at  this  meeting  were  Dr 

PacficCoSt'Sr   R    ^7'*'    ^^ntendent    of    Missions    for    the 
.e.e??^.Si^^ 

:;i  ^srL^chJ-t;  th^^s^i^^^    -  -  -  ^-' 

r.u»        '^5    a    forward    movement    was    made,    looking    tc    closer 

c  ':h":,i;ti?e\t''trr  "'"• ;'" ''''  '■'''''  "^^^  -'  p'-*<5-" 

fore  i  woS  ■'    Mr     Sn^r!,'""."'^,"'  '^''^'''^"*  "^  '"'^h  ti,e  home  and 
ThuTffll  ,       ^^''^P'"^'  o^  ^''Ctoria.  was  unanimously  elected 

Mi    ion  s' If       H  ir""^  the  vice-president  of  the  Women's  Home 
Kr  •  ^  ^"'^  ^""^  secretary  of  the  Women's  Foreign  Mission 

^^ZsZr^7'^i:;:j:^'- '-  ^'^  — '^  -^--^ -- 

came  five  LnHr^H  ^T  r'''.  ^^'  '°'^  °*  ^  ^'"'t  f™-"  I"^'^"^  ^vh^ 
^.Tw-  r  "  ^  ""'"  *"  ^'"^  ^''^t  t*i«  Baptists  of  this  Convention 
»^n«  f / ."""""]  """""^  '•'"'"  °"  t'^'^  Naas  River.  A  comnSttee  ua" 
appomted  to  confer  with  the  Convention  Board  with  reSrence  Jo 
opemng  such  a  mission.  A  full  and  complete  report  of  the  women-^ 
tarv  foTf  '"''^^  '^-  ^"-  ^"•*"'  ^'^"'"-  "f  Tacoma  State  s^cre 
vhTch  werr^'^".""'"""'- J'^''*^-'^^'^  "''^'^  ''»<1  sported,  five  of 
There  we  e  ;^,7"*^'"«.^'^"  =  $550  had  been  raised  for  foreign  Mission" 
ch-rM    '^^t^^",'"'ssion  bands  and  junior  unions,  with  a  member 

th?etrb?en  """■!?  '"\''^  ^"-  S-  W-  Beaven  reporTed  that 
there  had  been  raised  on  the  Convention  field,  by  the  twentv  seviMi 
crcles  reporting.  $411.50  for  State  work.  $100  for^  e  geneTaT  worT 
and  $45  for  the  training  school.  ^  ' 

ih.  !"  '^l  '^\^'  ''°*^'^  *"  J°'"  the  eastern  Washington  circles  in 
the   support   of   M  ss   M.   Mercv   Larsh    nf   H^„„^,     n  , 

womrn  n(  tu.^  n  .-      -"^"^^X   ^-arsn.   ot    Henzada.    Burma,   the 

women  ot  this  Convention  to  ra  se  $300 


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CHAPTER  V 

DIVISION 
1898 

Convention    divided.      Briti.h    r  1      u- 
Or,.ni„.io„  p.rfectcdn.;L''""-     ^''-"•'  "'•-"^n'llrd^^.jr-'-c'on'^'e.ir: 

Sine/ thXi;;;:  'o^VrltTshVrir  °^  l^H^H  ^°^*^-^'  ^— ion 
organizing  a  Baptist  ConventiS  in  the  p  J^^*^^  ^°V^'  P"n>ose  o 
constituency  of  the  women's  si.lL.  ^™^"!«-  This  divided  the 
ments  of  Convention  woTk  andTlf  rfln  ^'  "  ^'^  "'^^  "^  ^I'  depart! 
'ess  extent,  the  losers  by  thfs  tkhdrS  T?  *""'  *°  ^  ^^^''^  ^^ 
however,  recognized  bv  all    ann  ^^^  necessity  of  it  was 

devoted   and  Kotrerl?  tLT,  and"'L""'""""*'«'  "^'^  '";  sS 
characterized  the  brethren  of  Lr      """"^   *'»'«=''   had   so  lone 
At  this  time  all  the  mis  fo„  banJs  ScI?!'""  1"  ^''^'^  ""'»«=d  -orTf 
jumor  unions.    One  of  the  tSTtt^tn^  ^   **°'  *'*<^  •>««"  "^"-Red  into 
other  at  Burton.    The  woL''^  ST:  ^0,?  ^C°-- 'nd  ^h^ 
state  and  new  workers  were  bebe  conLnH      1"^."  '"  ^  '''^^^'^hful 
.      In  1899  some  new  features  aZar"!.^  ^'^^'^  *°  "''^  "s*- 
front.     Among  the  new  featuresTe  'note  "'''  •^'''■'''="  ^""'^  '»  'he 
.?„^  ""l"  t«  the  women's  circJes  of  n^L7'''°''  '*"^'"'  »nd  the 
under  church  plans  for  systeraat.?  I^n      .        ^""""'^  *«  ^e  raised 
report  of  the  secretary  fSthTs  Jean     '°  ^^  """'^  f™™  ^e 

WOMAN'S    HOME   AND   FOREIGN    MISSIONS 


portance  of  Missionary  Studio  »°hT'"i(V^  Prepared  paper  on  "fhV"Tm° 
tion.  w„,  adoplrf" "^  "'  ""  W™""'  SociMin  Ihe  followtaj  re«>l„ 


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DIVISION 


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Motion  carried  that  in  additi.  to  the  $joo  ior  Miss  Larsh's  salarv 
and  the  $^50  for  Women's  Home  Mission  Society  we  ?iise^-  fnr  ,h^ 
maintenance  of  the  home  for  Missionaries'  Childr'en  at  BurtS  * 

,.  ""u-^^T^  the  women's  work  in  western  Washington  in  1900. 
1^^'li  T  °r  !"^»°'y.'='°«"-  To  give  a  correct  historical  st^: 
Z^Lf  I  "lation  ex.st.ng  at  this  time  between  the  women's 
JlTrV'r  •*"'*   *°'"8'"'  ^"^   ^^^^'^'^  »hese   societies   and   the 

mbutes  oriX'°"'   ''*'  *'"''''  """  following  from  the  Convention 

Xfr.'^k-^;,^?  ^V"^  '"Jf  "j"J'"K.was  given  over  to  the  women's  societies 

b;Lv^'^'ihf',.S':■'i,'t^o^k''''■'''''  "•"'""' "™"-  "•""™ 

brought  the  greetmgs  of  the  Baptist  sisters  of  Oregon 

Mathnn!:  M=.P,;w^"''  ^^'^  *"  interesting  paper  on  Porto  Rico,  and  Miss 
Mathilde  Malmberg  gave  an  entertaining  address  on  "Woman's  Work" 
Mrs.   Munns   read  an   interesting   report   prepared   by   Mrs    Bailev 

aTerwhich'M«"A^e?sU''=  f^°T"''  B%tist>Sre.S,  MisS>"' W^! 
-tkIt'.!      Mrs    Aiverson,  of  LaConner.  read  an    nstructive  paper  oii 
"In^.W-T.'"  ^''"'  °^  *•?'  Earth."  and  Mrs.  George  CampbeH  spoke  o 
adSs  °''"  experience  on  the  foreign  field  adding  powe?  to  the 

c  J  ^^/''^"wr'^i  calendar  of  the  Convention  for  this  vear  we 
hnd:  Mrs.  S.  W.  Beaven.  of  Burton,  honorary  vice-president,  repre- 
senting the  Women's  Baptist  Home  Mission  Societv.  with  Miss 
Annie  Beaven  as  her  assistant;  Mrs.  F.  M.  William's,  of  Seattle 
honorary  vice-president,  representing  the  Women's  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society;  Mrs.  F.  L.  Bailey,  secretary  of  the  Foreign  Mission 
bociety  in  the  ^orthwestern  Association;  Mrs.  C.  T.  Spencer   secre- 

Ir^  J^^  w^'^"  ^^''''°"  ^°*='^*y  •"  ^^'^  P"?<^t  Sound  Association; 
;i'"  liT ^^-i.  .^"^°"'  '"'-''S'onary  among  the  Swedes  in  Seattle; 
Miss  Mathilde  Malmberg,  missionary  among  the  Swedes  in  Tacoma- 
Miss  Margeson,  representing  the  foreign  work. 

It  must  not  be  supposed  that  these  devoted  women  have  reached 
the  position  which  they  now  occupy,  and  the  success  which  has 
crowned  their  efforts,  without  a  struggle,  or  without  faith  in  the  Lord 
Jesus,  whose  they  are  and  whom  they  serve.  They  have  often  ne-.lcd 
to  quote  the  Apostle  Paul  to  the  brethren :  "  Help  these  women  "  Tt 
has  taken  many  years,  and  will  perhaps  take  many  years  more  to 
convince  all  of  the  great  Baptist  brotherhood  that  it  was  wise  to 
segregate  the  women's  work  from  the  men's  work;  and  these  women 
had  this  difficulty  to  meet  in  the  early  years  covering  the  formative 
period  of  their  separate  activities.  Despite  all  the  perplexities  and 
deprivations  incident  to  a  new  country,  despite  the  mountains  and 
other  natural  barriers  separating  the  circles  from  one  another  de- 
spite pecuniary  and  domestic  difficulties  too  numerous  to  mention 


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3i«       i^APXISr    iUsTOKV   O.    THE    NOKTIi    PACiKIC   COAST 

""Oer  the  Spirits  drrSi'onfo  J,',  '°"''?'^"«  '"  ""cir  own  ability 
give  to  th  „.f  and  to  S  "  l°er  ^Ll  ^'h""*'  »"«essfully.  w;> 
and  praise,  and  we  orav  thaf  thi  .^  r  '*"?  "-"P^scnt,  all  honor 

the  dose  of  the  leSh  cen  Sr  TM^k  ""^u^**'"'  *™"8ht  in 
Shan  grow  into  a  S^  S;  T'-'^la'd^'tldLt"".'"^  °'  ^:"^' 
which  shall  be  to  all  peoule"  in  .1,-  .  *  u  ^^  °^  «'«"  J«>' 
•he  glorious  second  co^  of  "ur  Lord"  "'"'"^'   ""'^"'"^ 

faith'i:^^;:;;'^  ?:wh:"  'f^  "r^  ^'^""'^  ^-'-'  -'<=-  »> 

and  in  loyalty  'othTcri^t  Commi',1 'tI:''  '"  ^"^'''  °^  P"^P°« 
creed;  the  Holy  Spfrit  the  r^^^.     k"'    ^^'  :'°'''  °^  ^"^  «»«  'heir 

and  the  promiLl.f 'Vod  S^.J:  Tl''"^  t^^^^^^^  °^/*=''^'^>- 
nnder   great   discouragenients       Th!        "°^,^0"'d  they  fail,  even 

"essed.inn    ny  places  ^"1^' p-^fi-^^'^^""'    -•"'   """^   '''"^    *''■ 
ington  and  British  Col ur^b  a    thfi       ?"'*'  ^'^  «P«ially  in  Wash- 

.>e  overcome  by  these^wo"!^^;  'S^    "^H    hTZZ:'''  °'''*'='"  '^ 
and  heartsick,  leaving  a  session  nf  thl  r  "       *"  *"'">'•  ^'O"'- 

gathering   saying:  "  IroVerSef   Ms ^an"""^  xlrH  """""' 
helper,  and  he  will  bring  it  to  oass  '   He  „Ji    ■  *"  ^°'"''  "  °"'" 

nave  taken  their  case  tn  tVl  t'^  1'  r  !  P'^O"""^  "ever  fail."  They 
returned  to  the  next  s  "son  ^1°u  '■''  ^T-^^'-'^^  ^"^J-  ^^en  they 
countenances  and  songs  of  JoJ  '''tITLTL'T  T"^  ''''''''' 
fo^utS  -'^^he^Vr  '"^'^  .ight^ar^oi::  ^^d-teTre^S 
:°:9 Tthich'^X  o'te^^;^^^  P-ise  fron,%S 

chosen  thee  ard  not  casV  th^^l  T         .*"■*  "^  ''='"^*"*'   ^  have     • 

thee:  be  not  d-Wed  for  I  am  tL'^^^H^T  '''•?."  "°^'  '°'-  ^  »«"  ^'^h 
I  will  help  thee-  yea  I  will  unhnM  ?k  I.*'"  strengthen  thee;  yea. 
righteousness"  ^^"'^  "'^  ^"''  ^^e  right  hand  of  my 


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BAPTIST  WORK  AMONG  THE  INDIANS  IN 
WASHINGTON 

*r„Jo   ''""'m*^  °*  '•''*  u°'^'   *''  """°'  '•^  '^•'-r  than  to  quote 
*rom  a  pamphlet  written  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Ludlow,  whose  interest  in  the 

on  the^field""''        '       "  '''°'''''''^'  ''''^''""  '^"  "^  =*">  •'^'^^"^  P"^"" 

THE    FIELD 

specal  class  which  can  be  named  amcing  us.     In  our  lower  or  hiXi 

Intimate  with  the  proceedings  of  our  district  court  I  remember  now 
Hara"^ht'ran"a's""i?fV.rurehSd.'"«  ''^  ""'  '^^^^  X-.Thirt/s  "n^t 
,1   T***  8^"«"*  po'icy  and  practice  of  our  Rovernment  in  its  oatemat 

a«ordZ"?o°;'h.iH"".T1f-  ^''  •'""  '«  segregate  the  diJ'ncrtr  be 
according   to  their   local   habitats   upon   so-called    reservations     wherein 
public   lands   are   set   apart    for   their   residence   with   suppires'    ^1 
.eachers,  superintendents,  etc..  appointed,  representing  one  or  other  of  ?he 
religious  denominations  of  our  country.    All  the  reservations  Thus   a*  a 
matter   of   course,   include   r  ligious   instruction      7^7  reservations   are 

IgeS  TotIlnurber°?  "^  *'^  ^^?'  Washington  "Sry")  sYx 
f?!^f  ^   number  of  our  reservations  is  sixteen.    Their  resoective 

Sn.  a  ^"""""'•'•^  '«•  »"«*    '"'y  ^^Port  to,  the  department  at  Ch^ 

fr.  ,^'^^  .l"'''''"^/'"^  °^  ^"'^h  *"''«  's  hereunder  amenable  and  subiect 
whi^.h"*-°"*'"u°  *''*  reservation  to  which  he  or  she  belongs  Bm 
S.^^',  '*  '"k*'"'^  P"**l""i  "'?"'y  **  in  all  respects  unabSd  and 
S"'  *°  '"i''''  esP'onage)  families  or  individuafs  may  come  and  ko 
reside  or  wander,  toil  or  trade,  live  or  die  where,  and  when   and  as  am- 

nf  RH.i?hV ^i  "'k^'^c  ^",'*  ••''»  ^'«''°'"  is  enjoyed  also  by  the  Indians 
nl  /nH  h.^'""*''"'-  u^°  "'"^  ""y  ?^  «"'  Indians  may  elect  to  adopt  ?he 
life  and  habits  of  a  white  man.  and  having  done  so.  under  corroborating 
oath  of  two  white  residents  to  that  as  an  existing  fact  he  ~  auS  "o 
h^e  on  and  enter  land  under  our  Homestead  laws,  and  perfect  Ws  title 
thereto,  as  any  other  c  tizen.  As  a  result  of  such  general  wrsonal  liber  v 
he  Indian,  singly,  or  in  families,  or  camps,  may  be.  and  in  fac"s  found 
temporarily  or  ,n  transitu  all  along  our  lines.  "^  And  so  also  it  happens 
J^tl°Z  "^P  '"'^  ^'"''8«  on  the  shores  of  this  great  inland  sea  with 
^thLVVv"""'- °^  '*^''"'  .^"^  """'^^^^  ^or  fish,  berries,  etc  are  n^ver 
toV'ut  it  poetkX;  ""^'"'"^  '"*"'"  population:  "tenting  on'.hTbS' 

estin^tJH*°/nL'-^u 'f  POP'J''**'^''  Jor  Washington  Territory  in  i886  was 
nn ^.tl  P  <o*cially)  at  eleven  thousand,  of  which  five  thousand  reside 
?hei?  L&'  Sound  waters  and  tributaries,  while  the  remainder  have 

Mountat^  r.n,,f '  xf  **  ""  *^^  °}^^J  '"^^  "^  ^^^  snow-crested  Cascade 
Mountain  range.    These  eastern  Indians  are  as  fine  and  skilful  horsemen 


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S  "emT "'"'  '•''"«"'  -r^r>;?r„cT.S":  •"  '"«*  "urnKv^r 

on  .h/""^'"«  ""'  on'y  the  i»an>  tn?  !  ,u  ""f'hward  and  we.t- 
on  the  seacoast  of  Vancouver  .i,L  ■*  "'  ^•'"'•h  Columbia  hoVh 
«ye„  hundred  mile,  to  our  Ali,J«^ "'"'   "*   '"'■"J   wVtcrs    but    f„r 

fh^fcl"'    ''^"""?-    h°«»"ho'd    finhu"'"3r""f''  «/  «  '"  "or"." 
character   and    vane   surnri.;,^™   .  ••  .?J"anienti    of   a    varirfv    anj 

tales  of  their  advemure"/Te  slo  v  of  X^"''^   o"'ooker.\u?"al7o  ThJ 
of  the  good  and  the  evi    which  [Lvhil.'  '""«'-'c«».  and  the  inrtuenceJ 
missionary  factor  do  w.  finT-      V*^  "^^'  encountered— what  a  «;„!,. 
Christ  or  Btlian    ShaTi  we   oh"shanV"^  iT'  ""'^  *»'"!"?  then?e*'oi: 

::shi;!T^  fei^~^'^s  ^f  Ilia!?:  M^^- 

the  merest  baby,  is  exempt  from  H..t  °  ""'.."^  ""  ^»m'ly  retinue  save 
!;'*M,h*ir.beau^if„,  cS  ng  Trdtns' are  Sd  '''"'  «•"•  fortr'S 
and  the  pickmg    s  paid   for  hv  »h-  k  1?' .  P"^""*  "PO"  the  ffround 

mvanable  size,  and  all  the  famifvilonn'*'''  'I*'"''  *''«  farmers  supply    of 

the  sights,  procuring  their  outft    and  bar  Jin- '^''"'.l"'*  families,  seeinp 
the   season's   work,   camping  on   onr   k-,T'"'"K  ""th  the  growers   for 
stroling  in  groups  with'^ho^iday  attir."?-  °^^o"ti8:"ous   vacant   lo  7 
Ped  .ng  their  groiesque  toys  and  artcf«*or"*.'"*°.°"  "''"P  windows 
curiosity,  and  always  pleased  wifh  =1     t°i  ^"'^'"^  handiwork.     Full  of 
accessible  as  no  other  class     Th'i'„%7, '*!"'l.  ^ord  of  approach,  they  -.n 
Chinook  hymn  from  our  fami|y''Jo^,r^„*'"8'"8  hy  myself  and  w  f ?'o    . 
strollers,  often  elicits  an  intTrestTnd  imotio^aT^^nn  *''"'  ?'^'«"^  '*"•" 
hon    fiiu-  ^"^^''"<^  the  crowds  halt   co^reZo   ZTv''  '"''^  *"^Pris'n« 

reached  for  religTot^omacTand^S  meeline^^^'?^^  be '^consuntK. 
back  comes  the  refluent  wave,  arr  ^ni  ^  Si,  ^^.^  '"*°n  closing, 
fields  are  reaped,  and  here  again  S?ninL  , .mi  '''"'u'^  as  the  varioas 
«^  "^'T'^  V*"""  »'■'=  ««:"red  when  fam  V  L''T''^f"  "«  ""^de  and 
camp,  they  take  their  deoarturi.      <ir!L  .•     ^  "^  fa'W'ly.  and  camo  hv 

W.I1   select  a   winter  «mrSacen?TndToca?.  "f''°^J°"'  ^o-nm.^ni.i^ 

t^olr'Z:Zo'.%;Z  ltmi^"Sr"L"'  ^"^."^  ''^^'^'''  -'^  h^H  for 
year.     Within  a  radius  of  twinty  mHef  hn^t  ''''^  ^1^  '"""'^"^'^  ^••'^'' 

and  of  diflFerent  tribes,  numbering  perhan,'  fivl  hli  "*?  °^?"y  reservation 
represent  tribal  affiliations  of    '47\Viet\'.7tL.J''^^i  T^^; 


THE   INDIANS   IN    WASHINGTON  ,_., 

OUl  OPFOtTUNITY 

mil.  a.  to  interpreted  thought  IVtur,.  «"/•*  ""'**  °'  "»*  «'"'"•'  ^^^n  ' 
but  not  the  .ent.ment  or  trSth  J  hev  !/,  °/  "'??,"'  ^°'«  «he  object., 
to  attract  and  awaken  curiosjiv  Thi  ?^*,.^*»''able  only  as  an  agencv 
tnbal  dialects  so  distinct  thaf"  raTelv  ant'"i„'l"^»«r  '*  dividerin  o 
'•^"V»  T'bes  can  communicate  therewith  '.:'|'.'*|*'"«''  of  'von  con- 
they  mdeed.  ""    mcrewitn.        Lnknown    tongues"    are 

But  God's  kind  providence  ha-  ii»ri  tt, 
temporize  rather  than  by  any  intelliwm  I«  f"'?^"^'"  of  trade  to  ex 
jargon  which  during  the  past  cemlJ^  'J  «o  formulate  a  commercial 
tertribal  language  capable'^of  c^mZttinJ":^'^'^,  '"♦"  »"  alm?s,  'i'n- 
from  abstract  truth.  TheoIogicaX  thU  ™Tv*  ^/."*"  .  ""'"wence.  apart 
controversial  dogmas  woud  hardl'v  «Sf^;h'''*"''i''  P'°^«  >  '•^nl  a. 
.  poor  Indian "  through  the  "Chinook "».  '^.*  ""u"**.  °'  ''"«  of  the 
'";*^"'  '5  I'  »  «"««^  has  grownX  of  ,h."*  ^''"?'?-  ^hi*  Chinook 
'"»'<xl"«d  by  the  Hudson  ^T  trader.  .nH  .".*^*""'"  «'  trade,  tirst 
expanded  by  the  increasing  conucts  o/  p'?^  thereafter  continued  and 
I  iMtrate:  all  Hudson  Bay  trader,  Lrl  ^^k-"*?*"',  "5^  Americans.  To 
"Kmg  George  man"  is  afway,  ,hj  Term  «^.^'f"°^*^"«  George,  hence 
rhu'.*?.  r'*  ^"«  """o*"  through  the  tradfniM,"*'"*^'  "  Englishman 

came''Z^elridro'f^o'mL"Son^?l*  \'  ""''u''^.  '«  >>".  however,  be- 
«veral  tribes,  and  betwTen  al '  "ndLs  ^^H^'lh  ""'t'-  ^'^  •"'*«"  «he 
cabuary  of  only  about  four  hundred  a„H  fiil  **"  T*"!."-  ^ith  a  vo- 
vocal  mflection.  it  is  capable  when  used  hv  ^,  '^°"^'-  ^^  '"'"""ion  and 
range  of  communication  **"  ^^  =""  "»>«•■»•  of  a  surprising 

F^rst.'^"'  coTO&Srac?"*^?*'''   «PPo«unity: 
tribe  kindred.  pelpl^Ind  fo^e  o  tr  sTaboa"rd^f„':.T"*^'''>-^  "^     ^"^ 

.han^r'l^ir  o*.^,?S  i;^^%^^  "re-Cmore 

tongue  of  utterance!;  "■Ton'dSfu'l  wok',  S"?;';?!?*''  HoIy-Ghost-gre" 

.ode"s^oS^c"^roV?hr?„%Vra.rof-  ^""'  "  ^  ">-  -■  -ing  to  the 

Our  God-civen  Workers 

and  wi?eteir*'la7^onT?v*erng'V'i%'i;!^Hr'"'  -"'.«-«■  "'^-'^ 
lower  part  of  the  town.  Upon  enterfnJ  wt  *^  J'  ^"J'^'^*'  ^ome  in  the 
Pany  of  Indians,  mostly  women  who  bvhl^cWh"*'  S^'^^Tt  ^  "«'«=  '^om- 
were  bemg  instructed  in  the  Wv^e  wo?d  ^nft//*'  ^l^'^'^  "Chinook," 
a  Christian  brother  of  mature  ale  anrf  h\.  '«  Their  teachers  were 
Warm  indeed  was  the  welcoZ  they '«ve  ..«  ?o  ^i'"'  ?."  ,  ^"d'an  woman. 
as  we  did  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  for  .«.  \'"  '''tie  home,  coming 
appoint.  °'  '"*  '-"'^l'  ^or  any  such  service  as  he  should 

intercour^rhaVteTn^constln^part  o'ili.  ^/"^^  '"^.^  ^^  '"^--v  nnd 
and  all  the  time  co-operl £  ^ft^  them  in*T„'  '"'•"»  'A'*"'''  P"t"r 
as  the  Lord  has  enabled  us  \eTme  teTvo?,  ITVu'"''  <^^'«ian  work 

In  the  Indian  mission  work  of T^v   1/   r.*''°  ^^.'^y  ^re : 
now  so  well  known     ome  ?hU%^ea„  a^o  ,""(^"  I''  ^"L*'^*'  Columbia, 
telligence  was  employed  as  a  millwright  lf,A       ^""^'^n  brother  of  in- 
was  a  young  Indian  wom^^  who  by  bfrth  wt  o?',-"*';  .  ^"  *^*  "'"i"" 
of  the^proudest  and  mo.  Potent^SS  Tthl  ^Js^rtTib^^'^o'?  ^Se^ 


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BAPTIST    IHSTORV    OK    THr,    XORTH    PACIHC    COAST 


^o^'r^'n:^^^^^^^  .he  .vou„«  .ife  was 

are  the  fruitage;  all  of  them  ch^dren  Uf^    *    '  marr.agf,  eight  cliildren 
now  preaching  as  a  licentiat?  of  oJe  "f  our  l^f.  "'u''  u^"*^  ""=  ^'^est  son 
to   furnish    himself   with   a   thnrn,?,^^  \i    "^ '^'•^'  '^•""'"^hes,  and  strugglinu 
wife  and.  mother  has  been*  a^'rSi  Chris  ia„"  k^^.*^^  .ministry.  ^Th!- 
consecration,    for  years,   and   under   a    sDecill    ill^'''  '"  '"telligence  an<l 
Spirit  has  a  gift  of  utterance   a  oower  rff  n^i  '"".mmation  of  the   Holy 
an  exuberance  of  joy.  and  an  ardor  of  hIv'^?""''?"?."'  *  ''^Pt'*"'  ot  love 
seen  equaled.    To  tell  the  story  of  Jesr    fnH  h^i  ^  ^^^"L  ^^'^""^  "^  "^ver 
the  one  thing  of  her  life,  and  whether  in  „,.^t  '°''^  ^"^  P°*"  to  save  is 
or  gospel   halls,  when  she  speakf  all   Z.T  '^°'"«-  o"-"  social  meetings 
saints  rejoice.    A  pure  Indian  herse     Id    '   'l'"""^-  '*"^"="  "elt  ami 
Indian  dialects-perfectly  a    "o^re,vi^httrhn'"'l''''  "-^  '^^  "°^thern 
also,  who  accompanies  her  and  is  hTmself  tr?-  ""V*""^/  '?  "i"  husband 
among    the    Indians    is    alvvavs    and    e!ervvfh'°"''-;  ^'^J'^''"'^^''-  '"''^sion 
Almost  never  will  she  reveal  her  fr?hii  ^'"-V^^here    fruitful    and    saving 
when  speaking  in  their  cSs  they  kirn'1,".7;  ^k"S'^'  ^/J'  ^''^  happened 
(pronounccH  "  poose."  I  thiX  h^r  hill       ■    ^"^^}  ^"'l  ^^^  family  name 
circle  an.una  he'r  in  awU  aS^ob  e^u  ou'^SS  '^"  '"'  ^""^  '^^  ^ 
camp1"?tXnna%^Sr^^3f°a^a°±i??/^^^^^^^^^^         --"''  ^"  ^"^^- 

o?^s  rtt^^— ^^s^.  J=^^ss^^ 

confess  the  name  which  saves  o  the \mermos?  T^  ^'"'^  ^^  ^^'^^  ^"^ 
Salvation  Army  Hall,  their  power  and  ;nfl^«  .^''  °.V  ?'ty  work  at  the 
the  most  untold,  are  our  workers  who  S*  ^^""^1  ^'^"-  Such,  with 
hand,  longing  to  enter  more  fully  the  sD.r.M^'^''''  ^^arpened  sickle  in 

norfuri„p°;';''"«  '^<^^  -  ^^^^^^o^r'f;:^.^^^'^^;;^^: 

thereiJi'Sd  Thave"'Lt'X"rersonal  mea'n?toT'-  '\  'l^'^'"  ^^emselves 
should  also  add.  because  you  have  „^t^'  o  furnish  them.  Perhaps,  I 
matter  But  you  will  be  edifieS  by  some  red^^rnf^.t'"  '"^?^'"*'^  "^  «'''' 
ever  short  it  necessarily  must  be  ^''^  "'°'''*  '^-'e'f.  how- 

The  Wo»k 

fields..^  Krng^^i^iTthl'Yn^diaT'oToJfT    'V    'T^"^^'    '"    the 
'ra««/«,  sowing  seeds    tniX    ilTr'.     •  """^  beaches  while  thev  are  in 

some,  and  the  yrTot/'acceptanc'e  of K  bv*o?h"  ^""tl  '""f. '  ^°  "  «" 
in  due  time  to  the  hop  fields  There  thev  Lv  ''''""■  ^^^^  ^°"°*  them 
themselves  on  the  ground  with  a  crivi^^fi^??  ^'?'*?"»  the  workers,  seat 
of  picking,  filling  fL  ?hem  and  wiS,  thei*";^' .J°"?,  "'.*•"  '"  the  work 
and  ineanwhile  filling  the  minds  o7  their  children ^*'^»u'',u''°''  ^^"^  1"'«:l<er. 
conscience  and  hearts  of  the  older  ones  u^  h  the  "^u^  **'^  f  "^y-  ""^  the 
power  and  love  of  the  Sin  Bearer  "'^  '''^'"'^  ^^  *'"•  and  the 

and  th';^te!\^nd'^?n^in'J\«i"5^  both  to  the  employers 

for  them  a  congregation  at  the  camps  at  eventide  "pr"'  ^''J'^''  **=^"'-^s 
pass  by  day  among  those   who    s^?k    infirm  .Else,  perchance,  thev 

stay  by  the  stuff,  and  there  abnge'verv  Tic  °''  '"^ftfle.  must  needs 
Indian  access,  touch  hearts  arouse  litn/^  T  *"**  '''^'"»  Pathway  of 
a  willing,  waiting  Saviour  "'^''  ^'''^''""  conviction,  and  present 

reque^^Ze'3\t't"dSosar-?t''s'^c;.XSr  i^^^  ^-^'l'  -^  »'  my 
unrecorded  influences  in  their  nntrr^.lifl,  '^  ^"^^  '"ore  eloquent  of  the 


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A  few  quotations  I  may  venture  to  make- 

Within '^'^^'h?ndred%S':gUVfcn'H^'1^^"^  '%'^^''  -''h  the  Indians 
cahties.  Pointed  them  to  the  SaviZ  0^l^"'u  (f^"?-  ^°"^  differen  "«: 
she  was  sick  of  sin,  and  with  teari Tn  »,  ^*  ^f'i?  <^o'a'  woman  said 
all  my  heart  in  m^  own  lanK^aJe  Lw'  *^\''  °'''  '^  ^  ^ouW  tdl  you 
from  my  sins.'  Told  her  thfcfuldfeTl  >"'?.  '  **"  ^^nt  to  be  saved 
understand  her  and  forgi^e'^'^She  accepied  ChVs?  "■'""*  ^"'^  ''^  -'"1^ 

a.a.n     Directed  her  and  Ll^w'l^'^ ^lll^k^'t^l^/l^J?-  ^Ir 

.r.bes^.",r;^;r;e\°-faTt  rS  To^me°^  '"^  '"1"^  fromTdifferent 
fluence,   last  year  opposed  "Lur   wo °k"'  wTn^rn**^"""'   ^^°'"   Romish  in- 
urge  us  to  speak  at  the  erove  n^JfC  ^V'<:o"ie   us   warmly  now    and 
They   say   they   want   to' h«r   more   aS,'?^'''^  !?  ,"^"-  ^"'''^"^  en   masse 
g.vmg  h.s  only  begotten  Son  "  °"'   ^°^   '°^'"«   the   world,   and 

at  n'ight':"  jSel'- lTkj^^  tdian'"h-  f/tr"  ^"0"^  them  till  late 
converted  last  year.  St  il  faithful  »nH  "^  ^^^ewakum  tribe,  who  was 
fellowship.     Gave  him  some  med^ne't  he'^s"  sS"  ^"^   ^"'^    «=h"-'' 

His  face'sh&fone'Th?  E" r"  e'"!i     "^  ^^  --^i^-ecl  to  see  us 
and  ,n  pain,  but  very  happy/'    ^'  '""'"^  ^  ^reat  blessing.     He  fs  jli 

lie  was  first  me!%"  Brother°ln?  Wr"H  °^P^"liar  '"terest.     In  j88; 
'^  of  the  British  Columbia  tribes  f    Eur^r''*i  '^.'''^  ^op  fields      He 
Vancouver  Island.    At  a  meet  nl  amnnriS*^"^  3^P'^*'  northern  part  of 
esus"'^'^^  °f  circle,  and"a"/;aVd'"byVe%  "t"^  ."A^^  ^*^"f"2  - 
jesus.'        I  am  coming,  Lord,'  he  called  f„  I*'    *^'.    "^^*  ^o"  been  to 
and  over  again  he  insisted  so  that  it  wl,  l.rA^^''  ','  "-^P^ated,  and  over 
more  at  that  time  ^vas  seen  of  him     Th^f^fi  "^  -^  '''°"  the  service.    No 
was  rejoicing  to  Jesus,  the  Holv  SoiHf  h,°'°*'"'^,y«"  he  was  met,  and 
salvation.    By  his  experience  and  zeal  h.  ?,  h  ^  ^^P""^  that  hymn  to  his 
and  father,  his  sister  and  her  husband  tn  i  •*'  "'""«•'"«•  '"^d  his  mothe? 
'ng  him  teach  the  tribe.    He  was  bam-^H-'^^u'  ^"'^  ""^^  had  been  help- 
received  into  a  church   in  Seattle  a?  h^     "^'^^  ''=^"?>  others  who  were 
year.      Last    fall    he    reported    some    fortv^^'   returning  homeward  l^hat 
A  Sunday-school  house  had  been  builded      wlf^  ^'"•?"»   his    people 
had  visited  them  and  baptized  some     «:l!^'   /^^"hodist  circuit  preacher, 
or  church  admission  last  fill    but  ther.!,*''''"*^  "^  ^'^  Peop'e  applf,^ 
Joseph  and   his   people  are   IWin^  th  "^^      . "''  *""'  ^°'  examination 

t^hf  °  Vr  >'"-'^''  P»ei t"''a^^L*x°el"  ^"'""-.  ^"''-  -"«- 
thousand  Indians  and  whites."  ^^    congregation   of   over    a 

and  'ih^e'tiZrl'iHiit?  ^S'tuV  £  fht^  t'''^  ^'"'^  "^h  the  owners 
talking  to  them  of  %sus  and  lonW^l  /''u°"^'j  **"r  work,  and  meanwhile 
dom  and  strength.  The  Lord  seem/»i  '^"^  ^'°'"  ^^°"'  cometh  al"  wis! 
need  help,  and  long  for  the  word  of  *nfi"^  "'  '°  ^"**  '^'  ^'^'  O""  That 


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324      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

Indians  understood  it.  It  was  an  onnor.^,n-*^i''''  **  1"^"^  "^  these 
sinners.  After  meeting  we  h^d  walked '^^ri'*^  ■  °  P"**=''  salvation  to 
but  remembered  a  "ounriX^  woln  1^  a  m.le  toward  our  lodgings, 
last  three  days,  and  retu?ned  ust  7„  H^,  7^°  ^***  ^/*"  ''"V  '"  ^or  the 
sore  need."  ^"urned  just  in  time  for  my  wife  to  minister  to  her 

hearis'^trfirtol'^:  'fh'eif^  broth"  r'hld"^!''"."  't^'^'  >-"^^d  their 
from  the  'Hydah'  (Alaskan)  tribe."  "''""^^  ''"'"  "^'^'l:    *"« 

Sist:r°{llU/ett%^ea"hU"f^S^^.^Vtt'r^S^^^  ^"^"^  S-P-«-^- 

number  moved  to  tears  •  had  hearHfi,.,.,  ,i    t'  P^°."*  ^   ""S"-    «c.     A 

Gave  medicine  \ose"eral1icKe\jltu-l'„'ed'?"*  "'T.'^'  ^^'P*'" 
late,  and  more  than  ever  burdened   fnr  nr!."!  *^  *°.  """^    o<^8'nKs   very 
increase  of  spiritual  power."                        '^  "'""^  '°"'«  «"<^  Pi-aying  for 
"Went  to  Seattle  and  saw  Brother  ...u^ 

w.fe  earnestly  laboring  wfth^Se  Y^r^iieT^nrbTn^^nrS^^^^  cS^? 

worki„%?  A^iaTSWs't"  the^cro^  *=""'t  .^•^''  ■".«  «»>-*  "is 
would  prove  a  great  mistake  'for  witt  *IIK  ^^  •*'""''•  ^°'*'  ^im  it 
week,  it  would  affect  their  woVkmoTefhlShe'r/d""'  troubled  all  the 
th<.y^  wc.uld   not   engage   with   h?m°^^„S" sJa^ ^  'f^iy^Z  n^o't^^jAl 

tribe'v'JS'difi,^'  ;?i'c°e?s  *'Hetli;™feJ'l*"*"^^V"''^-  ^"  -'-<- 
him  to  his  people,  they  told  h^m  i  would^  mi^K-'  *"*^  "P°"  Proffering 
influence  and  did  all  in^he/?i'^er'\oTslKm''Ve'^o^n^"„ti"fi^^^ 

we  co?K^?  tT:^'"w^hirha7ff  "m^ile^a*''!,^^ot"c!-^''"  ^'"^^^  ^."'^ 
t"o  bVU^u^^rounJL^.!""-^^  to^h^:e^o,t4?SThe^^^^^^^^^^^ 

.he  heirof'Almtht;'Sd"  rSyi^Telf^o'"^?-  7*^^  ""r'^-  "By 
intoxicating  drinks  a^  a  bevera^lTNSVU'ef  to  b^  "*'^  ""  ^^ 

sawmiH"n"ear  tL"fea"hf'"L°n"  *t|„rS?L^'r'''"^  «^°""^^  °^  '•"= 
Nawitty  tribe   (northern^       AtT-^fV.^  .•  "^*l~*hree   converted   of   the 

«™  fro  f  AU,4°  Si  ',;,&  "  ""''  '■"»»-»»  ««P.^  Chrl.,- 

"Mary  Wahkelt,  Indian  woman  from  Skeever  R„„  n  r-  '  '  '. 
and  at  once  began  to  tell  the  nennle  Ji,,*  *''"^er  Kun  B.  C.  converted 
for  her.  A  Neas  chief  Kel.f.t^mM  ^  ^'^^\  """^^  *he  Lord  had  done 
when  the  converted  woSi?Tn;/?'  '^"^e"  to  by  Sister  Hamlett 
we  all  knelt  in  Jraye'^l'd  he  aTso'bSd.'"   *"'   -hortation.   until 

much  mo^H"'iste^intTo  Siste^'nlm^^^  ""'^'•-^  ^«"^'*"ed  Jew 

fined  with  the  ^^^^r^J''^^S:v^l.^:^:;^\^^-^ 


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THE    INDIANS    IN    WASHINGTON  3,5 

among  which  horse^ciL  and  e^mbL'^"*  '^'  ^'^'■'''  '"^^  ^°^  ^°"J*. 
among  those  who  rai'se7thdr\fnds''7inqulr\rrial"r"' '^     '"'''^^   "^''^ 

saved  wi;LlSn°g  .^  'p'Se"  Vi^°u?i  •^^he^[:^if ''fi  ?h°'"'"}"^  .'^'''"  -" 
there  were  six  different  tribes  reoresentU  in  ^  ''^'*^'-    >  '''e  evening 

requested  prayers  bv  rising  .m'nT.t  °"'' """''"K  A  large  number 
professed  conversion.^'  *^'    ^""""^    '''""    ^«^'"'"    "hite    men.      Nine 

.rot:;j)"^.?h:tVroil'e^rJ"atu"n^d"u?^'on°e"  S^unS^' r"""  ''^■"'^  ^"-"P-^- 
some.  but  we  got  him  to  sit  down  and  Hsten  A.  1^"  "^'i^^  ^f*'  t"""^"^'*" 
to  the  now  large  crowd  o    wh.Te«  th^  ,^^  cose  I  spoke  specially 

man  was  convicted  byTheHoTySniri^wZth  '"''?'"^u  ^^^  t/oublesomc 
of  Salvation  Army,  was  converted  anH^  ^^"*'!J'^  "'^  ^^?"'"«  ""^^^'inff 
not  preach  for  no^hing^  ^"^fi^i.^t^lsT'S^^;^]^  S^^"'^  "'' 

who  w'as'receSi;  S%rwt^aVd'%r\^!i^  ^''""^  R-"  ^"^-n 
we  have  lately  heard  of  hfm  as  a  zealoJ  L  C^'^"^T^?  'I"*'^  "'^-  ='"d 
evening  at  the  Salvation   A^,f  .^  zealous  working  Christian.     Met  last 

seekinlto  find  uf  He  hi^lTen  convfrl'.r'"'*^  '  Sispergood.'  who  wa 
.vears  ago.  and  we  had  no    »PPn  hi^     •     ^^"^  i"  °"-'  ^"''•'^  meetings  eight 
trusting^Jesus.  ^V^^a'^lrTerra  Sr^K  no"j  Silr^^r  Cls^"^   '"' 

THE     CLARION 

the  di'rectio;%f"LcTo'f  ihTHoTv  SofrV  "''"''  ""''  ^'^'^'y  '"^icate 
the  Master  touching  our  dun-     T^  Xf    '*  movement,  and  the  will  of 

has  sent  me  a  linf  wZ^^'l'cVrn  Z  ^T lUS-  °"^  ''"  '''''*'^- 
where'lhl'r:  ^i^ro^n  f^^li^re^tr^  f-  a  n«.bf?^o"{  Indian  settlements 
Cedar  River.  Milton.  PorBlakelvPor.M,^'""'''  '"i''  "  ^quak  Valley. 
Indians  at  Duwanish  R^ver         '^^  Madison,  and  a  camp  of  Northern 

tion.'SJh^' a!ho"ic';'l"nd"£'pre'sb'^%-"'*'"'"^  °^  '^'  ^"^'""P  «"^a- 
with  them.  The  Cedar  Riv;lr;J^"^u"^"^'  '°  "^o""*  and  hold  meetings 
to  them  The  Yak£ase^sto^.;^n.'^»^•"^*°  '=°'"<=  ^"'^  P'-^a^h  Jesus 
in  June  certain^they  insisted  that  TeSu  '^^  ^'^  •""^*  come  over 
could  only  tell  them  to  oral  thaf  rv.!.  °l^  promise  to  come,  but  we 
Indians-three  hunK  or  LfeitSonr^**},'  '""t"/ .. 'T''*^  Near  Bay 
come  to  them.  The  British  CobmbC^rnH'''^"'  '*"\^  'ij'*  ""«=*>  "^  t^ 
Ocean  and  Gulf  of  GeSToV  V™  "'''t*?'  f"  ''°*''  ^'d"  (Pacific 
coast  to  Alaska,  and  iWaska  Xh^  n.l"^  ^1?^","*'  '"  .^'°"»  "P  the 
Brother  Duncan,  want  us  to  come  tZ  ^«^"*^ahtla  settlement  under 
the  new  birth;  more  of  ?he  HoW  cf^ir.J  ^  V^*-  1°  b"°*  '"O'-^  about 
forter;  more  kboCt  the  coming  of  t'^^eVn^n"'!*'  '"  *''\''"=^^  ^'  '^^  ^om- 
returning  who  have  recehe^  the  new  birth  anfe  •  ^'  '}"'^,  '"^**  '^'''^ 
long  to  have  one  of  their  own  rJ»  .{,  ^  ^^^  'T^  ?^  salvation,  thev 
God  more  fully."  ''"^  ''^''°  ""  '^ach  them  the  way  of 

CONCLUSION 

heathi;''abo?fg1n5l'm'rvtnSd''"m"u"lHt:,T'''  '''  *^""'•  ^^-^  '^-^    « 
neglected,    ra^dly'  .^^^'^^^S:^!^,-:^^  '^veTt: 


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326      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

the  Macedonian  cry,  "  ComToyer^ZThll^ls.""^''''  '"  °"''  ^"^  *^" 

educ2^'!'^ons«fatb^%„Tb\1>tZ  n^^^^  an,p„g  them  one  who.  by 
.n,inent.y  fitted  to  rC^eS^  ates^tVi^^^dy^JS^  - 

reecho«  thSr  c^l^it"  ufed°hJnd  ^„'h  '^^VT  *\«°'  ^"^  ^''-''^y  ^^e 
refrain,  "  Here  2A  I,  send  mil "  ''"*'  throbbing  heart,  by  the  divine 

of  n^^^o  -^-of  o^Jh'ch^rch'LTtWtl.'  V'^t^^'P^r  '^'  Shibboleth 
Son  cleanseth  u.  from  all  sin  Believe  ^n.L*^''  ^L°°t''  °*  i«".3  Christ  his 
Shalt  be  saved.  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  thou 

Meanwhile  the  Holy  Spirit  cries  out  • 

How'SXTtSy'ca^f'on'him'i^  wT^  l*^^^'^  ^h^"  "-^  -ved." 
how  shall  they  believe?n  h?m  of  whn™  ♦k"  I*"''  have  not  believed,  and 


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BAPTIST  WORK  AMONG  THE  NATIVE 
TRIBES  IN  ALASKA 

"  A  ^\!^"\  ^'-l^""  ^'''"'°"  °^  >^'ovember,   1881,  under  the  heading 

An  Alaska  Mission,"  we  find  the  statenient-  "  tv.     *  ti      .^^'^'"^f- 

presented  to  the  Convention  at  Eugene    bT Rev.  J    C.  £:"'  "" 

^rJm!:^o]'JhoZ\fl%^l'^i^^  i"   ■•^'•''^Xa,   the 

whom  we.  as  BaptiTts'Y^re'nolisXnra'ir'an"^'"""  "°^''  ^"'^  ^'"°"'^ 

Rocky  mountains!  and        ^  Cherokees,  and  other  tribes  east  of  the 

nnssSSLl'supXs'ir  pSe^'^lo^.nd  "S-an"x^  ^ 

be  obtained  upon  the  North  Star  M;«i^nR     ?    *"  ^V"'-^''^"  mission,  can 

Hom^Misst'n's.^'ieT;  NeJ 'fek° Id^n^r"'' Z."  •^''t,  ^""f ""«  ^^P'-' 
honored  secretar^  R^v  H  L  °Morehoifse  d"  n ''J  Board  through  the 
priety  of  establishing  an  Alaskan  miss'rat  £,  e^'aHyX"""  '"'  ""■ 

the  ScTeSrt"esah''su^cra^  SsSn°""f "  '."  ^"°"''  1"*=  ''^-^  «^ 
as  we  can.  in  all  proper  and  legitTmale  wa"?'    '"''"   "   '""'^   "^'^'^"" 

.n,^^"  ■^""'''.  '^•'^'  ^*  ^^^  suggestion  of  Rev.  T.  C.  Baker  and  in  ac- 
PuiT'^'  "  H  V  'Tr  "^  ^'"-  "•  ^-  Morehouse  for  a  t;acher  from 
Puget  Sound  for  Alaska.  Rev.  J.  A.  Wirth  was  recommended  by  th^ 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association.  The  po^t  on 
or  government  teacher  in  Alaska  had  been  offered  to  the  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  by  General  Eaton.  United  States 
Commissioner  of  Education.     This  position  was  offered  to  Broth e 

wi  h  n  »  XT'"  u''"  "'^""'"  ""'^^^  advisement  and  communicated 
n.th  Doctor  Morehouse;   but.   in  June.    1886,   the  HeraldZ  Truth 

teacher  at  Kadiac.  Alaska;  and  on  August  16  he  arrived  in  Seattle 
Sh.M       ;'-^"^P°'-t^*ion  to  his  post.    On  Saturdav.  August  20    Re 
Sheldon  Jackson,  who  directed  the  missions  in  Alaska    finding  that' 
a    eacher  was  needed  for  the  Methodist  work  there,  and    hft  the 
essel  was  about  to  sail,  offered  the  place  to  Rev.  J.  A    Wirth    on 
he  recommendation  of  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce  and  Professor  Roscoe  wi^h 
he  understanding  that  a  Baptist  field   would  open  with°n  a  year 
Uithm  twenty-four  hours,  however.  Rev.  J.  Dillon  and  M     Spencer 
;^£\J;;rt^^,Se^  ^-  '-  P'-  -  Methodius.  L7l'^ 


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VVirth.  At  the  evening  service  o.  A  ^'  '""''^  ^"^  '^''"^  ^°'  B^'^'hcr 
Church  of  Scatt,e.  Do^lr  jXn  u;e"f/\ 'i!'  '"  ""^  ^'"'  ^^P''^' 
and  stated  his  offer.     Rev    f    P   ?  n  .  '^  '^^  "Alaskan  Mission." 

give  $ioo.  and  $400  was  raised  n  Tf.  '  ■'''  °""  '^'•'  "^^t  »'*^  would 
was  ,uara„.e.dV  a  ^n'Z:'^:Z;:-T^:'^;  $3^. additional 

^Seattle.  Of  this  a„u  u  it  $4  o«,  !a  °'^  ^'^''-''"""^  ''''  "=>P»'^^«  o^ 
the  rcnainder  of  the  edge,  we  e  'T.o'  'T  ^",^^°"^^^  ^^''"''.  and 
'H-ing  asked  if  Brother  \  ^r  h  coul.  V  '"  ^^''°''''-     ^P°" 

Brother  Pierce    with  his  rhilT  '■^^''•''  ^°  '"""'  '"  «hree  days 

pla-^.^lHo'^^out^LYr^o:^  X^>-;nd  discouragements,  quite  unex- 

sending  our  former  pastor  and  re^J^t/.i  *f"  signally  opened    for 

with  his  estimable  wife,  to  serve  aranfnHl''°1"'*''°'"'  ^^''-  J-  A.  W-th 
'n  co-operation  with  Bro   VV   E   RoscJe   at'  K«H"V'"'irr"'-y  ="d  '^-'"" 

Whereas,   Many   friends  and   h,.  ''^'  ^''''''^'  a"*!- 

responded  to 'the  call  for' money ^esu't^r  fT''"'""""  "ave  I.berallv 
the  support  of  Brother  and  Sis'ier  Wir,/    ,  .erefoT  "''"  ^  '°*"*' 

hand^^^f  GSupS^^ras'cSans^'^L*^^"''?^-'^  Joy  the  good 

of  circumstances,  and  in  the  dlooshfon^'P'r*  '"  t^e  wonderful  f,^n 
wrought  together  to  make  readv  anH  f^  °^°"'  *"^"ts.  which  have 
mission  to  the  benighted  people  of  A^ik.  n?f"l  °"u'  "^  '^'^"  Christian 
and  our  Brother  and  Sister  Roscoe    and        '     '°'^''  ^"'^  lister  Wirth 

fields  SboV  S\Ii^SstT^^^^^^^^  to  their  respective 

hope  that  God  will  bless  them  /reatlv-n'^^''^'  ^""^  *'»''  confident 
wherever  they  go.  greatly,    and    make    them    a    blessing 

^^^.Done  at  the  farewell  meeting.  September  ..  t886.  the  pastor  in  the 

A.  H.  King.  Qerk  pro  tern 

can  ^:i^7z:^^is::"::;^^^^orn^.^.^,^,  ^,,,, 

collected  for  Brother  Wirth's  work  ^LeT^  ''"^''"^-  '^^'  ^""ds 
•1:148.50,  making  a  total  oimorlZZ  ^l^'t^'  ^"'^  P'*^^^"  for 
Sheldon  Jackson.    The  shTp  frfS'leH  ..    '  '^'  ^^oo  pledged  by  Dr. 

with  Rev.  J.  A.  WirtranStrr.^'p^Vf^w'E'r^"'^^^;  ''''■ 
Baptists;    Rev.    J.    \v     Currv    anJ        /     tV     .      ^"^^"^  ^"d  wife. 


THE    XATUE    TRIBES    IX    ALASKA  3.,,^ 

The  governmen  offici^^,  a're  an  at  kIh"1  °V'''  n^^'"""  ^^'"''y- 
station  there  were  no  white  Lpru*"'  *"''  *^  ^'■°"'"  ^^'^h's 
.nails  except  once  or  twc^'vl^ri?''*!  ^'''^^'  ^''^'^^«^'  «"d  no 

pleasur.c  of  civilized  life    on-i  fl      comforts,  conveniences,  and 

and  he.  January  13,  1891.  ^  ^   "'^   following  August. 

Prof.  W.  E.  Roscoe  say.s  of  Brother  Wirth's  Alaskan  work: 

ire  £d\'o"le?rLle' R.SrnSu^^^^^^^^  "^'"'2?^  --"^  ^'  Afognak. 
Ruistic  learning  and  ab    urheso^on  ^acco  '^^^^^^^  S^reat  lin- 

from  English  into  Russian  his  minil.  m^S  ^:/"**  ^^  *"s  translating 
He  was  soon  able  ."read  to  TianB^hl?'''''  r°^''^?5  '"  English^ 
people  about  him,  teaching  them  the  nM  „u  f '  ^"^  would  gather  the 
loved  by  both  parents  an^dchndren  iml  l.*.'°'J-  ."/  ^"  ^^^'^  ^e- 
people  would  hopefully  say  when  ?h«.  c,  ^"  ^^  ^^^  ^""^  away,  the 
the  old  teacher  is  com  ng  back 'His  ^^b^  *  '""'='  =°"','?»-  "  P"haps 
who  also  did  excellent  work  ''  ^"""so'-  was  Mr.  John  Duff. 

A  omen  s  Home  Mission  Society  of  Boston 

A  report  from  M.  G.  Reynolds  states  in' October,  1889: 

work''b1;t!hTwill°cLSn£1oKvfeLl'''  '\""?ble  'o  do  constant 
a  Board  meeting,  held  "n  \nril  ?t  wl.  v^^-f".*'  ^^'^e  her  services.  At 
Wood  Island.  A  let  er  from  Mr  Rnc.'  '^°w''  *°  ^PP"'"*  =»  teacher  at 
to  send  a  single  woman  or  even  f^-,?*  ,'"^°'"'"*  "^  'hat  it  is  unsafe 
cause  of  the  drunken  whitemnarwell'afthr'rt-"  '"^  '^J'  '^'^"^-  ''^- 
respondence  with  Doctor  Jackson  ahonr  f,^  J^  f.  "»*'^" ,  We  are  in  cor- 
*ome  place  to  send  a  teacher  ^""'  '*"*'  ''°P*=  ^°°"  ^o  f^nd 

On  May  20.  ,895,  Professor  Roscoe  writes  from  Wood  Island- 

voted" to^'a'"!;,  %a^ige'It°Tv^;^d%'^'.  "aTI  ^^-'°"  Society 
summer  of  1892  the  maS  for  Vhe  k-.-m"'''  ^^^^^f'  ^^  t^^  ear'y 
Island,  and  NiXlarPaXff  teacher  of  the  i**'"^  ^"^  '^"J^^^  a*  Wood 
was  requested  to  superintend  h  "building'  X'^TetJlVf^r'  "  ^^'^'f' 
him  in  time,  the  government  havinir  H Ur^?;,„.  ^j  u-^^  ^?'''"»  t°  ""eac  1 
small  appropriation  from  Co^res"  he  wen  t„  sSn  Kr"°°?'  °^'"^J°  ^^e 
layed  the  work  till  the  spring  of  180,^  en  VV°  I  R  ^""^isco.  This  de- 
charge  of  the  mission  work  In  a  few  dav«  ,  °''°i  ""^^'^  i°  ^^^^ 
selected,  and  work  on  the  premise/ h^Jn'  T.,^°°*^  ''*5  '^^'^  ^e^" 
"aly  cleared,  and  a  garde/c'Sed  in  .hJ^  ^T""**  "'^^  P"" 
"rphanage.  (--umatea,    m    addition    to    erecting    the 


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nigm  in  a  drenching  rain     He  saiH-  -  i        '.     "9    P^'ented    himself    ;.f 
A.;^     f        Lately,    another    assisfanf    k       L    '"  '"*  miss  on  could  care 

As  early  as  Septembe-  1802  th^  \v„        .    tt 
reported  the  receipts  for    he   Alaska  OrT     ^°"''  ^^'"'■°"  ^ocietv 
the  sum  of  $4,857.75.  *^'^"'^  Orphanage  as  having  reached 


THE    FIRST   BAITIST  CHURCH   IN  ALASKA 

••  The  first  Baptist  church  in   Ai^  i-, 
"'orning.  July  29,  ,^6.  at  Wood    slanH    R  ^^^%«^K^"'"d   Sunday 
was  afterward  called  a    pastor   pros  d",'     s'"'  "-""."  ^^  ^°'^'  *''° 
the  church,  which  ,s  known  as  ^^0  J  Ul      .  n"    '"  =«"=>lit"ted 
1899  there  were  ten  members    two  h.  .""^  ^^""*'  '^''"'■^h.    In 

•hat  year,  and  two  missl  "d  bv  hnnr"^  »>-<■"  "-eccived  by  letter 
girls  had  been  received  as  candidate,  ^.^k""'  ^^''''  ""^^  '"'''sion 
far  from  making  a  con?:^^ 'Jtifh^i.^:!;::-  -"  ^'^^  ^^  "- 

seventei' mfnSrs'^tnuar,;^".?  ,t^^''.^^T  '^^  .°^^^"'"^   -''^ 

sionary  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  Ihi^  ?'^  "^u  ?'  ■'•^'■^^"  '"'*- 
the  Youne  Men'^   rhric*       ^"'^'^'y-    ^he  churcli  held  its  services  in 

when  they^fre  t  a.S  "r  ^to  thru"'°"  r'.""^"   ^"^'^   ^P^" 
were  hel/once  each tu  day     The  Zch  hST  'f  I'"/'  ^'^^^  '^^^ 
corner  of  Main  Street  and   Fo„rfh    a  "''^**=^  ^  '"^  ""  the 

by  Dr.  C.  A.  Wooddy  Superfnt^Sen^oTM-  '"^  ''"  ^^^  ^"^''^ 
from  Mrs.  Lester  Butler  fSr  SrS^  thl  Missions  on  February  7. 
Home  Mission  Society  Plans  Tor  h.  v.  ''u"^  ^""''^'^^^'  ^^  '^^ 
donated  by  Mr.  Henry  Dozier  nf  M  '''"'"^  ^""  P^^P-^--"'  and 
was  let;  work  was  begun  the  next  dayTn',''  ^'^  ''  ''''  '''''''''' 
-ng  was  accepted  by  the  BuiIrS  rJ'  °"  ;^"^""  '9  the  build- 

the  time  of  the  dedication  oLsunS»  a"""  ^^'  *°'^'  ""  "P  '« 
this  sum.  the  AmSn  Baptist  Horn.  M^"''  ^^^^^  $3-049.  Of 
$x.90o;  the  church-member f  nd  a t'ens  oT°s\ '""''^''^'  P^''" 
Ladies'  Aid  Society,  for  furnishing  $  !o  .1,  ^''^8^^>''  $544:  the 
cash  and  pledges ;  and  the  Sundal  f;hn  1  V'l^^t.^^'  ^^^S  on  hand  in 
land,  Ore.  had  donated  a  romm  °^  '^^  ^'"*  ^I^tirch  in  Port- 

nf  *,,  "dii  uonaiea  a  communion  set  worth  $2r>     ti,»  a^c  ■ 

of  $350  was  asked  fcr  at  the  H^^.v,.-  ,  •     *         ^  he  deficiency 

^'^ItrTrr^^  -^-ibe^or^pa-d^c^^h^  ^^^^  "''""*-  "^^^ 

'898.  as  tL-^mLiS;r;rth?Hl'rM""^  ^^"^.^^^^-^ '"  o-'^''-. 

mendation  of  Rev.  VV  H  Latou^Sf?.^  f  T,  ^""'"'^  «"  **>«  ^^"^o-"- 

had  charge  of  the  dedic^iion  se/v  ^     Rev  Hi"  \T"l'  "'^^'"""y- 
preached  at  n  a   m   a  ^trn^„       \         .         "'  '-  Morehouse,  D.  D.. 

"-7.  last  clLse;  and  Rev^clTo^H'^rr"  '^°"^  "^"^^^ 
evening.    Brother  Wooddy  said:  ''^■'  ^^  ^-  P'"^"'^'^^^  '"  the 

■ittle'''irch'^'°o1Vr-S  ILZt'  "" -^^  "^j,  fT.  -^--"^  for  ,ho 
hopes  has  been  made  possible  bvX'  rJ,^      jielightfiij    realiz.ition    of 

^.  cann.  for   Pasior  Jo^'Ul^^^^Se.  ^t ^^o J!?^; J?^/:.  ^ 


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""""  '""'">■  "f  "■'  No.r..  r.cnc  CO.,... 


share  to  this  »ucce»».     Rev    W    h    r    . 

h.m.  The  mee.ing-housc  was  fu^  a  'the V  "'""  ^'^'''^  *"«'"y  °^ 
ture.s  and  musical  cntertainnicnt"  weVI  '  "''"*^  '"^''"'  ^'«  '«^c- 
'o  'Iraw  men  from  ...oreTue  Inablc  ""T  ""  r'^'^'y  ^^*"*"K^ 
"'eet.ng.  wcrt  held  w.th  the  "0!^^  at  ttl"  °^  "'"""''"•cnt ;  and 
couragenu-nt.  Two  n.embers  werTrccciU  n"'t'  ^'"^  8^^'^'  «"- 
eighteen  in  all.  *  rtcctveu  ni  October.  1900.  making 

'is.sl'^^he*;^;::,^;'^::^^;;'-  A'-'<a  ^'---  -„ducted  by  Ba... 

development  by  .wemict'Sury'Se"  ""tI  '^"  '^^.•^^°*'''  -*' 
qu.nng  gold  in  this  country  is  Lrv.lm.7"-  T*"^^  P^^'^iHties  for  ac- 
exceed  the  highest  expectations  B^t^  '"^'l^;.""*^  ^'■"  doubtless 
the  exhaustless  m.ne  Tr  gold  tL»  „,  P°."'b'l'ties  for  delving  in 
of  human  being.,  .nd  finally  totconV'an'':'''."-  V'°^"  '"«  '^" 
gold,  '-the  new  Jerusalem  "  ?s  far  L  V  ''  '?  '^'^  «'^^^  <=''y  "^ 
equally  the  prospectors  and  mi  .or  "  God  ,"'  '"''  "'""'^  ^'''"'""^^ 
f  witury.  "^  '"""^"  '"  God  s  service  in  this  twentieth 


SCANDINAVIAN  WORK 


CHAPTER  I 

BEGINNINGS 
'875-1893 

^^^c"iJ:Z%T.!Zs^^^^^^^^  to   the   U'i„a.cue 

.he  Scandinavian  Mission'^Tnd  hfsTat'rs  h'atT  ''k?  '"""^^  °' 
have  confessed  their  faith  in  Jesus  by  baotism"  v^"J  '^u  "'^-  ^'^^ 
of  the  work  is  found  until  in  Janua^  iffl  ih.  'V  ^T^"  "''^"''°" 
was  opened  by  the  Mission  Board  oT'thfr  Scandinavian  work 
Pacific  Coast  by  the  appointmSt  of  P  S"^*"i'°"  °^  t^"*^  >^°^'h 
a  general  missionary  7ZT^TclfJZ{  ZZ''''''''"'  '%  ^^'  ^* 
lowing  clipping  from  the  report  of  he  BoarHrr'-  ^'''^  '"'■ 
show  the  nature  of  his  work:  ^   °*   *'""   > *"'■"■   will 

cngaged'^„'".h^n,Sy'''and°„°''"^°"'  ^•'-  ^P"-  -->  -ar.  has  been 
m  Minnesota  WisconsTn.  a"nd  Hlino  ' ^arn^e  T^t  'T''^  ^'.'  countrym'  1^ 
to  do  something  for  his  countrymen  m?„T  t  't"  '^  PP"  Coast.  lonRinx 
great  field.    The  Board  felt  a\  if^nA^       *^  of  whom  are  hv:ng  upon  this 

has  laid  the  foundation  for  a  great  work  H^r/""-'^'''"^ 
and  many  settlemems.  traXg  lopZ  Hi^V.n^*  '"'"'•'^  ^  '"^^^^^  '^^ritorv 
rrt-  ^^'''■'♦''^en  '"  Portland  wh^ereK  I  ""u  *T'  ''^  ^""^^  "'-^ 
?;ho  have  had  the  best  opportS's  To  know  r^».  i  'l"  ''"^1"=>«ers  and 
m*'*'  /°'  '''^  ^^^l'-  •■•nd  trustworthy  Wr  kIn*"*'  1*''=  ■"""  ^s  eminentiv 
■mporunt.  and  will  be  constamirincreaSg''Jn""r'h"nd"°''  '"  ""'  ^"-^ 

able  l:fZ  ^h;  but  Tn?d:d.?at:d''frr^'  /Tl""^'  ^^-^  -"-^- 
^hip  in  Seattle,  costing  %  /c^ltu'""  "^  l^^^*-  «  ''""^^  of  wor- 
First  Baptist  Church  u^ntHth^'prr^^  ""'i-  ''"^•^  '"  ''^''  ''>'  t^e 
was  organized  in  T883  He  performed  tifcl"'"''"  ^'^'^''  ^'^"^^'^ 
"uildinsr  a  house  costing  $r  L  Zvb  ""/"f/"^'«  '"  Tacoma. 
cnpancy  of  the  First  Scandina^n  n  \  ^^'  ''"'^  '■^'•^>'  ^«^  ^he  oc- 
fhese  churches  were  const  ucSw^rH-"^'"''''^  '"  '^-  '^"'h  of 
pastor's  family.  Brother  Xln-c^"^  ?T'  """^'^^'^  ^'^^  ^he 
performed  a  imark.hle^^^enS/^.^J^f-  -W.  ^^J^ 

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BAPTIST    HISTORV   OP   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


N  i: 


^nZ  tSr  d^^;';:  l^t-ll- "^  --  '^-  .  a„y  .her  .nan 
and  b.blical  'founk'tion  ^vl^h^Ta"  put  The  's*^'  'f^'"^  '"^  "-^'^ 
abreast  of  the  Americans  in  the  great'^work  nwl'"  n""'^"  P^°P'^^ 
years.  He  was  a  man  of  God  a  hrn?h  u  ^^^  ^^P''^^^  *"  'ater 
loved,  and  honored,  and  £  tas  heS  -'nir  ''f '^  ^P^"^'^^^'^' 
conventions.  His  great  lovine  hearrlK  i  T'  Associations  and 
peoples  and  all  depfrtments  of'aSstork'^'  '"   '"^""^   ^°^  ^" 

the  Sca^iran^fnJil'rptSrt  thf ?"1  '''^  ^^^  ^^^ 
The  Scandinavian  Conference  nrll  .  \orthwest  Convention, 
the  Northwest  Conven"  on  ?£  a^A '""^  !"   '^''  '^'^-"P^-'-ted   with 

Scandmavian  churches  So  gtg"  o  the  dSm  T"  '°™^'  '^  "^^ 
Convention.  ^   ^         ^  clitterent  Associations  of  the 

l>ad  ^eSVs^vtdis7ctSrce°oVtt  v'"f"p^^''^"  ^•'"^^ '  ^''e.e 
quarterly  meetings.  At  tl  ^1^  h^n '''  ^.^''^'  ^°^^''  ^'^''^f'  held 
1890.  the  question  of  reorgan  zin^fnfn  q"  ^T^''  °<^'°''^^  '7.  18, 
fcrence  was  discussed  anfr™  ^  ",  S<^andmavian  Baptist  Con- 
consideration :  and  at  tie  m  rnehelH  '  p  '',^  '^'^-^hes  for  their 
'^.  13.  1890.  it  was  voteS  laSousK  to"  vT^^^\^'''  ^^'^^'"•'^^ 
ference  and  to  organize  a  s"  nH  ^    ^  '^'/''^"'^  ^^e  Swedish  Con- 

frame  a  constitulon  or  'he  ne^'cnn?"'""'""-  "'^  ^°'"-'"^«  ^° 
also  one  to  confer  with  tie  No  h west  Conf  ^  '''°'"''"''  ^"^ 
and  most  satisfactory  plan  of  work  H.nr?  ,k  '°"  ^'  '°  ^^e  best 
the  Northwest  Convention  he  Or^^nr^  '^"^^^  ^'^'^  ^^"^^^^d  to 
Mission  Society  for  th  ge'n  ro„s  a  d  "  5;;"""^'°"-  'f  '^e  Home 
Scandinavian  churches    ^        °"'  ^"^  "  ''^d  given  to  the  struggling 

of  thi  No'reT^orentt  fsTt'r  f  "^^^ "  '"  ^''^  '"^-- 
secretary  of  the  Mission  RoTrHf     It.      P"*"'  °^  ^^^-  D-  D.  Proper,  as 

Under  Sie  heaS  of  ™  dtnrvtan"  t:  ^:"'  °^  '^"^"^^  ^3-3o'  .89T. 
with^ttefpJed^l/^^^^^^^^^  ?-hes    now   number   ei«ht. 

operation  with  the  Con^vemio'^^'ir^h^^  I^^^'e  Js'sl^n  t'cieTy""""^   ^°- 
«rstlS^:S.:S^,;^^,^^^;|^n  C^e^^     met   for  its 

=:XeS;;:^i  j:rd.sS^^r^"2- s^^^ 

were  adopted.  The  conferenCackno  f '/"^  appropriate  resolutions 
and  sympathy  of  the  Sthwei  C-  T'^  ^^ratitude  the  help 

Society.  The  Women'r^pSt  Horn?  m"  '"^  l^  '^'  ""'"^  Mission 
especially  for  sending"  MSXh^rMS:"^'^"'^""  '''^"'^-' 
Scandinavians  of  the  far  West.    The  chXTLI  ZLT^V'I 


--    ii^LJ.  -  _  i," 


ffj-.i-. 


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Oregon.    The  Conferenc7chaneed     !  ^^^^h.ngton  and  northern 

before  the  session  or'he  Nofthwesr  r  '  °^  '"'"''"^  ^°  ^^  '"  <=0">e 
Unusual  .nterest  and  spi  tui^ty  ^revaitd"  tS^^".  'T'^^'.  °'  ^^'-• 
■ng,  and  several  rose  for  prayers  ^    ^'^^^  "^^^^^  the  whole  meet- 

sionarVl'r"Li;;ede7b''cahf!V.;l'-^'^r"  '^"'"^  ''^  «--^'  -- 
the  Home  Mission  Sodei^  ^^^''^"'■"'a  and  Oregon,  by  appointment  of 

extend  aid  to  support  the  torkTX'*r.r"\'''l  ^°"^"«"«.  and  to 
dollar  that  the  Conference  raises  for  i!l\^'^  °^,  """^  dollars  to  one 
Convention  treasury  not  to  exceed  $i  ^^  work  and  to  pay  into  °he 
contributions  of  the  Conference  '  ^"'  "'^  ^°="'d.  including  the 

for  l^omeTsSL'^S^toirto^t' s"-?""*^^  °^  ^^^  '''^-'"^^ 

1893  ne  find  ,n  the  report  of  the  Convention  Bo.rd  that 

t^T^'^'-^'^iS  -i  ^£^t"  churches  have  withdrawn 
Swedish  churches  are  oreani/p^  i!!!^  1,  ""  •.?""■  Associations.  The 
ference  next  year.  Three  neTsJedkh  chnrV'"''i  ^\'^^  Swedish  Con- 
diiring  part  of  the  year  Lv  O  fficon  u  J;''"  ^^^  ^""  organized,  and 
>n  doing  a  general  mission  work  amon<rth^  ^^P^^Y^^  by  these  brethren 
great  need  of  active  wnrk  Jl«  among  the  Swedish  people  Ther?  ;« 
Women's  Home  M  ssZ  Sodet/  Li''  r^^'i  k'^^'"  Malmberg!  of  the 
among  these  churches  and  destitute  Jlaces''"   ''''°""^   '°   good^'purpose 

.his  -S^'Z  'o°f 'Sese'four^'thotand'firf "  ^i'^'^^'  ^"--"'l  Swedes  in 
fi.e  thousand  nine  hundred  in  Tacoma  '^'"^  '"""  '"  Seattle  a„S 

W?g\^Xr^sh°^h^u^4i'LaSrT"'f,°'"  '*•  P-'-  ^^-"•.  to  the 
couragement,  and  we  believe  it  wHlh.  fu"  ^  '°"'"  °^  K^eat  en- 
ehangmg  threatened  defeat  fnto  JoLn  *^!  "'"."^'  ""der  God,  of 
Baptists  of  this  nationality.  He  lias  stated '^  ^°^  Christ  and '  the 
^S.i'^nSe.'^  ^'-"-  no  S^AaS'^  g^Xle 

,,^^^.  or  s^ir"hre%?ntiS  ?o^'rd';^gt^;r  .^/v'!-"-''"  ^^---nt. 

-^d^-?  ^er^Stm-f-  '"  ^^^^-l '^f  ^^t^  JC^J^el' tf^ 

havi.;?:  SScS ;;:  h;;,::l;:';^°f  ^^""-^-^^'^^^  <^h„rches. 

-ho  have  baptized  sixteen  '''  '"^  ''^""'>-  ""^^'-  ^'-^  Pastors. 


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Scandinavian   churches   appear 


as 


The   Norwegian-Danish   and 
unassociated. 

NorwUtbaShcJurcJ'SlSH^^"'"^""  "^^'^  -^^  the  First 
ent.  o'ur  nation:f  d^^o^^L't  on  f  ocilti:/;:?  Sveff  '°  ^"  T' 
ation,  as  was  also  the  State  work  Bro  c"  ^  •'^"^  ^onsidcr- 
porter  of  the  American  nlntilft;  kv  •  '  '''  '■^'  ™'Ssionary  col- 
written  pape^  on" ""r  dee Jn^the"?;":''"  Onf^;  T^  ^  -"' 
wo.,  gave  herse.  to  Jesus  af  tht^JS,,  a^d  cor^errf 


CHAPTER  II 


SWED 


H   CONFEREXCE 
1899-1900 


Permanei.t    organization. 


"...ting.     For.ign-mi„ro„;:    AuguToiion       AnlcwN    ^^."""o'    "°"'-      2""'"'^ 


and  1897.     Contributions. 


AssoI!yti"a:d%X^'iLeI'ofr^;t;^^^^^^^^  corresponds  with  our 
the  Master's  work,  hdds '^quarterly  Sti^'^TST'^h'  *".?  '^"^"^y  '" 
directly  with  our  Convention  meetings.     The  churches  co-operate 

Pubaon^Tocfe.?tt^^^?t"of\"*cX«e'r%r^F"^C^'^     "''''   V^^^ 

with  the  preaching  of  rhTgorpd'by'Va'pTistf  ""^  '°  '"^"'^  '^"^'^  P^°P'*^ 

een  meK'^onXsteld  ^fSVorkne'/d  "'"?  ^'^^^  """^^^-^  -"^  eight- 
very  profitable  if  we  had  2  meat  t?do1r^Tl,;'R'*'°."'t''^'^5^^ 
in  the  support  of  three  pastors.  ^°*'"''  "^^^  *'«^ed 

Under  xVorwegian-Danish  work,  Brother  Proper  says: 

bering  iU't%hirty-fi'v"Si'nd''i;  Z^fr"^  ll!'^  P^°P'^-  "°-  ""•"- 

sand  more  in  Bri^h  ColSX"'shou  d 'be^l'n?arg"ed'  ¥ht' vJ.  '^"  V^^"' 
had  one  miss bnarv  in  Seattlp  anH  ^no  ;„  x  '^"'^'^K^^i-     ihis  year  we  have 

organized  by  BroTher  Finwall!  in  Ballard     °'"'-    ^  new  church  has  been 
Under  Women's  Home  Mission  work,  it  is  said: 

.ivin?^tw^oSds^;T^th"ei?'S;?bX?rtl^'^  Scandinavian  work  ,, 
with    earnest    zeal    to    provide    the    funHcf'''''.J^"''P?^e'    "^^^^   worked 

devoted  to  her  work  in  visiting  the  circles  Society,  has  been 

T„n.^\^I"   ^^l  ^""'•■"a^'an   Baptist  Conference  met  at   Seattle  in 
Jnne,   1893,  the  sisters  held   a   missionary  meetine      The  H^fflrplf 
home  m.ssion  circles  of  the  State  reported^misSy  zlal  and  eZ 
to  be  m  a  very  encouraging  condition.     Three  youJig  women  were 

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^s^  :s!rir£  s^rsrr^h^  -^-^  -Chicago 

organization    w^s   eTc Ld     whh   Jht"^  ,f°'"'^  °^  ^''^  ^^'«^-     The 

Mrs.  A.  Olson,  of  Sk    vke  nrlsfdenf  r"^;'^'.^^  =    ^^^''''l^"^' 

treasurer,  Mrs.  Sjoberg    s;cretary  Mrs  M^'"r^f ''''^^  Malmberg; 

of  $9  was  taken  to  begin  the7ror/anf,L        J  ^/'^'°"-    ^  "=o"«tion 

tlie  organ  of  the  W'Jnei '    fiS  Ho.r  M"  ^  "T^'""  °'  ^'''•'•^^' 
following:  P     ^  "°'"^  -Mission  Society,  has  the 

rniss/o^ar/„,^eetiTe?d  •^^"^"'^d  at  the  women's 

to  the  noble  eflforts  of  the  sfsters  Z«,^,h  ,  1-  ^^''^t  Convention,  refers 
times.  She  refers  to  the  orSatbn  of  tlt"'^'"«  ^^e  stringency  of  the 
reorganization  of  four  others^'givfng  "a  totatofVrr  '''"'J'^^"'  ^"^  '"e 
Washington.  She  speaks  very  kindlv  nf  th.  •  °/ ^, ''u'''''^'''"  '"  *«' 
secretary  last  spring,  and  the  iraDulse  JivJ^  f'Tu  °^  *^^  corresponding 
summary  of  her  labor,  the  vicn^esident  m.*?-  ^^^  ''°'\  '"  ^  Partial 
and  hfty  postal  cards  wruten,  and  manv  0^^,  nf'??'  '''°  '^^'^'''''^d  '^«"s 

The  service  of  Miss  Anna  Beaven  ^.h.  °V""^l"'^  distributed, 
young  people  and  children  was  referred  to  ^Ifth  '"  '^'  ^^''^  ^'^°"<^  '^e 
.^"^■l  of  directors  gratefully  recoCTued  '?  ni^'^h  a,PPreciat.on ;  and  the 
the  Scandinavian  sisters,"  savs  M?^  Reaven  "  k  ^  ^*'  and  sacrifices  of 
more  favored  financiallv.  Forwork  in  thJ  ^;,„.5""^?  ^  J''"^''  *«  ^o^ie 
women  of  west  VVashington  Lve  con?ributeH  l^^;"^^-/-^"  department  our 
work  of  the  VV.  B  H  M  ^  th^^ft  ■  ^  ^^^^-  Toward  the  general 
while  $201.90  has  been  eiven  f:.  »^,    ^^^'n^^,  have  amounted  to  $201  os 

School.     S^plies  sen"  fo  missVnarief /n  "''   ^  '^  ?""."^  '"  ^^e  Training 
valued  at  $5205.  missionaries  for  use  m  industrial  schools  are 

SeattYe"as^r  a'crot"fie?'re^^uS"'to"s^^^  "'^'^^  ^^«-  f^O"- 

pastor  of  the  little  church   at  whose  nrln°  ^P^'^l''^-  where  he  becomes 

which  our  missionarrMUs  Mrimber^  ^h,c^^*'°"  t^  ^^^  P^"^"*.  ^nd  to 
ing  the  past  year     Mrs    OuAn  i?.,j  *''  ^^-^  ^"'^"  ^er  motherly  care  dur- 

Band  in'sea.i![le"which"w?^°Sud"bl  glaTTw?  c^ou^'^'^i^^'^"'^  ¥''^^- 
Tidings  It  is  a  beautiful  group  of  Swedish  V.,Tm  '^°'^^\l°  reproduce  in 
society  $10,  the  result  of  thek  own  earnL,  ''t?'  ^hey  send  to  our 
amount  to  the  Foreign  Mission  Soc^efv   ^^     rJ''^^  ^''«  ^^^^  ^   like 

but  willing  members  are  doing  ehe^ver^^s,T„„„°'',k  "."4""" 

SwediJ'  S  f„  ^sr'wSn^rb^'Rtv^'^S'ul^'s  "' 
biblical  subjects  were  ventilated:  \->  in  the  ev,„S,  ;  ^""t 
meetings  were  beld    The  purposes  o,  tC  t SrSeeC  Set 


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in'hnMM*"^  interest  in  missions,  to  promote  spiritual  edification,  and 
to  hold  reviva    services.    The  three  pastors  of  the  Conference  were 

u'e  meSgs^  "^'  ^'■''"'  °"  '''^''  ^"'  '■''^'^'>'  '^''''''''^  "P°"  ^" 

On  June  13-16.  1895,  the  annua!  meetings  of  the  Swedish  Confer- 
ence were  held  at  Ballard.  The  churches  were  well  represented  by 
delegates,  and  all  felt  the  Holy  Spirit  resting  upon  them  Reports 
from  he  churches  were  given  and  sermons  preached  which  inspired 
hem  to  ."^ntmue  to  raise  up  the  banner  of  the  cross.  Bro.  August 
Olsen  n.,  resigned  the  pastorate  of  the  Seattle  church  and  left 
the  C  onferonce  to  go  to  Spokane,  and  Bro.  Andrew  Swart7  was 
commg  in  his  place. 

The  following  resolutions  were  passed : 

to  ail  our  churches  which  are  small  and  poor  may  be  reached    in  the 
fu  ure.  a  helping  hand;  and  that  we,  as  Swedish  churches    may  come  in 
•ith  our  pro  rata,  which  is  one  dollar  per  capita.  ^ 

c.nn^l^'^'^^'  7^^  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  has  not  onlv 
hnX^^*'  ^  colporcer  on  our  field,  but  has,  in  addition  to  that,  donated 
books  to  our  Sunday-school  libraries,  etc.,  be  it  ""naici 

Resolved.  That  we  extend  our  hearty  thanks  to  that  societv  anH 
recommend  to  our  churches  and  Sunday-schools  to  emer^ber  k  in  the^r 
prayers,  and  in  as  good  collections  as  possible.  '^'"^cer  it  in  tneir 

Resolved  That  we,  as  a  Swedish  Conference,  extend  our  heirtv 
thanks  for  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union's  zealous  and  grand 
efforts  to  send  the  gospel  to  all  nations,  and  that  we  recommend  to  our 
churches  to  give  freely  and  abundamly  to  this  blessed  missTon 

M.-cc^/i^Q^'^'  J''?*  ""■?  ^''*^"?  ^'^='"'^5  to  the  Women's  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  for  t..e  good  work  the  societv  is  doing  among  our 
Swedish  peop  e,  and  appreciate  with  con.idence  and  sympathy^  work 
done  by  our  sister,  Miss  Mathilde  Malmberg.  hoping  to  have  the  privS 
JlVxr°'^  *«'  coming  year.  We  recommend  the  WomenV Bap?rst 
Home  Mission  Society  to  be  remembered  in  our  churches.  ^''Pi'si 

Signed : 

O.  J.  Johnson, 
Andrew   Johnson. 
A.  G.  Hall 

The  Norwegian-Danish  Conference  was  organized  in  1895,  with 
four  churches  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-two  members,  under  the 
care  of  two  pastors,  who  had  administered  baptism  that  year  to  fortv- 
eight  persons.  ■' 

In  October.  1895,  the  Convention  Board  reports: 

,^r^7^^A^l^-^l^^  Conference  now  numbers  eight  churches  and  three  hun- 
dred and  thirteen  members.     During  the  year  three  missionary  pastors 


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NORTH    PACIFIC    COAJT 


have  been  aided  at  an  exp-nditure  of  $i  ic„  Ti,  v 
Conference  numbers  four  duirchcs  with  nn  J''i  V''*«8'a"-i-'an'>Ji 
members  and  two  missionar  es  hive  ZVn  <"''  ''""^/ed  and  eighty-two 
ation  of  $800.  This  maker/. ^tai!  ""•  ^''PPorted  with  an  apDroori- 
navian  work,  or  at  the  rate  of  four  SSflTr^'n"""  °'  ?'-'S0  to  the  Kd  . 
work  has  brought  better  frutage  than  w^'^fiL"'*""'"-  ^°  P^^*  «f  cur 
this  people.  This  also  is  a  very  imnort.m  ^  .'""?"^  "^^  missions  to 
unquestionably  Washington  an"  BHHsh  cllf-^K-  °^  °"'  ■^'"*°"^-  fo" 
more  nearly  the  surroundings  and  condition«^!?l  ''ePresent  to  them 
any  other  S._te  in  our  counfry  I  win  nrL°/  "'e''-  "at've  land  than 
ber  of  people  of  these  nativities  w  be  ^phiIh"^  ^1^°'^  ^J^^*^  "">"- 
portion  of  them  are  nomina   v  r.,^f  *  settled  with  us.     The  greater 

evangelical  Christ  an.tyU^  are  lavin'.°  '''r°"-  ""'  '*"°^^-  "^  'e  "f 
hgious  development,  and  ♦he  work  o"^h»'  k""''''''°"*  ^°'  »  '^"«^  re- 
th.s  IS  scarcely  practicable  with  the  me^anV..  '  ^V-^  '""?''  ^"'arged.  but 
continue  loyal  to  the  Convention  in  trv^L.  **"  ''"P°"  "  •  •  ^"^  ^'^ter. 
work  Ovying  to  the  financial  s°?ingencrof  the 'tr.ri),"'^^""'^'"^^*^" 
able  to  raise  as  much  as  usual  for  the  work  T^.  r""^*'  ^'^^'^  ""'  "«" 
this  work  was  $373.7:^  The  total  ,1^..  .  /  ^"^  Convention  part  for 
eight  circles  is  $%!,.  whfch  L  slm  leM'°"5"''"*'°"^  from  twenty- 
Beaven  continues  as  vice-ores^dent  m;  n*''^"  '^^I  y^^^'  ^I"-  S,  \V. 
most  of  her  work  as  g"ne^al  m  "sjon^rffor  X'  ^^."f"  ^l^'"''^  from 

church  at  Tacoma     Thi*  ^«„f«,-.      '"cciing   with    the   Scandinavian 

about  one  h'nrd  a^d  n  ne"y  ^e-bm^Tni  1  '""Z  '^'""'^^-  ^'"^ 
uJiited    efforts     to    soreaH    fhl  '"^"'7"'  ^"d  it.s  object  is,  through 

Danes   who  a^.^o  rrrou^on^Z'cor-^Re^ d'^dT^"^   ^ 

earnest  appealTo^al^  Jes^e  M^'  eSXM^e' Tta^e"  C  ^''  '"'  ""^'^  ^" 
trying  time.    Rev  1  A  Tohn.nn  !.Tt  ^'^  Convent-on  in  this 

UnioLnd  its  grand  work  ro.i^thJn'?'"''  Tu'  °" '"^^  Missionary 
tH.  year's  statistics  thatthrmon^ey  pai^loTheM''  ''"'•  '^'^^^^'"^  ''-^ 
■r-ught  greater  results  in  thrsalvaHnn     f  '''^^^'««'0"«■■y  Union  had 

by  any  other  denomin:t;on  in'  ^  ^e' fi  ^d  CoTpt^  G  7"  '"  l'*'^^" 
the  Publication  Societv  and  its  Jt^Tf.r.  r°'Porter  G.  Berg  spoke  on 
All  these  speeches  were  full  of  wir>  T.""^  '^^  Scandinavians, 
the  privilege  of  being  In  the  L.T.''  '"''  ^'''  '"^  =*"  P^^^^"'  ^^'^ 
biht;for  the  advancem^t  of  hf  kngdom^Res^r't-'  '''''  --"P^"^- 
expressing  sympathv  and  grat  tide  £  the  wo  V  ."'  '"T  '/°P'^^' 
societies.  '•tmine  tor  the  work  of  each  of  these 

In  October,  ,896.  the  report  of  the  Convention  Board  says: 

and  Th^;ySi^meSl";::;ih  tu??a'sto?s"tr,  ^"'^  ^"^^"^^  '^""<'-'' 
addition  of  one  pastor  for  the  St  and  r.rf/,  m  reenforc.ng   by   tho 

four  Norwegian-Danish  churches  with  onSh,^  ^°T  ^^urches.  The 
menibers  and  only  two  pastors  need  The  ad^HHnn  .f  '"''  ^"^  eighi^-nine 
worker.  '  ""^^  '"^  ad(Jition  of  one  more  missionary 


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\Vn-h""V"^'  '5^^.'  "'^.  ^'''"^''^  Conference  was  held  in  Skagi'  City 

Everett    gave  a  very  acceptable  address  on   "  Sys  en  at  c   Giv  nJ"' 

Church  of  ?hr!^t.-"   """■'''  '   ^"^^  «"''"    — »   ""   "  The 
The  church  letters  and  statistics  showed  that  the  work  had  been 

e;;fa;';:i"frSm"tr"','"T':'^'  ^^  ^  ^""''■'  ^-^  *■-  -Lils  t  h  d 

Steen       T'Lm         .'^""^^^^=»"'l   ^^^ty-one  to  three  hundred  and 
Mxteen.     To    home   missions    the   churches   contributed   $24;  76-    tn 

S" $;";:;'?;■  ^\'V''  '?  P^^'°-'  ->-'-  and  Ltde'nfaf'ei" 
penses,  ^1.707.12;  and  the  total  expenses  are  $2,915.12  Four  churche, 
had  the,r  own  meeting-houses,  valued  at  $6.^00  w  th  a  debt  of  $to 
One  new  church  had  been  organized  at  West  Ferndale   Wash     Sth 

ourte        ,„e^b,  ^^^^^    ^^^^^    ^.^^    ^  belonging    to    t 

Conference,  and  eleven  Swedish  churches  in  the  State         ^ 
Besides  the  usual  resolutions,  the  following  was  adopted: 

"■  Silr  ^^ '^" '"'- ^=  5:^^- r^r-.^-: 
is  £a»s^ -lis  te  ^'^s"S^  -  - -'°E 

In   October,   1897,   the  Norwegian-Danish  Conference  had  still 

IZ  fn";'  "  f"  '^^  P'^^°^^-    '^•'^  »°'^'  "nembership  was  one  hun 

rnty-st^SSns:^''''  "'"^  ^^^^^^'"^'  ^^^  ^^^er^dditions.  td 

June    23-26,    1898,    seventeen    delegates    represented    the    nine 

Whatcom      F-'  '"'''?  ^^"'^^^"'^^  '"  '^^  — '    "-ting  at  New 

•    E    Randfr  T^"^."'u    ""''"  P'"^"'   ^"^   ^^-^^   visitors.     Re^T 

1  e  Lvemion  fiHH     tV"'  "f^  °^  ^°^P^'  ^''^'^''^S  ^"^  labor  on 
tne  convention  field.    The  moderator  was  Rev    N    Ha-lanH    nf  t, 

coma;  the  vice-moderator.  Rev.  A.  Swartz f  he  secSa  ^    A     oL 

the  Roliirpf  "r^''^'^  o^  Norwegian-Danish  Conference  with 
the  Rolling  Bay  Church  on  Bainbridge  Island  where  a  new  hZZ 
or  worship  was  dedicated  on  Sundav^  June  12.  i^g  free  of  debt 
with  sermons  by  Brothers  Johnson  and  Randall     ^  *' 

renort"eH  h'^'-'^^^u  '^^  '^'''''^''  °^  ^^e  Swedish  Conference  are 
•eported  as  having  three  hundred  and  forty-one  members  and  thl 
Xorwrgian-Danish  as  still  having  one  hundred  andTenty-^even 


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342      BAPTIST    nxSTORV   OF   THE   XORTH    PAcinc   COAST 

^^•asi!rn"ion  was'hSd  I't'seaTtle'^?;' a''^  ^°"^"^"«  ^^  Western 
was  elected  chairman-  Rev    \    H-,!^      .     /'4"'  Johnson,  of  Skagit. 
Kev.  L.  W.  Linder.  of  Sealile  "co^r^      ''•.  °^  ^'"°'"^'  vice-chairman 
son.   of   Seattle.    yicts:JS^%'^^^^^^^^^^ 
treasurer.  ^'   ""^o'ler  A.   Lovegreii.   of  prcston 

and  JftsrTLtaTamtnt'"f''^  ''''"''''  -^  ''^-  hundred 

but   since   the   Convention     ad   with!   """'^.^r'.^  '°  ^>'  ^^'^  P^^^ors. 
Ballard,  Rev.  F.  O.  Lonn  had  fo  ,nH  •^''"  ^"'   ^'■°'"   '^'  ^^urch   a 
only  four  pastors.     The""  were  ri.^e  ^   "f  "''u^  '°  '■"'^'  '^^^ing 
ence.  with  an  enrolment  of  three  ^1/'^'^"'^''"°'^  '"  "^^  Confer! 
sixty-eight  teachers,  an,    Ue/ha/r.H  ..'"''  ''^^''''^  P"?"^  and 

Besides  sermon    b     t  rsSish  hr.i^'^''^  ^'^'"  '^'  >'"^- 
ence  listened  to  inspiring  addres^s  hv  ^''^7"  P'-^^e"^  the  Confer- 
Hause   and  Rev.  A^V.'I{;•£,"o7  Lo's  A^ge £  Caf '"''"'  ^^'^^^'^ 

-^  ss:^;SnS^r^sr"j:^^s^~d.th 

preached   the  annual    =ermon    Jr"'     T  »,      ^^  ^-  "°'^"-  "^  ^^ailard. 

Randall    the  general  misery  ga,e-^astirini''  ,f      ^"'-    '''■   ^■ 
tions  of  sympathy  and  ^ntit„H»  s  'rnng  address,  and  resolu- 

sion  Society.^he'^ConveSn  and T:  "'^'''''"!  ^°'  '""^  "'''"«=  ^is- 
Missionary  Union  ^  ^^^  *'''"^'"^'  missionary,  and  the 

^^Jn  October,  ,899.  the  Convention  Board  reported  under  Swedish 

worS^u^p^o'^^X  ConveZon'Telf  w^^'^^^"  ■'"  ^"^'-"'"^  a  genera, 
commg  of  Rev.  N.  J  Trrnnu Lt  Th;'"'K^/v.'''^.  ^"Sust  i.  by  Yhe 
the  hnes  of  service  indicated  anrfti,'.,'""?^''  '«  ^ell  adapted  to 
work  ,s  represented  in  nine  rhu?ch«  /  h°"*'°°'' . '^  promising.  Swedish 
mission  churches,  the  Seattle  churrh  h"''  '^'f/^'  outstations  Eight  Tre 
the  work  consists  of  large  contn"bmonsnf^''^"'"V"'"/"»-  ^  feafure  of 
pnses  and  mission  work.  There  is  earn"?"""''  ^"^  '°"'  ^^'^^'^^  enter- 
of  evangelization  and  sou!-win„?ng.'  "*  ^"'^""^  '°  P^*^"  the  work 

Under  Norwegian-Danish  work  we  find: 

--<i}''^"orni:\lT^^^^^^^  nationalities  in  Seattle 

regions  of  western  WasWnrton     Fo7  thU    /''"  ""^'i"  P'^"^  and  rur. 
have  but  four  churches   Sp  w  i     '*  element  of  our  population  we 

l?n^;T'   'l"   °">y   twolissiona°  y   pTsSr^^'lh"'  °"^hSnd'red"an;i 
general    worker   would    he   a    oractiLl    pJI     r      -^    appomtment   of 
brethren  are  prepared  to  give  heroiMnv  t.  .    '^^'"^*'°"   movement.     C 


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hi  5hv      ^  "^u'^\  ^"■°'"  '^"^  •='^"^^*'"  ^"^  encouraging.     By 
he  add.t.on  of  a  church  at  Preston  there  were  now  ten  churches  ij 
the  Conference,  with  seven  pastors;  there  were  one  hundred  and  ten 
Sund^  '°  ;'"  "^^'"'^'^^^'^'P  --'  fifty-one  diminutions,  leaving  fou 

?6^c  ,8  Th  ''"'"'''"  r"'^'^'''  '^'  t^t^'  ^^i^""'  raised  was 
?&.3Si-  8.  there  were  twelve  Sunday-schools,  having  fifty-five  teacli- 
ers  and  four  hundred  and  forty  pupils. 

.h.  ?^^-  .'V'Sust  Olson  was  called  from  Iowa  to  take  the  place  of 
the  Swedish  general  missionary,  Rev.  \  I  Thornnui<if  vvh«  h.A 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Tacoma  Swedish  church    ^"°'"1"''''   ''^°  "^^^ 

ear  should  be  used   for  the  missions  in  the  Philippines,  and  also 

^ir^"  r'"'"''-  '''°"'''  ""'  ^''°^^"  '"  '^^  Sunday-school  work  by 
holding  extra  sessions  to  consider  it.  and  that  the  sincere  thanks  of 
he  Conference  be  sent  to  the  Home  M-ssion  Society  and  the  Conven- 
tion, in  appreciation  of  their  liberal  help 

•ind  Rev  T   V    h""^""'  'u"  f "'."'  '"'^^'""^'-y  "^  'he  Corvention. 
dresses  "'"'  '"'''''  colporter,  gave  inspiring  ad- 

DnnkhT/?'    '^°°'   'Wl^   ^""""^   '""^'^e  °*   "'^    Norwegian- 
Danish  Conference  was  held  with  the  church  in  Seattle.    Pastor  E 

r^w".  f^'^n  n  ^'^'^'T  °^  ^■^'<=o'"e.  which  was  responded  to  by 
Colporter  G.  P.  Berg,  of  Ballard.  Rev.  Jacob  Larsen  of  Tacoma 
preached  the  opening  sermon;  and  Rev.  /.  W.  Rider  gave  an  earnest 
address  on  "  Foreign  Missions."  earnest 

Rev.   E.  S.   Sundt  was  elected  moderator;   Rev.  Jacob  Larsen 
assistant  moderator;  Rev.  G.  P.  Berg,  secretary;  Rev.  O.  L.  Hoien' 
Portland,    assistant    secretary;    Christ.    John.son    Ballard,   treasurer;' 
leter  Hanson.  Tacoma.  chairman   of  Mission   Board-    Rev    E    S 
^undt.  S  attle.  secretary  of  Mission  Board.  '   "  " 

Ti.J^^l°'^  °^  the  Publication  Society  was  presented  by  Colporter 
Berg,  with  remarks  by  Colporter  Hause;  the  mission  work  of  the 

s^Zrv""".;''!,'  ^'T'f  ^^^'^-  '^^'-  ^-  ^^"^^"'  the  general  mis- 
sionary. Sunday-school  work  and  Christian  literature  were  dis- 
cussed. Resolutions  were  adopted  expressive  of  sympathy,  gratitude 
and  co-operation,  for  the  Northwest  Convention,  the  Home  Mission 
.Society,  the  Missionary  Union,  and  the  general  missionarv.  The 
Sunday  afternoon  session  was  in  charge  of  the  sisters 

In  October.  1900,  the  Convention  statistics  report  the  Norwegian- 
Danish  Conference  as  having  four  churches,  two  pastors,  and  one 
hundred  and  sixty-four  members. 


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THE  BAPTIST  JAPANESE  MISSION  IN 
SEATTLE 

Toward  the  dose  of  the  year   i8o.    nf, 
meetings  had  been  hel.l  i„  the  l\rs    Ba^Lfu'  I  '"'"  "^  «vival 
Fourth  and  James  Streets    thre     Lna?!    '  ^^''''^'  ""  '^e  corner  of 
;.e.r  desire  for  ,n.;r„c,ion    n  t  .e"^  E,   t  f""^  "''"  "^^^'*^  ''"°^^" 
By   the   help   of   the   pastor    Re      r  r  ''"T"^"  '"^  ''''^   B'ble. 

Sherwood,  a  small  room  ^vas  remed  l"  ,""■'*""•  ""'I  •^^^-  ■/•  V\'. 
there  under  volunteer  teachers  SS  tZ'l  "'  ^^  ''^°°^  ^'^^  f^^ld 
Apni.  ,89,  „e  night  a  week  w  g  fn  to' sThf '  ,^r^'""'"^  ^'•" 
L.  V.  Ward  as  ti.e  teacher-  and  in  \r!    I  .    "'"''>'•  ^^'"^  Mrs. 

converted  and  baptized,  the'  fir"?  hoan/s     k"*"  °^  "''^  ^'^'^°'^"  ^''<^ 
afternoon  Bible-school  wa    orglmi;  ,n  ?h    '''""''  '"  S'^^"'^"     An 

The  three  Japanese  who  Tad  "a  k  "d  for  '"'"'""'  "^  '^94. 
members  of  the  First  Church  o     sV.tM      n  '"^'i"^*'""  all  became 

fetob'e?'fh  •"^V'"«u^  ^^S  nigh. Tn"  he  ^^ek'^GoH*'^'"-    ^*  "'''  «i^e"w 
'l^tober.  three  brethren  gave  un  all  ami  ?'     °'^  «'^'"«f  "«  strength      I„ 

talked   ne^,  ''"'i^'^   ^>'  '^«   Sp"?it   'we  ten  Tn^^^l""'  workers^mon« 
arnoncr  P.*"""^"^    «'th    our   coun  rvmen      HnH T  ''°l'/^.  '«   house   and 
fin,?.^.i,  ■  •  ^"1  ''■'^  shall  have  a  greaT  h^rv.c?  •  '"i""'^   '«   sowing   see 
tinue  the  work.     A   Young  ATen^/  rL-  .^  "* ,'"  ''"^  season  if  we  con 
about  th.s  time.     Mr.  and^Irs    J    P'l,  :,1"   '^sscKiation   was  organized 

Uhen  in  .March,  180?    Mr    r    \v    ci, 
c.ty.  the  church  elected  Mr    \    £    Qh.  ."""^  ""^"'"^^'^  ^--^m  tho 

mission.  .Again  the  rooms  p"roved  tl  u  ?"P«'-i"'e"dent  of  the 
the  school:  and  a  house  of  fwen  y  sevin  ro  '"'  ''''  ^"^"'^^"«  ^^ 
Jefferson  Street.  Through  the  effor  fT  ^'"^  ''"'''^^  »'  4^H 
fnends  this  house  was  furnished  nltlv  -n  1  ""'  r""*^'^^  ^"^  'he''" 
been  a  home  to  the  many    rananer!  comfortably;  and  it  ha^ 

Seattle  as  strangers  in  a  strand  i'h  ^  ""'l  ^'^^  ^^"^  «^°'"e  to 
of  Jesus  and  his  love,  and  have  a."  ,  ^^"^  '  ^'''  ^"'  ^'^''^ 
;-d  in  ,893,  and  thr«  received  bTKr.  '""■     '''*^'^^"  ^^^  "^P 


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THE   JAPANESE    JMSSION    IN    SEATTLE  34- 

vacation  of  the  afternoon  schn,.    i„   i  i         .^""P'  for  ""c  month* 
.«r  afternoon.,.  e';er;,t7l;::;di  ^  "'""'  ^^"^  *''=»"  ""  '"  "-' 

.wo  oVtt'o;Ua!X.e"who  h?r1'  r."  '^"'  ^'^  ^-  •^'''>-- 
were  orda.ncd  to  the  m  Itn  ,fu.^f:^^^^  ^"'  '"*'^"'^"°"  '"  '89.. 
an.ination  by  a  council  cX^for,  ^ "^  '^  T''  ''«»'*fa'-'ory  cx- 
the  gospel  to  tlJr  o\;^"  ':;  e'l  L17Z  Br"""r  "rit'"''  ^"  ^"^">- 
on  September  ,5.  within  two  weeks  „f  hi  ?  ^'  °''"^'*'  '^"*''' 
baptized  in  ,894  was  elenteen  and  hr'''''"f""^  ^''^  ""'"ber 
The  average  auldance  a  ^e  scho  1  f„  ';r''"^''P  -"!/'»r,y. 
.lay.  and  at  the  Sunday-schS  etn  Th  tot',r.«"  .'*^''"'.  ' 
the  year  was  two  thousand  nine  hundred  attendance    for 

.in.e,  gave  hin.e.f  unr^se^vSly  "^the  Ma;t:r"^;r:?c;-'"'  "  ''' 

«n4rKlyTar„''irthl\&;d  a'ifd  °/„cta'T\*h  "^  •'-•'^""^-  -< 
did   for  over  three  vears  withr.,,/        <"ncouraged   the   saints.     This   he 

the  dread  diseaserU?umpS°untirrw«k"h;  "'^''^  r"^"'"«  -<''^ 
preach  Coming  from  Seattle  finaMv  an,I  rnn.Mf-  *"'  "?  '°"«"  a'''*  to 
advised  to  go  to  California  He  howeverr"r'''"J^  "  Physician,  he  wa. 
months  later  was  sent  by  oving  Kends  to \S  u°  ^'''^i  ""«'  "  <«^«- 
kmdred  and  friends  in  his  own  helmeH  iL!?  T"^  '"1  ''."  days  amons 

.^^;i  a?iivrr^.^-ir  H'- ^^^^^^^^  -S' 

to  Seattle  and  to  our  m"sfion  but  sm.Lh^  ^k  "°'  ''■'''''•  '  '^"a">'  ""^e 
w;ere  as  bad  or  even  worse  han  mvJif^n  *''« .  ^t^Patiy  of  those  who 
after  drinking  and  caroS  most  of^h^  ScZ  "'!,''*•  ^''""  '  '^■""«  home 
to  me  and  said:  "  Why  dl  vou  Ho  hL^^^'  ^  dear  good  brother  came 
wrong.  You  ought  to  do  differenHv  v  """^'-  J.'?"  "^"o*  thev  are 
Jesus  Christ  to  bl  saved  and  be  a  better  man '•"'"1^.''^''?"^  °"  '^e  Lord 
le   said    and   understood    as   nex^r    "efor^   how  '*''«"«''»  'P'-'^h  of  what 

ie5?d"'^rpt?e;°^„TS;d'i°;«'4-%-^  Hf^^^^^ 

Why  I  cam^  t^  A^^^'S^-^  htry^hfi-i  a^X^tf 


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346      BAPTIST    H.STORV    OF    THE    KOKTH    PACIFIC    COAST 

an^e'l'S^*i"/,::r:,'J„"^  «^^  «rl.«h„  „,,  „.„.  j,^. 

anJ  ;  ra,  .i,,'  ,He„;  "^d  "S  Sf.^'h™  '1°^"'  ^^^  "" 
ecretary,  a  young  TaDane<iP  u.«mo„  "="""»  worK.  While  he  was 
-an  wh'o  ha'd  defe/v?d  h^r  Td  vheridd^ofthr  '''  ■'"'"'°"  ''  ^ 
-as  persuaded  to  leave  him.  and  stayed  at  Ms  wTh-'  T^'^T^ 
some  time.     This  dear  triH    „„nJ    .  .         Wards  house  for 

guage.  and  without  hom/orf  i^  *°  'P^^"*  ^  ^"'"'^  "^  o""-  lan- 
with  the  prXn?of  That  he''"^^'!["^^!5^'  ^^  »^^^-  "'^"v  others, 
came  to  h'er  .nany  t Le^  e  I  L"'?' tht  T ''°°'  ''"''^^  ^^^^''^>-"^ 
to  save  her.    When  she  had ^f J  ^T',  "^^^  ""'"'"^  ^"^  ^^le 

her  Lord  in  bapt' sm  and  w  'f  to''r'"'^  '''"J""'''  '^'  ^°"°^^-^'l 
There,  though  threatened  bvh?.  -^^P"",  *°   '^^   ^   Bible-woman. 

Christ,  andicamTSy  ptrsuadTo^fT'^  t'  T^'"^'^  """^  '" 
gospel.  Xot  long  after  this  Bro^.xt  "^'^  ^"'^  P"^'^""  "^  ^^e 
vinced  that  God  had  calLd  hL  .  '  J^l^.^^'"^'  ^^^"S  fully  con- 
and  went  to  Japan  wte  ,1!  wo^wnV"  '",°"k?  '°""^^>''  ^^^•^-''' 
not  long  ago  he  organized  a  church         '        '  '""''  °'  ^°''  ^"" 

n.emL'^'VflSr^Yo^SrnVchrist-'  \"  ""'^^  °"  ^^  ^''^--^ 
was  considerable  dissatlfaftinn    ^.^"^''3"  Association,  though  there 

but  after  Brother  Okazfkrsr^/'       '''%^'"°'"'""^'°"^'  distinction; 

his  firm  and  kSv  Christ  an  ?nT  'n  'f^^'  ""'^"'"  '^'  '""""'ce  o 

the  organizatfonS  ^Sfptist  ciu  ch     ^""^%^PP^"^d  favorable  to 

had  been  granted  letters  for  th.T  '  -^^P^""'"  ^^P^'^ts  who 

friends  and  teachers  and    liJ        P^T^'t,""''  ^'"^'^  ^  ""-"^er  of 

chosen  moderator    Mr    HtS''  °'''"'  °'''"''''  '''  ""'' 

also  as  secretary  t'oVepor^'inELllh  T.''"^^  i^""  ^-  ^-  ^^^d- 
covenant  of  a  Baptist  churrh  f^  7^^  "*'*='^'  «^  ^'-^ith  and  the 
elected  were  H  rKudo "^5  T  I  l""^  ^f  "^''P'^^-  ^he  deacons 
and  the  treasurer  was  TSakur?^'  vr  T'  '^'  '^''^  ^^^  S.  Hoshide. 
by  baptism  at  intervall'  ^""^'^  ^''^  '^^^^  *°  ^^e  church 

a  corcrated"chr"ti?n'gS'  wT" T^H  /°  ^t^^"  ^^^'"'  "^^  -"-^ 
garten  and  Christian  wok  "S"  v"^''''"  ^"^^^^^  '"  binder- 
served  acceptably  as  pastor      Brnlh^  his  absence  Brother  S.  Kara 

with  ,1,,  „„,k  ,„„  ,,,■  bSiineand^a.i,!'?" /?!"'>■  »'«i»tt1 
brs  a,.  Bap..,  J„„  J^e'rt,^S^r;rht'£,;t,^StavTZ- 


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THE   JAPANESE    MISSION   IN    SEATTLE  ^47 

board  the  steamships  for  the  Japlneses^^^^^^^^  I"'!"'  "^ ''''?  '"^'d  o" 
good   advice   eiven      V,,\Ur   .  i^     ,,■     '  "^ts  arc  distrilnited,  and 

LedIes'\hreaT  buttons  ^ircu"shion"''''anH  '.^1°''-  ""T''  "'"««'"■"« 
been  furnished  by  th.s  VWaC;  Chr'  t. .^'^'a '"  J'P^"^''^'  have 
Tabernacle  Church  and  triven  .n  t^»c  f  ''"^"  Association  and  the 
and  seventeen  AT^.f^^ll  -f^on-'^r^^lt  iS  ^in°p"o%t'""''^^" 
nea^fy1:iv"w:rdayaffeU"^'Ld^'^"^^^        ^"t  °^  ^"^'^  ^■'^•°"-  ^eid 

oi  ^n:^/^^inii"fel^3Erff  --^r  r  s^ 

Mj^s^^tf^iS  Sn^i^ 

and  the  other  supported  by  the  Tabernacle  Chirch'^  "  ''''''"'' 

.r.Jrl  'i'w'''^''^*  '"  '^97  seven  went  out  from  this  mission  to 
preach  Chnst.  One  was  at  Tacoma  with  a  class  of  twentv  one  a° 
Vancouver  B.  C.  with  a  school  of  nineteen;  one  at  O'Brien-  with 
a  school  of  twenty-nine;  one  at  Auburn  with  a  school  of  eight"  oZt 

one  a?^o"wiW  r1'"^  °"'''°"''  "'^'^^  *°  ^"'^'l  *°«"^  "ear-by: 
?asan  had  Jon. ;  T  '  "'"'""^  '^t  ^^P^""^  P^^^^^^^  ^"d  Brother 
Tn  fn  J  fi  ^^P.^"  '"  "'■'■y  '^'  ^°^Pel  to  his  people  there. 
In  1900  we  find  that  the  only  organized  Japanese  work  of  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  in  America' was  don^in  Sea  tie 
and  Tacoma  At  this  time  there  wore  about  one  thousand  Japanese 
ieen  ca  L'd  0''°"'  ^-°  hundred  in  Tacoma.  Baptist  missions  had 
hZhJ  T°"f  *^''"  *°'"  *""  y^"^-  ^"d  a  Japanese  church 

had  been  organized  in  Seattle  three  years  before.    In  1900  this  church 

"aTed":^S   "'^'"•'T'.'^'    ^   J^P^"^^^    pastor.' and    ^roper^y 
rerconvif'c T."l°"  "^^''^  T'  ^  '^'^'  °^  =^3.300.     Fully  one  Inm- 
Jni      U      ^^  ^'f "  ^^'"'^  '"  S^^"'e,  while  five  men  and  one 
woman  had  gone  to  Japan  as  missionaries 


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THE  BAPTIST  JAPANESE  MISSION  IN 
TACOMA 

amont"thL''jTpaneL'Sol"cou„';""''  '"  '^^'  ^"^  "^^'^  --k 
tists  for  assistance    but    a    hV  re     ^^T?'  .^PP^^'ing:    to    the  Bap- 

ft^sr^rr  si-«- p:^^^^^^^^ 

one  of  twenty-fivrmembers  T  "^^  two  schools  for  the  Japanese, 

penniless  and  friendless  "  '"^^"'^^ '"  the  city  as  strangers,  often 
English  free  of  expense  TnJL  ^  "^T  ^"t^'-'ained  and  taught 
the  cities  of  ths  coast  and  S'°"  "'"'*'  ""''''  ''^''"'^  ^^eely  in 
papers  in  JapaL  JvL  L  Z'  ''''i  '"u^  ''^"  P"''''^''^^  in^he 
extending  hospSlity      ^  '''^'-'''   °^  '"'''^   C''"«''«n  home  and 

cordfdTeld;?sX"Sn"'  the  Japanese  pupils  were  re- 

separ'atr?choo  Torn  ttThrltSnf  ^°  '^r^'''  ^"^"^'^  '"  ^ 
cises.  After  some  ddiberation  7h  '  "^^  '"'''°"'  ^^"^'o^s  exer- 
of  twenty  was  be^t  The  tiition^'w^^^  T  ^''''''^'  ^^  ^  «^'''^' 
teachers  from  the^n  on  some  S  the^'  free  s,„,e  the  Christian 
public  schools,  refused  the  proffered  pay  a 'd'th!."'  'T''^^  '"  '""^ 
for  room  rent  and  current%>^!!!I  ^^,'.-  .  ■  "^  P"P''^  P^X  mereh- 
school  started,  fi^e  of  the  ouSr  l"  .•  ^^'k*""  '^°  "^''^^  ^^^^  the 
asked  to  be  instructed  in  the  Bibi;      ""^  '""""^  '"^^  '"  ''^^  -^>- 

Japanese  wortTlTs  IVn^nt"  in^  M^r'^-^"'^"^-^  °^  ^'^^ 
further  data.  "egmnrng  m  March,  1894.    But  we  have  no 


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WORK  AMONG  THE  CHINESE 


CHAPTER  I 

FOUNDATIONS  LAID 
I 842- I 876 

affected.      Sliced    off.      Compromise.      War    of    n,?L,  r^'  ■  '^■■**'  '""«»•   Missions 

legacy      First  Chinese  class.     First  mis^on  in  S»n   P  C.v,l    War.      Four    million 

cety,  Sacramento.  Southern  Board  ^r«  Chfn?./  k"*"'."-  ^"°"«  Missionary  So- 
.n  Sunday-school,  First  Church.  San  Franc  scoT,!  .^""u'  °""  '"">1"<J  and  fifty 
sion  bu.lding.  Three  native  prw  ners  r"v  f  7  ?"'  «''°"""d  dollars  for  a  mis- 
the  churches.     Under  the  Me^ropS  Church  ^'"""°"''  "'   '^-     ^'''"'^  P"'  "!»" 

Home  Mission  Society  Rev T  C  Wh!'i  "*  missionary  of  the 
Horn  to  the  Pacific  rolJ'  i,"  Tlu f"'^""'  ^^'  '^"'  ^^o""^  Cape 
establish  a  mission  in   San   Fr.n  ?   ^^'^   ^°''   ^^'^''   ^"^  ^^ 

Hill,  then  secrealv  of  th.  H  ^V-  -^^  '^^^  Dr.  Benjamin  M. 
spondence  whh  Doctor  Dean  thT^  ^"''°"  ^"'"''y-  °P^"^^  ^°"^- 
native  Chinese  ^ss^nS/lXn'^'^STS  r  ,?"^'  ^\""^"^^  ^ 
Doctor  Dean,  who  was  then  on  a  visUto  thl  ^^''^f"""'^-  I"  '854. 
meeting  of  the  society  and  maSe  a^ea  ?o  tL'°"^  ^^•-  '"'"^"^  '^' 
nient  of  a  mission  to'the  Chinese  In'Slitr^ia    """^'"^^  "*^•'"■^'- 

exteJtTatte  SiLTe  ^re  n^'Jlf  nT?  '^'%r'"'V°  "^^^  ^ 
in  this  country  developed  Ldaffli,^^  ^^^^-^'^^^^^  Great  issues 
Xebraska  were  sliced Tff  fmrn  t£  T^  -"''°"  ^"['^-  ^'^'''  ^"^ 
promise  of  1820,  prohiSLg  Save  v  in  thfr^  '"r'''^"  '^'^^  <^°"^- 
void,  and  the  a^ta^nnkm  ff  i      7  "  territory,  was  declared 

^::  :'<  re°-  c^s^f  .^t^^-' v^^^^^^  «.:  p: 
pato  o,  which  si^'.':;,";:,.""™ "'"'°"  ""■">■  "■=  «™- 

of  tSen  ■„  draw  „1,T*  "  " ''e"?  ">  »""y  f»"r  millions 

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350    BAPII.I  HisroRv  or  the  north  pacific  coast 

ci'^^sai's,  r/^iTv.  tf  sS  .r,i  "7"^  ■'■' 

It.     Doctor  Cheney    a  memher  nf  fT^  '^''^  '^^^^^^  "* 

.ion,,  „,„,;„„,  ,fc,^  ^St'  ,t    ^rr'^o  ""Broltrsf't 
became  pastor  of  the  First  Church  ^f  c  "       brother  Shuck 

l.e  org„i«d  ,  church  of  „,„«.»  Esc  Scrs    ^''"""'''  "^ 

SunHav      TJ,,»  T»-    J     i-    ,  gainerea  wtthin  its  walls  everv 

pledge  i,.  c/errs/ch  a  p^;"i  '"  ""  ""  '"'"'''  "■»«'  " 
Chi„fsfS"?a^FSc;''gS  "■"  '~"'^''  "'""""y  -  "» 

m  charge  of  this  depaplniM  of  the  societvfwolw  S  T'  "''°  "f 

missionary  from  Canton,  was  app^ointed  toTak"/' h^^^^'  ^hrS 
was  moved  back  into  the  First  Baptist  Church    a?d' eJorts  were 


FOUxVDATIONS   LAID  -,j 

ing  churches  in  tie  ^f^c:;  where  suchscon/°  *''  E"g>'«h-speak- 
same  year,  renewed  recresert^t^on  °l'  '^'^'■*'  "'^^'•^d-     The 

Pacific  Cokst  to  the  Home  £sio„  T"  '"'*^'  "^^  P^^*°"  °"  '^e 
mission  in  San  FranciscoTt,  S       .    k"'1  '°  "'^*'''^h  ^  «""-aI 
the  plan  of  Lv^g    ^  reLon^  '  5"' '"l" '^.^^^'^ '^"^'^ 
the  local  churches  ^^^P°"S'b«hty  for  the  Chinese  work  with 

thes«;:!;;2ro^\tS?hS°an!r/'';  ''""^'^'=°  ^^-^  ^-- 

control  of  the  Metropol  tan  Churi     "  °  •""  "^"^  """^"^  '^' 

Mission  Society     The  au?ho;l       '.!     ^o-operat.on  with  the  Home 

Of  these  missioL.  ^^TZ: SS%!:Z^^^'-^^'^^ 


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CHAPTER  II 


THE  PORTLAND  MISSION 
1876-1879 

Soci?trfZuo„^tJ^}7L""'A°"-      ^"""'*    ■Hi^"™-      A'''"»    "y    Home    Mission 
Tub  IcT  ,  f«  1  j    ?,    ,      I '•     Chinese  must  go.    Missions  .uSfer.    Dr.  J.  B.  H.riwell 

Co^  I  ,.u«fe  A  cru«X""'"M'"  ^'■""'"•'•.^"?«  ^°"«-  Author  visits  Tie  ms"'": 
W   M    n,./     «!  i«     """?«      "»y<"-   opposed.     Locked   up.     Miss   L.   A.    Mitchell 

,R,«^"^  ^T""!."^  opposition  to  the  Chinese  in  Cahfornia  in  1877  and 
1878  caused  the  suspension  of  the  mission.     But  in  1879  the  work 

mf'ry,''\^^1\^L'^'  '°"^'y  '"  co-operation  wi(h  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Oakland.  Rev.  B.  S.  MacLafferty,  pastor,  and 
had  a  continuous  existence. 

Meantime  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Portland,  Ore.,  had  in- 
vited Rev.  E.  Z.  Simmons,  D.  D.,  who  had  charge  of  the  work  in  San 
Francisco  in  1879  to  come  to  Portland  and  establish  a  Chinese  mis- 
sion in  co-operation  with  that  church,  which  he  did,  establishing  the 
mission  November  11.  1874.  This  mission  has  a  continuous  exist- 
ence, and  m  1879,  with  the  Oakland  mission  were  the  only  missions 
^JZTTt  "^  'l^Baptists  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  both  being  sus- 

ZZ    ^         """"^  ^'"'°"  ^°''''^^y-    '^^^  <=^''i"«e  agitation  b^ame 
more  and  more  intense  until  in  1880  the  tocsin  was  sounded  in  San 
Francisco.     The  Chinese  must  go."     It  was  taken  up  by  the  Sand- 
ot  politicians  of  San  Francisco,  and  its  author  elected  mayor  of 
the  city     This  agitation  and  alarm  brought  to  the  front  a  dangerous 
poht.cal   element   and   almost   paralyzed   mission   work   among   the 
Chinese  on  the  coast.     Especially  was  this  the  case  in  California 
where  the  anti-Chinese  sentiment  was  more  intense  and  threatening 
than  on  other  parts  of  the  Pacific  Coast.    The  author,  speaki.  r  from 
personal  observation,  on  all  parts  of  the  coast  from  1875  onward 
records  with  pleasurable  memory  that  the  large  proportion  of  the 
members  of  our  own  denomination  had  no  sympathy  with  the  bitter 
animosity  or  cruel   treatment  of  the   Chinese,   and   the   same   was 
true   of  other   denominations. 

A  conservative  course,  fair  treatment,  and  the  gospel  for  the 
Chinese  who  were  on  the  coast  was  the  sentiment  largely  prevailing 
among  Christians.  Following  Doctor  Simmons,  Rev.  J.  B  Hartwel? 
a  returned  missionary  from  China,  of  the  Southern  Baptist  'Conven- 
tion was  the  next  general  missionary  to  take  up  the  work  amon? 
the  Chinese  in  California,  which  he  carried  on  eflSciently  for  several 
A?*u  ^T  u-,^  overwrought  anti-Chinese  feeling  somewhat  subside.!. 
At  the  Jubilee  meeting  in  New  York  in  1882  the  Home  Mission  '^o- 
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struggle  in  its  inception  ofhistoricareie  '""''"^'  "  *^°^'  ' 

r.Jo'1  'uTTrit^^r  °-  ^-  '''""'  ^^"^  ^'^^  ^'^-^  ^  -"-d-    In  his 

found  himself  ^  om  of  symoatht  wi^h  th^"^'"'"*'  "^Vu""**  ^'^'^  fi"^"-'' 
church  that  he  felt  comoef^  fo  LJJI  t  '""r*  ,5^*^]*''^  P^^  ^^  'he 
vorable  to  the  crusade  Th^JPf/rff*^'  ^"^^  °^  *.'i^  '''=a'=o"s  «««  fa- 
and  his  daughter  o^e  of  Jhe  Zif  ^Lt''''  *"  P^"ident  of  the  mission. 

town.    The%a'stSr  of^^red  her  bo^L^d  °?h/^  '=*'"}1''^  ''«"*'«^<1  ^own^ 
which  was  accepted,  anTBroWM  Deal  Lr^liff  ^'^^  parsonage)   free, 
being  interviewed    asked  if  fh«.'  ^-."^^V^'^a'ne  manager.    The  mayor, 
they  had    o4ned  a  subtriDtSof  Irn^"'  '"u^  ^T«  '"f°""ed  tha 
letters  wn.cn  materiaHy  a7ded  him  t  Zl  '^°"*''  u'"*^  8^^^  ^^^  Pastor 

f  "s,v  ten  4srs  S  ?-Fl5'""-'  f^»'^-  n: 

Baptist  church;  Hon  H  w' Corbett  Pr«h  V  ^> '"'ams.  representing  the 
ard,  of  the  United  States  Arm vtr:^  Presbyterian,  and  Gen.  O.  O.  How- 
ential  men  of  he  city  AuTHoi t  ^2"^i"8^^*'°nahst.  (Among  the  infln- 
promising  Chinese  were  con^Jitl  J^a  ^^^  "Py^^'O"  of  six  months  ten 
opposition,  and  durbg  the  year  sevenLn'fn'tn  ^°'  ^T''"^  f''^  '°'^' 
Chinese  school  becamf  a  oooullr  X.  fn  J,  t"  *"1  baptized,  and  the 
all  prejudice.  popuiar  place  to  work,  and  buried  out  of  sight 


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CHAPTER  III 

HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY  TAKES  UP  CHINESE  WORK 

1879-1881 

Kidnaping.      Would  be    assassins.      Church    organized.      Mission    at    Amity.      Or- 

hillh      nrf"'.'"     TH'  ^'""'^-     """'""  »'  Olympia.     Initial  work  at  Seattle.     Chapd 
Duilt.     Urdmation.     Charge  given. 

The  Home  Mission  Society  took  up  this  mission  in  April,  1878. 
with  Rev.  Dong  Gong  as  missionary  for  Oregon  and  Washington, 
who  contmued  such  for  two  years  and  a  half.  In  April,  1881,  Rev. 
Fung  Chak  was  missionary  pastor  of  the  Chinese  mission  in  Portland. 

It  must  not  be  considered  that  opposition  to  the  Chinese  among 
Americans  was  all  that  these  early  missions  had  to  encounter,  as 
the  following,  clipped  from  the  Portland  Oregonian.  May  i,  1878 
will  show:  ' 

WOULD-BE    ASSASSINS 

While  the  Rev.  Dong  Gong  was  passing  along  Fifteenth  Street  be- 
tween D  and  E  yesterday  afternoon  about  half-past  2  o'clock,  he  was 
suddenly  set  upon  by  four  Chinamen,  who  evidently  meant  to  do  him 
serious  bodily  harm,  or,  perhaps,  take  his  life.  Notwithstanding  there 
were  tour  to  one,  and  Dong  Gong  is  a  small  man,  he  contrived,  by  his 
pluck  and  activity,  to  stand  his  assailants  off.  He  beat  as  hasty  a  retreat 
as  possible  down  E  Street,  keeping  his  belligerent  countrymen  at  bay. 
hearing  that  they  would  be  detected  and  apprehended,  the  assailants  gav-e 

■rtr  ( "T  ^%°^  *°  ^^^"  ^^i^^'  ^"J^  l^^'  Dong  Gong  master  of  the  field. 
1  wo  of  the  Chinamen  ran  down  E  Street,  and  two  started  over  toward 
the  lannor  Creek  gulch.  Dong  Gong  was  allowed  to  proceed  on  his 
way  without  further  molestation.  He  escaped  without  the  least  injury 
^^11.  Z^^  ^"-^u*"  his  spirited  resistance  and  the  cowardice  of  his 
countrymen  The  assailants  are  known  to  belong  to  the  Moy  Luke 
fact  on.  and  hence  their  hatred  of  Dong  Gong.  During  the  recent  tria' 
ot  tne  kidnapers,  Dong  Gong  was  employed  as  interpreter,  and  the 
Chinese  knowing  that  he  had  embraced  Christianity  and  consequently 
was  opposed  to  the  system  of  slavery  practised  toward  the  women, 
readily  supposed  that  he  was  the  prime  instigator  of  the  prosecution. 
I,,,  I?  •.*.  favorable  opportunity  presented,  these  fellows  would  not 
have  hesitated  to  take  the  life  of  the  man  they  so  deeply  hate. 

The  kidnaping  referred  to  was  that  of  a  Chinese  girl  who 
was  converted  and  baptized  into  the  fellowship  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Portland.  Soon  after  she  was  kidnapped,  Rev.  Dong  Gong 
was  largely  instrumental  in  her  recovery  and  restoration  to  her  law- 
ful husband. 

Meantime  a  Chinese  church  had  been  organized  and  was  holding 
regular  services,  administering  the  ordinance  and  performing  other 
necessary  church  services.    But  it  was  still  regarded  as  the  mission 
of  the  First  Church  and  under  its  fostering  guidance. 
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Donf  (km  was  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry, 
June  33  1875.  The  author  being  present  had  part  in  the  service.  He 
fu"??  <^e  Portland  mission  for  a  period  of  three  years  and  a  half, 
the  First  Church  paymg  his  full  salary  of  $480  per  year. 

The  Portland  Chinese  Mission  has  not  only  had  a  continuous 
existence,  but  is  probably  one  of  the  most  prosperous  Chinese  mis- 
sions on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  is  in  a  flourishing  condition  when 
this  volume  closes  in  1900. 

In  187s,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  R.  Russ,  a  Chinese  class  was 
organized  at  Amity,  Ore.,  which  continued  work  for  two  years 
but  was  finally  abandoned  by  the  removal  of  the  Chinese  to  other 
points.    Much  good  work  was  done  in  this  mission 

In  the  spring  of  1876  Rev.  Dong  Gong  was  sent  on  a  mission  to 
Puget  Sound  by  the  church  at  Portland,  which,  in  1862,  had  sent 
Kev.  R.  Weston  to  Puget  Sound  on  a  similar  mission  among  Ameri- 
cans, and  in  the  early  seventies  had  helped  Rev.  J.  Wichser.  who 
afterward  reorganized  the  Puyallup  church  and  built  their  first  chapel. 
On  the  return  of  Dong  Gong  he  reported  a  mission  school  started  at 
Olympia.  and  one  soon  to  be  started  at  Seattle.  The  growth  of  the 
mission  in  Portland  was  such  that  the  church  erected  a  chapel  for  the 
exclusive  use  of  the  mission,  costing  $1,200.  w!  -h  was  dedicated  in 
September,  1879. 

Rev,  Dong  Gong  continued  his  service  of  the  mission  until  1878 
xyhen  he  resigned  to  return  to  China.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  mis- 
sion by  Bro.  Fung  Chak,  who  had  long  service  in  Canton,  China, 
as  teacher  and  missionary.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1879  and 
became  attached  to  the  Portland  mission  in  the  fall  of  that  year  In 
June,  1881,  he  was  ordained  by  a  council,  in  which  Revs.  J  C  Baker 
A.  J.  Hunsaker,  J.  A.  Gray,  J.  H.  Teale,  and  Prof.  M.  Bailey  took 
part.    In  delivering  the  charge  to  the  people,  Brother  Baker  said : 

1.  I  charge  that  you  receive  him  as  a  Christian  minister. 

2.  That  you  treat  him  z&  a  Christian  brother 

3.  That  you  aid  him  as  a  Christian  worker. 

4.  That  you  sympathize  with  him  m  his  specific  callinir   namelv   the 
giving  of  the  gospel  to  his  countrymen.  ^'  ^'  ^"^ 

This  man  was  mighty  in  the  Scriptures,  and  proved  a  useful 
aadition  to  the  workers  among  Chinese  on  the  North  Coast. 


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CHAPTER  IV 

THE  SALEM  AND  ALBANY  MISSIONS 
1877-1879 

.ccoun..     M.L„T.B°;p1rr«,.^r&n.?V'ol/r"''^      Albany    ™i,.i<,„,      F„„ 

•  ^-"' J''t^*"  °^  '^77  the  question  of  a  Chinese  mission  was  tak,  „ 
up  m  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Salem,  Ore.,  by  Rev  J   C   Bak 

Mr?  J    C    BakTr"  m'  'V''?,°T"'"^-n  of  a'ch'ineL  misL      , 
MornM  ^„H  1^    t^v  '  ^^  ^^  ^'""'y-  ^*'"  R""  Townsend,  J.  W 
Mornll,  and  A.   f    Yeaton  as  a  Board  of  managers.     Mrs    A    \ 

^?o::;:e^Sarr'- '  '•  ''^'^'  ^'"-^^^'^-^'  -^^^'^ 
portSr}^^;:;:;:;^^!^-^^^^^^^ 

ceived  and  baptized,  becoming  members  of  the  First  Bapt  st  Chur  h 
A  good  class  of  members  was  reached.     One  became  a  prom.nem 
busmess  man  m  Salem,  where  he  conducted  a  mercantile  business 
To'ne'o?  ^rr  ""'"!^-    ^"°^''''  '^""'«  foreman  over  workn 
ated  at  istoH^'E-  '''r"  """"'r  °"  '^''^  C°'"'"»>'^  ^'ver    0 
New  Yort  w  th  fet  t"^'"'  P"^"'".^"'-  y""-    Two  others  wem  to 
Aew   York  with  letters  from  the  mission.     The  pastor    Rev    1    C 

and  the^Lr      r'r7"'  '°c""*'^  ^'''^  ^°^'°'  MacArthur's  church 
and  the  other  with  Doctor  Simmons'  church,  and  both  good  worker^ 

thTLst^r?    "A"  '"•^'^^  "'^''T''^'  ^"^  ^"«  highly'spoken  o    b 
their  pastors.    This  mission  was  always  supported  by  the  church   md 

mhsioT''*^'    "^'^^    ''^    ''"^^'^"^    ''    -°"^    °-    --'    proit::' 

occur?ed  af  sTlem"  ?^  ^''■°°"  J'."'  ''^''  ^'^  ^'"P'^y*^^  '"  ^^is  mission, 
Snnrnf  L    l^'  -^""^  ^t  '^78.    The  church  called  a  council  con- 
sisting of  the  delegates  of  the  Willamette  Association    holding  its 
annual  sessions  at  that  place.     He  was  not  very  fSliar  w  th  t 
iak  r    b  ,TT  ^"^J"^f»'0"^  -^'•e  put  to  him^thro'gh  Mr     [  C 
deeded     Hif.        •  ^?°  '''°  '"^''^  '"  «P'^'"'"?  ^is  ^swers  when 
hfm  were  re.l  Trl^'tH  ■°^'''''"°''  satisfactory.    The  Scriptures  to 
fZd  m  the  inW  *^^'I  1°"'"""'  ^'  "'"^"'y  apprehended  as  ustnllv 
tound  in  the  ministry.    A  favorite  expression  of  his  was  "And  le.n^ 
said  in  his  doctrine,"  or.  "  This  is  Tesus  HortrJn«  "    u 
in  BiMp  etnH,,  ,^j  r  j        -l         aoctrme.      He  was  a  ni.irve! 

miSon  Mrlf'.r      kT  °c  ''"^P  P'^*y  ""^  ereat  faith.    He  did  mu.h 
mission  work  through  the  State  among  his  people. 


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u  ,  ?„*^'  /"  "P  ^"'^"  '*'*  auspices  of  the  church  of  Albany. 
Kev.  J.  W.  Crawford,  A.  M.,  pastor,  in  1879,  with  Mrs.  A.  W.  Craw- 
ford in  charge,  where  a  good  work  was  done.  Rev.  C.  H.  Mattoon 
m  his  "  Bartist  Annals  of  Oregon."  Vol.  I,  gives  an  elaborate  account 
of  all  these  Oregon  missions,  full  of  information  and  deeply  inter- 
cstmg  to  all  who  wish  to  know  the  full  history  of  those  time*  on 
this  important  subject  of  which  this  summary  is  given,  leading  up  to 
ihe  work  m  western  Washington,  and  British  Columbia  Convention 
taken  up  at  a  later  period,  delivered  over  to  ms  when  official  connec- 
tion with  other  bodies  ceased. 


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CHAPTER  V 
ANTI-CHINESE  FEELING 

with  ail   the  vituoeratinn    rr?,»i.        ^       •  ^'^^  P°''"^  *"<1  social, 
mg  on  the  railroad  was  dr  ven  ou    and  murdeS^  of  Ch.nese  work- 

oulsion     TMc  K^^    •       'j      ^'  .^°  consider  the  question  of  their  ex- 
-»  ,n  the  ci,y,  ,he  Chte,  „„.',., Aa.  ai  rt'otS  S  Z 


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would  have  their  fare  paid  to  San  Francisco.  Such  were  escorted  to 
the  steamer  by  theraihtia,  and  one  hundred  and  ninety-seven  took  pas- 
sage being  the  hmit  of  the  steamer's  capacity.  The  others  were  being 
escorted  back  to  Chmatown  by  the  militia  when  they  were  attacked 
by  a  mob  at  the  junction  of  Main  Street  and  First  Avenue  South 
After  a  brief  encounter  it  became  evident  that  the  mob  could  not  be 
dispersed  and  the  order  was  given  to  fire,  and  four  men  went 
down  under  the  order.  The  mob  was  greatly  incensed,  but  the  gov- 
ernor declared  martial  law,  and  ordered  all  citizens  to  their  homes, 
which  had  a  salutary  eflfect.  but  did  not  restore  order  and  confidence, 
so  that  on  February  lo  government  troops  under  General  Gibbon 
arrived  and  remained  until  the  feeling  had  died  out 

But  on  February  14  another  shipment  of  one  hundred  and  ten 
Chinese  left  for  San  Francisco;  many  others  went  away  privately 
Great  loss  was  sustained  in  the  sudden  breaking  up  of  their  homes.' 
having  their  business  unsettled,  and  their  stocks  in  trade  handled  at 
great  sacrifice  or  entire  loss.    It  should  be  recorded  of  the  resident 
citizens  of  Seattle  that  they  did  not  enter  into  sympathy  with  these 
t^he  rnHTl!'"'''.'^?' "''  *!l^  Chinese,  nor  largely  into  sympathy  with 
Lr  Ji    ^^'"ff  *''''"^-   J'^'y  ^"'^  '°y^'  t°  *^«=ty  stipulations,  and 
largely  so  to  the  common  brotherhood  of  humanity.    But  the  city  was 
being  filled  by  an  undesirable  floating  population,  passing  and  repas- 
sing to  and  from  the  mines  and  lumber  camps,  wintering  in  the  city 
which  kept  an  open  door  to  harbor  and  provide  for  the  lusts  of  a 
class   of   people   neither   productive   nor   promotive   of   its    highest 
interests,  and  who  were  always  ready  to  attach  themselves  to  any  mob 
or  political  faction  whenever  pitted  against  civic  righteousness  or  the 
purity  of  home  and  moral  character.     Such   was  a  large  element 
fostering  the  spirit  which  possessed  the  mob  we  have  been  describing 
^T    J^  influenced  the  missions  among  the  Chinese  on  the  territory 
affected  by  these  disgraceful  scenes  cannot  be  questioned.    It  did  not 
^»  ^"^^llTl-  *''°^^who  were  endeavoring  to  Christianize  them  as 
It  did  the  Chinese,  fear  preventing  them  from  attending  the  mis- 
sions.   Take  our  own  missions  in  Tacoma  and  Seattle  as  example 
l.!.r,  ..?**'  r^  ^"i^.'"'''^  "P°"  ^''*="  '*  ^^^  <l^'ayed,  and  has  never 

frn^  !J  ^''V".      f  °'  '"*""*  ^"^  '"^"^^  ^«  'i^d  "ght  to  anticipate 
trom  the  efforts  of  our  consecrated  people. 


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SEATTLE  CHINESE  MISSION" 
1891 

Fort)''fivT?c«herT'''"T ''h''"r  "kk  SI""'"  •"'"■""  organized.     First  Chureh  •       . 

Flor^nr.    *?•  "*■;'''"'   Superintendent.      Mrs    Ann/w  k  .   "^   ^^  ^°""  M'»sion   So- 
inMence   Adams,    Superintendent.      Prayer    wrvi.        ^t*"'"-    Superintendent.     Mis, 

^oSs- -:r-  ^^-a^L --  =  -^-'^0.-^211,-- 

of  sl^tS^o^p'os?^^  ^^:--„s  Missionary  Union 

this  city  and  surroundTng  rstrJc's      ThU  T"'  ^'P*'^'  ^^^^'''^hes  of 
Chinese  work  July  i    1802    whin  L    V"^°'&a"'"t.on  took  up  the 
auspices.     There  ILTfhZf        '1°°^  ^^'  organized  under  its 
Seattle^    This  s^or^af  i  '^a^;^e%?^"yTr '^^"^  ^'I'-e  " 
First  Church.     He  was  assisteH  hi  V  V  c       "'''''  ^  ""ember  of  the 
the  three  American  StistSr,h/,nr^^^^^      ''^'^''''  ^Presenting 
turns  in  attendance.  r^S„„"£  tl'T'    ^^'''  '^^"^^^^  '^^ 
scholars  were  enroled     Thf  srh^i         each  evening.    Thirty-seven 
week,  with  a  Bible  school  on  ^^j  "^^'r ''^'^  *°"'"  evenings  in  the 
boys'  and  girls'  shool  on  Saturdav'after'™°°""  ■  .^'^°  *  Chinese 
reaching  the  Chinese  woLn      The  schoor"''  T,?  •''^^  "^i"^'  "^ 
buildings  occupied  by  Wa  Chonl^    .n^H    ^fsh^M  in  one  of  the 
dent,  who  was  a  warm  friend  ,„Hn,f         '!"?**''  ^""^   ^'^•thy   resi- 
became  interested  in  ths  school '^^Sh,°S'''r'=''°°'-    Many  people 

Mrs.   Anna   Webster.   Deacon   Arf»-^- -^-^       ""'  ""^  ^'^^• 
others.  '   ^**'°"   ^^^'"«'   Miss   Florence   Adams,   and 

Churll  wah\?i;emirethate":?  fV  ''r  '''  ^'"^  baptist 
hundred  Chinese  had  Seen  ^Sdt 'h"  ^^J"/"'^'  '^'  °^"  ""e 
number  of  conversions  and  six  S  J  hlf'^"'-.  ^*'"'=  ''^^  »>een  a 
Church.  In  1895  Bro  W  O  H-in  h".''T'''^'  J°'"'"^  '^e  First 
nine  months.  At  thTs  tinie  the  fofl  '"^  '''"^'  °^  '''^  ^'^''oo'  ^^r 
Convention  Board  Is  reported  i^  Sber  f  "'°"  ""  *^^  "^  ^''^ 

CHINESE  MISSION  SCHOOLS 

lh«  .field,  and  the  general  mis.SJv  d  JiS-j.      •  """"'"  ''''"Is  »» 
spec^  supejTUion  as  to  other  mSS,  wo5k       '"  *'"  ""  """  "»"■  hi" 

vo^«.e,  ,eaehe„,  th.ee,  i'^r^SiSr^fii^^^r.^^'^;- 


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readme,  spelling,  arithmetic.  S4  SnrfcmemSPSs"  ''"«''  "' 

to%^1\"e"s?hoo"ftf  h  '^'^'^'"  "  -peri„tendem"l„"the"fr,i: 
in  th^Ar!!-  u     l^  ^°y'  "^"^  '"^•'^^d  to  attend  prayer  meeting 

liJfrsvt^TTSSLVSi  ^"' "°"  *"  ^"•^-  «»» 

to  the    labernacle   Church,   after   its  organization-   thev  aided   thl 

forei!:.*  "^'"''^  •"  ^'"  ^^^"^'^^"^  '•'^y  contributed  aloTo  home  aJd 
foreign  missions  as  opportunity  occurred     T«r«  ,,*  tu  u 

The  Tabernacle  Mission 

zation'S^Le^ternTc^eVtrc?'>  ^''"'''  '^'""'^  ^"'^  ^"^^  -^-•- 
T9hAm,M«  r-u-        ^^     Church,  it  was  very  natural  to  organize  a 

Si       I  7^5'"*^'^  ^""°"'  ^'''<=''  w«s  accomplished  Octobe^  26 

R^'  C^cS^who'hadt"*"'-  ^"'  ^"-  ^'^-^  -  --4: 
ivcv.    rung   cnak,    who   had   been    so   successful   as   oastor  of   th^ 

nlT'/'T'^   '"   ^•"■*'^"^'   ^"^   •"   missionary   wor'kamong  hi! 

hiaJcf^f  '''^'  ?lso  reported  four  graded  classes  in  this  school    the 
highest  class  using  fourth  and  fifth  readers.     Rev.  Fung  ChS  was 
higWy  esteemed,  both  by  Chinese  and  Americans.    His  wife  tS  wa 
an  interesting  companion  in  this  work,  conducting  a  cla^    of  twMv^ 

withes:  rr '"'  ^^'j'^^^"-  ^^^^''■"^  ^^^^  in  tiir'o^^ix 

of  fhic  i"*f '«^'""  *"^  '""^^^  o*  3"  American  teacher.    The^v! 
of  the  school  pay  $150  toward  the  superintendent's  support.  ^ 

Port  Townsend  Mission 

Miss\^J'SnC  ''^°°{'^^'  organized  at  Port  Townsend  in  1895,  with 
iMiss  Lou  Baker  in  charge  of  the  school.  ^ 


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ate  j.T'zrjiS^iip-^'^'Tis^? 

Victoria  Mission,  B.  C 
When  Rev.  J.  h.  Teale  A  m 
organized  in  the  First  BaDtis't  cLr^  w«^Pastor,  a  mission  was 
work  done  among  the  Ch.W  wWv,  °^  ^'''°"^'  ^"^  «<""«  good 
Plishment  in  the  Province  as  „  ^eSta"::  "tV°  ''®''*'*  °^  ^"°- 
intense  opposition  to  the  imnSwation  nf  .k  ^•"'''"  *^'*«^*'  t'^* 
Columbia  that  existed  in  C^HfoS   n  *"  ^'"''^  '"^o  B^tish 

good  Baptist  peopIeTn  L  Prt™«  wer?°"'  ""^  Washington.  Our 
evangelizing  all  peoples,  and  the  CWn«.T  ""i  *^'  ^'^^  *°  ^'^  '" 
»st.c  eflForts.   of  which   the  author  h»?  '"'*.  ?  *^"""  ''^^gel- 

g«?eral  character,  but  has  noftt  data  foTS  • '"l""''^''**  °^  ^ 
Chmese  in  America,  indeed  in  the  worW  i  ^ne  Sl^'  """■**•  '^^^ 
earned  over  to  the  twentieth  centurTfo^r^^nl.^'tLXc'ht''"'' 


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HOME  FOR  THE  CHILDREN  OF  FOREIGN 
MISSIONARIES 

By  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven 


From  the  prospectus  of  a  Home  for  the  Children  of  Foreign 
Missionaries  on  Vashon  Island,  Wash.,  published  in  January.  1895: 

Three  years  ago,  on  account  of  broken  health,  I  was  compelled  to 
give  up  my  pastoral  work  in  Centralia  and  seek  some  quiet  place  where 
my  health  might  be  restored.  Inasmuch  as  my  mind  had  been  directed  to 
Vashon  Island,  the  Mission  Board  of  Western  Washington  asked  me  to 
open  up  the  work  there,  and  their  offer  was  gratefully  accepted.  Since 
there  was  great  doubt  in  my  mind  whether  I  should  ever  be  able  to 
stand  the  work  I  had  done  before,  and  we  could  find  no  suitable  building 
tor  a  home,  I  bought  a  few  acres  of  land  when  spring  came  and  made 
me  a  home.  In  eighteen  or  twenty  months  my  health  was  much  re- 
stored, and  I  believe  I  should  soon  have  thought  of  selling  my  home 
and  looking  for  a  larger  field  of  usefulness  but  for  the  impression  that 
Uod  had  given  us  the  home  to  be  used  in  some  way  for  the  advancement 
of  his  kingdom.  This  was  followed  by  a  deeper  impression  that  it  might 
be  Ood  s  will  to  found  a  home  for  homeless  or  orphan  children  With- 
out further  developments  it  seemed  unwise  and  impracticable ;  but  on  talk- 
ing It  over  with  my  beloved  wife,  we  began  to  ask  earnestly  of  God  that 
If  he  had  any  such  thoughts  toward  us  to  make  it  plain  and  manifest  his 
will  to  us. 

A  httle  while  after  this  we  received  a  letter  from  an  old  friend  of 
ours.  Rev.  George  Campbell,  of  Mun  Kew  Liang.  China,  in  which  he 
spoke  of  the  necessity  of  soon  making  provision  for  the  education  of  his 
children,  and  expressed  the  wish  that  it  could  be  in  the  desirable  climate 
of  VVashington.  At  once  it  impressed  me  as  the  hand  of  God  directing,  but 
1  said  nothing.  Soon  after  I  handed  Mrs.  Beaven  the  letter.  After  read- 
ing it,  she  quietly  remarked:  "My  dear,  does  it  not  strike  you  that 
perhaps  this  is  Gods  answer  to  our  prayers?"  When  I  had  told  her  my 
impression,  we  continued  asking  further  guidance  of  God. 

A  month  or  two  after  this,  in  a  business  letter  from  Rev.  J.  M. 
ijoster,  of  Swatow,  he  incidentally  remarked  that  he  was  expecting  in 
the  near  future  to  return  to  America  for  his  health  and  to  provide  for  the 
education  of  his  children.  But  it  was  something  he  very  much  dreaded 
for  their  part,  as  none  of  them  were  strong,  and  he  was  afraid  of  the 
chniate  of  our  Eastern  States,  being  so  different  from  what  they  had  been 
used  to.  Having  seen  and  experienced  the  helpfulness  of  this  climate  to 
persons  in  delicate  health,  you  can  see  how  we  were  compelled  to  believe 
God  was  making  the  way  still  clearer. 

We  felt,  before  saying  anything  further  regarding  this  or  coming  to 
any  decision,  that  we  would  like  to  talk  the  matter  over  with  our  dear 
friend  and  co-worker.  Rev.  James  Sunderland,  the  district  secretary 
of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union  (now  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society),  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Responding  to  our  invi- 
tation. It  was  not  long  till  he  visited  us.  Then  I  told  him  of  these  experi- 
ences.   After  a  pause  he  said :  "  Brother  Beaven,  do  you  know  that  it  is 

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i,ave"hoLg'hi"^^faVbe"„VS"canr'^  ^°^""'"'5*'  »°  P^^^  f-^>  only  we 
then  toId  L  of  the?ryinTfxrerPe'„ce"TRTv'c'D^''^''^'''".«*r-'  "« 
trying  to  find  a  suitable  home  in  (  JiLr^^"  ?•  ?'"«•  of  Assam,  in 
experiences  they  had  bee„  led  to "  rav  fnr T'»,  ^"'^  J'"''  u*'^'"''"*''  ^^ose 
missionaries  on  the  Pacific  Coast       ^  *'°'"''  ^"^  ""=  children  of 

on  aft7oLiciSrionr  wf^V^uSdTat''v(f;^^  ""''"^  "^  -'1  «"«' 
ferred  to  California  in  his  judgment  .«  l^^l  VVashington  was  to  be  pre- 
children.  It  was  then  thit  feelh^t  n,.  k  °  "^  I'H^  *o  develop  stronger 
his  will,  we  cheerf.,lly"'aSjter  fs  from'hTrl'nH^K'''"  ^"'^  '"«''«  P'^*" 
selves  to  him  for  that  serxHce  i\  h^  Jhl?i  •  7  ^"''  ^^Y''  consecrated  our- 
being  assured  that  if  it  so  him  he  wil  rlllf"^'"  ^"*^  °,P'"  "P  '^e  way. 
Now,  in  the  meanwhile  o  or'Februarv76  fC^  and  every  difficult  . 
parent,  the  Rev.  Joseph  BeLven  was  ctlleH  L.^^t'  T  ''^'2^*,'^  ^^''t'''-'' 
his  declining  years  he  had  rnalip  ifit  I    ^  "°T  *°  ''«  ^"h  Jesus.     In 

home  adjoinVg  ours  and  mrtwounm-r^.^'^'  "''.  '*'"  ''^^'"^  »'"'"  ^ 
This  left  my  sisters.  Miss  Annie  and  X74i''n"  ^^^^  ''°""  ^or  him. 
ticular  plans  in  life  and  free  according  to  »h^-  ^"^"t  without  any  par- 
such  enterprise,  and  to  it  thev  are'^^^in^  t^'"'  '''*"8^t  *°  "*»'  '»  ^"v 
shall  open  the  way.  I  believe  from  h??r  *°  *'"'?"""  themselves  as  God 
in  Christian  work  they  wH  be  er^?n^„Mlfi»'T''"'"^^*''»'  "children  and 
children  in  the  devel^Ue:'  on^e'ThH^' ffi*  an^dThll-a'cteV"""'^""  '"^ 
visitfd"u1  ^?-  Sr,"spfnr^  a^U^'SVoVST'-r  ^ '°  ^'»"- 
:i^r  ^^^Tenr r 'it  4h°£-/  e^^^^^^^^  anTar^K 

Women's  Baptist  Foreii?^  Mission  Socieff.l^^rV^^*'?  '^^'^  ^'^orc  the 
and  western  WashingTn,  and  Br^shCoIurnhfJ'^^'^i'^'  ^i!"*""-  "««='" 
given  it  hearty  approval  and  each  h.c  „,'-,*"''  ^''^^  ^'^^^^  has 
nishing  of  the  home  and  h^rHit  has  promised  to  help  in  the  fur- 
receivf  some  kin^  worj  ^{flolr^'!L^?'l  ^^  '"  *»"<^h  we  do  not 
on  the  coast,  telling  us^they  believe  GoHufn  /k "•"  P^"'""  ^"<*  ^o'^ers 
us  of  help  and  pri'yers  inVe  underUking.      "''  '"°"''""'  ""'^  "^"""^ 

:s..j'  s  R.v-?i:r  s:^.;,:-  rir^i  -  4" 

tnevv omens  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
that  such  a  home  was  agreed  and  determined  upon  ' 

I  he  contract  was  let  for  the  building  February  2=;    i8oc      Tt 
uas  to  be  a  commodious  building,  three  afd  a  half  storL  hi^\    o 
brick  up  to  the  basement  windows  on  the  first  floo     the    e  t  tte  a 
-oden   structure:   and  it  was  to  contain  twenty    arge     Jems  a„d 


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hree  spaaous  halls,  the  outside  dimensions  of  the  building  to  be 
th.rty-s.x  by  s.xty-eight  feet;  and  it  was  to  cost  $3.50^      ^ 

,fin=  ?n"^  "°'  r'r'*"''"  completed,  it  was  opened  on  August  2, 
1895.  to  rece.ve  the  four  children  of  Rev.  George  Campbell  and  his 

ri^'nV*  °  7"'  "'^"'  '°  ^"''  ^°'-  ^heir  field  of  la^r^^at  Ka   Yii 
;  ?K^"^''  ^3.     From  the  beginning.  Mr.  Beaven  was  ablv' 

Si'aS  f.\^''r'  "'°  '''""'"  »>-"  and  rnnto  the  en- 
terprise and  did  her  best  to  make  it  a  success.  At  the  time  it  was 
opened.  Miss  Annie  E.  Beaven  and  Miss  S.  A.  Beave.  siste  s  if  Mr 
Beaven.  moved  into  the  home,  consecrating  themseU^s  to  the  work 
and  to  the  care  of  the  children  entrusted  to  them 

Agreements  for  co-operation  were  entered  into  from  the  besin 

ra!t"whVeb:lT"\^''^'^'-^°"'^  ^^'"'-  Societies  of 'thJ 
n^nnl'r*         5^-        ^"'•n'shmgs  given  by  them  were  to  remain  their 

Z?J%'  f.""^'  '"  "'"  °^  '^"^  ^'""'^  °f  Mr.  or  Mrs.  Beaven  o  in  the 
event  of  their  not  continuing  the  management  of  the   home      he 

Sr?°c"ommS  ''  f  "^'  ^°  '''  ^°'^"'«  Fo^rd^' MiS  So! 
werf^f  A  committee  of  management  and  an  executive  committee 
W.»  fV^^^T%  =PP°'"'ed  by  the  Women's  Foreign  Mission 
Society  of  the  Pacific  Coast.    These  committees  were  to  as!Sme  over 

mS  °to' tL  h"''  '"'  ^!'™"SV'"='"  ^"  ^PP-'^  ^-  hVp  ™  to  be 
made  to  the  denomination.     At   the  annual   meeting  of  the  com 

c"^rV"  '^^J'  was  decided  that  the  best  inter  sfs  o  he  home 
could  be  secured  on  y  by  the  complete  ownership  of  the  home  bv 
the  denommation.  It  was  determined  to  purchase  it  for  tlTe  de"^ 
nomination  as  soon  as  funds  could  be  obtained,  and  to  this  end  the 
property  being  valued  at  $5,000,  it  was  propo  ed  to  ra  se  this 'sum 
m  one  thousand  shares  of  $5  each;  and  Brother  Beavrwasard 
to  begin  the  canvass  for  it  in  the  spring  of  1808 

Since  Brother  Beaven  realized  that  many  improvements  were 
needed  in  the  home,  such  as  a  system  of  waterworks  se"!  and 
drainage,  he  made  the  offer  that,  if  his  salary  and  exS  uere 
paid,  he  would  give  the  building  and  one  and  a  half  acre,  "f  and  f 
he  committee  would  pay  a  mortgage  of  $1,000  and  $650  of  additla 
ndebtedness  which  had  accrued.  While  no  officS  acceptance  o 
this  offer  was  made,  yet  the  canvass  was  begun  with  tWs  under 

chu"rch?;  "f  '''".  '''"'■'^^"  "'""^''^  °f  — ass'i  Imong  th" 
churches  and  women's  mission  circles  of  the  Pacific  Coast    Brother 

thtr^rTom^'^-tt^^'^^'^P'^'n^"''  ^•'"-^^^-  OMhfs™^" 
inere    came    from    Washington.    $i,8n.i7-    California     <t,  ,^.„- 

Oregon;  $1,175.15:  British  Columbia,' $lr.;8.   ^tTulJT''' 

Beavli'^m^fno  '  lu'  '"^^•'*^^,"«^  ^"^  the  expenses  0/  Brother 
TZZ  /   ^'1  ^^^  contemplated   improvements,   and    purchased 

three  acres  of  orchard  land  adjoining  the  home  for  $750.     As    oon  a 

werlrfr  A  ."'  fo^nnttee  was  held;  articles  of  incorporat  on 
were  prepared  and  submitted  to  the  Women's  "     -  ■  "  "'.P"'^^.'i°" 


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sion  Societies  of  the  coa«t-  ■>.i,t    -/»      .l  . 

inserted  and  the  art^Ie°  had  Ce^n  In!:/'''!;  ««W«tion,  had  been 
completed  September  23  lii  Z  fh?™"'*''."'*  o^«r«ni"tio„  was 
mittee.  in  December,  i^i  Seds  wJ..  Ti  ""''"«  °'  '»>*  «■"■ 
transferred  to  the  trustees  of  the  «?  "*'*'  ""*  *"  ^'^  P™P«rty 

formal  possession  of  the  property  ^"--Po^^'ion :  and  they  took 

cared'^yr^riheTJe'JTha  t^s-r  °'  '"'"'"""'"  "'<*  «-- 
temporary  home  there  and  ^  .Lir  ?"^  P"'"'"  ''^^  '"""d  a 
arie,  and  ten  of  theTr  chiWreS  hfn  k°"'  '*<^."ty-«ven  other  mission- 

This  home  was  nerhin?  »k  ^  been  visitors  for  a  time. 
Vashon  Island:  and  irma'  be  trul™""?^.""'"*  "'  '^'-  ««ven  on 
sisters,  Miss  Annie  E  Beave^  In  J  ^•'^  'c**  ^"-  «"^«'  »nd  the 
their  lives  into  the  work  anTneJer  Sn^n"''  ^^  ^"^^"'  »»"•«* 
sacrifice.  To  them  all  it  was  Txl^rT?  °".  *'"""*  °'  t°''  ^' 
home  itself,  and  the  ch  Idr^n  whit  f-  '".^'^  ^°'  ^''"«»:  ^nd  the 
are  the  :„onuments*  o^f  "tteTr  Suln^"  The  t*"  ''"''  '"°'*'*^- 
twentieth  century  with  high  hopes  and  bright  prospectT   '"'""   *'^ 


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CHAPTER  I 

EDUCATIONAL  BEGINNINGS 
1879-1883 

grould.'  "^u°c°Uo„  '^„"''7  Het'for''  tZ'''  •"•^"''«'^'  .  '^""^  ''^"'=°"«-  --"anted 
school.  Oregon  Bap  ?,tkdu«to„lrSod«y"""  ^  ^V?"'  '"^'"'°",-  °''">"  ^ity 
Minnville  College.  First  facuhvFirft.f^  '  ^"  University  closed  out.  Mc 
ing  leiied;  Prof  G  W  T„Ln.-,J  it  */"'•  '  ""^  "'0'«»°d  dollars'  debt.  Build- 
dolment     Rev    R    C    mil    M    n         ^nder   control   of   Central    AMociation.      En- 

The  new  buuSIig''-  A'st^'i'uo"-  ca;;vasV"'suc«,r*'A'lur''7""'K'",!"  endowment. 
English  Bible  a  text-book.  t>ucces8.    A  suggestion  by  the  author.    The 

It  has  never  been  written,  so  far  as  the  author  knows   that  the 

NTrLttTot'X/?''^"^:^'."''''^''  ^P-^^'  itself  over  the 
^orthwest  from  1883  to  1893,  l«ke  the  illumination  of  an  aurora 

^m!  witwr^'""'  '''"r"  ^'«^'^S  "P  «^<^^  community  id  evei; 
home  w.th  the  promise  of  coming  wealth  and  greatness  was  the  mn«^ 
difficult  problem  thit  the  Christian  ministry,  SASan  cSch«Td 
Chnstjan  organizations  had  to  contend  With  in  the  prosecution  of 

bv  thl  T  nTr  "'T!.  '•""  °J  "ghteousness  that  could  be  approved 
by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  had  called  those  agencies  into  active 
S"?.''^'""- V'*^  establishment  of  his  kingdom^n  hs  prom  sing 
land     The  mm.sters  struggled  against  this  speculative  spirit  Zl 

?ew  sucJeer/  l°l  ''""^^  ^^"^  ^'  *°  ^'''^^'^  the  current.  A 
few  succeeded  but  many  were  overcome  and  were  swept  along  in 
the  allunng  stream  which  was  to  carry  them  so  rapidly  into  the 
pror^.sed  harbor  of  wealth.    The  author  has  talked  and  prated  wl 

temnt^tt  ""n'f "  '^^'  '^'^  '"''^^'  ^'  ^'''^'^'^  ^"^  escape  from  the 
temptation,  but  many  were  taken  in  by  its  subtle  ways  and  suffered 

Churches  were  built  upon  this  enchanted  ground  of  speculation 
too  often  without  d.ggmg  down  to  the  solid  rock,  Christ  Jesu     and 

woT'and  'intni^of  TT  'PT'^*'°"  ^^^^^  -^^  ti'misZt 
work,  and  in  spite  of  all  efforts  to  the  contrary,  appeals  for  monev 

for  home  missions  were  in  a  measure  affected  by  it     DeposirS 

here  and  it  will  bring  you  back  $400  from  New  York,  was  a    1  ougS 

desL'TT!  '"  *^'  """^^  °*  «''^^"=  ^"^  this  gener<^  rafo 
designed  only  to  supplement  what  was  given  for  the  sake  of  Te  us 
Chris  and  for  his  glory  alone,  was  in  danger  of  being  abused  by  Se 
speculative  spirit.  In  no  part  of  the  great  work  of  our  denomination 
was  this  spirit  so  apparent  as  in  that  of  Christian  educatTon  If  Us 
recorded  facts  are  recited  in  a  continuous  nar.ative,  much  of  the 
verbiage  now  enshrouding  the  work  of  higher  Chri  tir  educat  on 
on  the  Northwest  Coast  will  be  removed;  and,  if  the  Je^der  shoS 

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agree  with  the  author's  conclusion  that  becauso  n(  fh 
spirit,  this  necessary  and  important  nar    nf  ""  speculative 

has  been  retarded  for  half  a  cSiturv  t  L  """''u"  ^'  ^*P''^'^ 
solution  of  a  problem  still  ..nJi!.?^'  1  ^^^  °P^"  **>«  ^^y  for  a 
the  North  Pacific  Coast  "^  ""'  ''"  ^^P*'^*  denomination  on 

this  fi^eM^we'llt^hatl^Se  ^fthe'  °^,^-°-inational  effort  on 
Such  men  as  SneHi^  Khe"    Cu^^^^^^ 

Anderson.  Bailey  and  R  C  H.-n  m  n  '"^'■'  ^^^^ton,  Cornelius, 
knew  the  value  of  Xftio^'  Sri' .  \  •  ""''''  """^^^  graduates,  and 
Hunsaker,  Richardlot a'd  oJh'e  s  ^l^'hlT:::;"-  ^'^"  '^  J^'^"^^"- 
appreciated  the  value  of  it  not Tes's  and  h  H  ^'  ^-T'^  education, 
their  efforts  to  olant  e^,,.J      V    '  ^"^  '''^''  ^'^^  ^"^e  others  in 

ministerial  forcet  the  Terr  o^voror'"""  ,  P"'=»'-"y  the  whole 
of  the  Xorth  Pacific  cL,T h»7  °^.*^''S^°"'  ^'^'<:h  included  the  whole 
Christian  education    and  esoe  LT^  '°   v'  ^"i*^^  S*^*^^'  ^^^^^^^ 

=t^esSL:rS5r'F-^^^^ 
house'^;ith"sfrce^°X:'frf84ir^^  ^•^.  r-  --'"^- 

her,  and  carried  the  schoof  o^  unti  ^-Z  .  ?  ^''^''  '""^^^^ 
plant  a  college.  John  McLau^hHn  I  '  '  '''^^V^^P'  ^'^""^  ^^''^"  *" 
was  raised,  and  a  bu  dhJfthiS  f  ^7  ^  1''^^°'  ^  building,  $4000 
high  was  enclosed    .liu%  th,rty-four  feet  by  sixty  and  three  stories 

and  an  effort  was  madptn  roTc/V  V"  ^'  Society  was  formed, 

wished  to  enteTth^mt  strv    'inTs-fi  ;■  "'T  l'''^'  ^°""^  •"^"  ^^o 
a  charter  for  an  •'oZonjlj^^^^ 

Oregon    College    weSTerge^i'In^'S     "Thif.-f^^^'*^  ^'  ^'^^ 
Brother  Post  resim»d   anH  hi  J  •      !  '  '^    '""^'^    ^''^    school. 

As  ,.,.  ,s  ,888  aT;™™"', t     S  ':?  .".""o'ret,"  17!  '"^'■"^: 
sod  the  Dronertv  anH  t,o„„<       "usiees  oi  tne     Oregon  University  ' 

includingTc^S^^;  L7f"om  tht  Z:T:^  Id^"*'""^'"^  ^°"^^^' 
City.     The  school  at  OrZ^l^  rv     t  ^  "''^  '^^'"P"''  »*  Oregon 

hundred  and  for^  BaS  £  on  th/v^'-^^  ""'  ''"*  ^"^ 

time  while  it  was  caSJ  on  Zl         ""^  ^^"^^  ^°^^'-  «"d  at  no 

McMinnville    CoTege   grew    out  Ta"b-\"  "T  ^^"^^"^• 
started  by  members  of^the  Christ^L   L„    ^!^\."'^°^^'    on&inaH.v 
property  was  turned  ove    to  ^he  B'ap"tistsT;;S''"TH    ''^^^    J""' 

Hussel,  as  his  assistant.  '  ^.^^'^-TS:  ^^^ 


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EDLCATXOXAL   BEGIN Mxgs  ,-, 

appointed  to  act  as  endowment  a^Pnt      h^      . 
i"  January,   1859.   reported  $,r^  ?     ''^  °"^  '"  ^"«"^'.  ^nd 

by  general  subscript  oTand  .^I'^Sed^lnl  Tu  ^^o'^rships,  $746.50 
The  faculty,  in  i8sg  was  Rev  r  ^r^u^  ^/,  "'^  ^'^"'"^  Association, 
professor  of  lanSes  Ld  Rev  C  H  m^'"'  P"""'^^"*;  J"  ^^^  P°«'- 
niatics.    One  hundred  aSsZl,      "•  ^^«°o".  Professor  of  niathe- 

winter  term.  In  isS  ^  the  /.n '^.  ^"'^ ''  ^"'^  '"'°"^^  '"  'he 
sociation.  a  debt  of  sl^o  h-,H     ^^P°"  was  made  to  the  Central  As- 

Assocation  paid  the  drshairr"'''''^- u  ^"'■'^  '"^'"''^^^  °f  'l'^" 
ing  to  the  assessed  valuation  o?^thir";a;fh!'""  voluntarily,  acconi- 
the  school  and  the  faculty  scattered  nnH  f  ''L°'?m'^-  Meanwhile 
until  in  April,  1861,  Brother  Mattonn' r!.  I  '"'i''^'"^  ^'^^  "^^"'^^ 
school  there.  Mattoon  returned  and  opened  a  private 

"-nig"e2'sci:ol'"R:ls''r°?S"  T''  '.  ^^^^^  °^  ^^^'-^  'o 
the  building  for  five  vJars  •  l.^'tS^^llu  ""'^  ^-  ""  ^^'^^"°°"  '^^sed 
cuted,    with    hopefurprospects    thetJ     .'^"''"''^^ 

and  Sh^Ch  S S  5t  r  ^^^  =  his^S;^- 

Joh„ttrl;SS^fireTa7stt^  f^'  'V^'  ^-  ''' 
ments.    Professor  Tohn.nn  Lv.  ^  '  °°'  *°  ''^  P*'^  '"  improve- 

1-  left  n  to  bTco^ie  president 'of'ThTo"^  ''""l''  ""^*'  '«^7.  when 
Eugene.     The  school  was  c»rWpH  ^l^""  ^'^'^  University  at 

debtedness  unti  187  In  Sen  !1k°"  '"i'^'u"'  '"*="■■""&  further  in - 
leased  the  school  for  five  years  ^hL'  .1  '''"  ''\''  ^^°^"^°^  «°'"' 
ation  turned  the  school  over  to  fhJn  '^""'^  y^^""  '^e  Central  Associ- 
co-operation  with  the  Bolrd  of  Tn    r^°"  ^"P*'''  ^'^*^  Convention  in 

.X'x?s  .^rirjt  rH-"?  -'=^'  •- 

tion  from  all   Baptists  of  Orel         I   «f  *^'  ^"°^'"«^  representa- 

Meanwhile  Rev.  R.  C.  Hill   M    n    J,,^  k 
raise  an  endowment  oi  $2oooo'n.\i^"  f      ''f"  ^ppomted  agent  to 
^onal    pledges    and    renor?;T-      m      ^'f  °^  scholarships  and  per- 
Doctor  Hill  ias  himself  a  I  .nH    ^V''^^":    '^72,    $23,000    raised. 


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was  a  Landmark  body.  The  author  had  a  long  personal  acquaintance 
with  Doctor  Hill,  and  frequent  conferences  with  him  about  the  col- 
lege and  the  missionary  work,  and  heard  his  addresses.  His  appeal 
for  the  college  was  always  based  upon  tlie  need  of  Christian  education, 
and  especially  its  necessity  for  the  ministry.  One  of  his  highest 
hopes  was  that  in  the  near  future  a  chair  would  be  provided  for 
the  instruction  of  Baptist  ministers. 

When  the  author  first  visited  Oregon  he  found  this  sentiment 
widely  prevalent  that  to  help  McMinnvil!*.-  meant  to  pave  the  way  to 
help  the  Baptist  ministry  of  the  North  I  acific  Coast.  Later,  when 
pledges  for  a  new  building  were  being  obtained,  the  canvass  of  the 
State  had  been  made  and  fell  short  about  $5,000,  though  everything 
depended  upon  raising  at  least  $20,000.  The  author,  then  in  the  em- 
ploy cf  the  Home  Mission  Society  as  the  Superintendent  of  Missions, 
was  called  upon  to  make  a  recanvass.  Seeing  the  exigency  of  the 
care,  he  wrote  Doc*  )r  Morehouse  for  permission  to  do  so.  The 
permission  came,  allowing  about  three  months  for  the  canvass,  which 
covered  the  State. 

'ihe  author  reached  the  Willamette  Association,  then  in  session 
at  The  Dalles,  as  a  last  resort,  still  lacking  $1,500  to  complete  the 
amount.  He  was  willingly  granted  the  floor,  and  for  three-quarters 
of  an  hour  pleaded  for  the  money  without  avail.  The  meeting  was 
dismissed,  but  the  audience  was  loath  to  leave  the  house.  People  were 
gathered  in  knots  consulting.  Soon  a  good  brother  and  his  wife 
called  the  agent.  He  said :  "  Wife  and  I  have  been  consulting,  and 
have  agreed  to  give  $1,000  of  the  amount,  provided  j'ou  can  get  the 
other  $500.  The  agent  shouted,  "  Glory  to  God,"  called  the  congrega- 
tion together,  and  announced  that  good  Deacon  Beezley  and  wife 
had  pledged  $1,000  if  we  could  make  up  the  other  $500,  which  was 
done  in  a  few  minutes,  and  we  sang  "Praise  God  from  whom  all 
blessings  ffow."  In  this  canvass  the  author  found  an  almost  universal 
sentiment  in  favor  of  the  school,  especially  with  a  view  to  provide 
training  for  the  ministry. 

When  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Anderson,  D.  D.,  had  been  elected  president. 
and  the  school  was  about  moving  into  the  new  building,  the  author 
visited  him  and  held  a  long  conference  with  him  on  this  matter.  Be- 
cause of  the  financial  strain  that  had  been  required  to  erect  the  new 
building,  it  was  not  thought  wise  at  present  to  attempt  a  canvass  for 
a  chair  devoted  to  the  ministry.  Apprehending  that  the  accumu- 
lating expenses  of  maintaining  the  school  would  long  defer,  and 
possibly  in  the  end  prevent  the  effort  being  made  at  all.  the  author 
urged  the  president  to  put  the  English  Bible  into  the  school  as  a 
text-book  and  require  its  study  in  the  same  way  as  other  text-booK^ 
in  the  curriculum.  The  author  believed  that  in  this  way  the  aid  de- 
sired for  the  ministry  would,  in  a  measure,  be  met,  and  that  this 
study  once  adopted  would  ever  remain  and  would  pave  the  way  to 
additional  helps  for  the  ministry  through  lectures  and  other  mean- 


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which  could  be  secured  without  the  endowment  of  a  chair.  When 
the  conference  ended,  it  was  hoped  that  the  suggestion  would  be 
adopted,  but  Doctor  Anderson  was  already  doing  all  in  his  power  for 
the  ministerial  students  and  was  overburdened  with  the  work  which 
finally  broke  down  his  health,  and  there  was  no  one  else  in  the  faculty 
competent  to  teach  the  principles  of  Scripture  exegesis,  and  there- 
fore no  extended  course  in  exegetics  was  provided,  although  the 
Bible  was  always  reverently  taught  and  studied  in  the  school. 

Ihe  author  believes  that  a  great  opportunity  for  McMinnville 
College  was  lost  when  the  school  began  its  occupancy  of  the  new 
building  without  providing  at  least  a  short  course  of  study  for  the 
ministry,  even  though  it  had  been  founded  upon  using  the  English 
Bible  as  a  text-book.     The  school  has  ever  since  been  well  spoken 
of  and  has   been  given  a   fine   showing  in   Associations   and   con- 
ventions by  means  of  resolutions  and  speeches;  but  alas,  it  failed  to 
provide  a  short  course  of  study  for  ministers  then  in  active  service 
with  insufficient  training,  and  for  young  men  who  could  not  go  to  the 
t-ast  for  a  course  in  theology.    For  such  a  course  of  study  it  is  still 
necessary,  in  ,900,  for  the  Baptists  of  the  Northwest  to  go  as  far  as 
Chicago  or  Rochester  to  find  a  Baptist  theological  seminary  or  a 
Bible  institute  or  training  school  for  the  ministry.     [This  is  not  so  at 
the    ime  of  the  publication  of  this  book.    There  is  now  an  excellent 
theological  seminary  at  Kansas  City,  in  charge  of  Dr.  P.  W.  Crannell  ] 
1  hat  nothing  has  been  done  at  McMinnville  to  aid  young  men 
havmg  the  ministry  in  view  is  not  to  be  understood  by  this  review 
But  that  no  chair  has  been  endowed  or  provision  made  for  a  short 
course  m  biblical  exegesis,  Scripture  interpretation  and  church  history, 
with   lectures   from  competent   scholars,   who   were  always  obtain- 
able at  minimum  cost,  is  a  historical  fact.    This  primary  work  for 
the  mmistry.  which  was  so  large  a  factor  in  touching  the  hearts  and 
opening  the  purses  of  our  beloved  people  to  erect  buildings  and  begin 
the  endowment  of  McMinnville  College  in  those  early  days  has  been 
sidetracked    instead   of   being   put   into   the   curriculum    and   kept 
running  on  the  main  line.    Fifty  years  of  history  and  still  struggling 
for  existence!     What  a  change  in  its  history,  in  its  support  and 
growth,  in  the  great  work  of  missions  and  ministerial  supply  on  this 
most  destitute  and  yet  most  promising  field  in  America,  if  this  side- 

vAr     'mI  T\f  ^"T  "l^i^  ^^"^  "^^'  °^  ^^y  ■"  the  curriculum  of 
.Mc.Mmnville  College  for  fifty  years,  can  hardlv  be  imagined. 


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COLFAX  COLLEGE 
1878-1892 

by  the  First  Baptist  ciS  ch      ?hi    schooT         ''  '"'"'"^  "^^"'^^ 
Theophilus  Smith,  who  for  mam,  '^^'  suggested  bv  Dea 

church  and  one  of  the  sttch'rpprrte"  ^^fthVs '!,"  /"  ?^  '^"'^^ 
Stearns  was  at  the  time  th^  mfccV^  *"^  school.     Rev.  S.  E 

instrumental  in  starr.  and  sus^I!"'''  ''V'l  ^'^'^'  ^"^  "^«  '"gelv 
school  until  they  were 'firmly  eSS 'the'''%*='r"'^  ^"^'^'^ 
September  n,  1878,  by  Miss  I    T    w    .  ^  ^*^''°°'  ^^^s  opened 

mercial  College,  and  a  tea  ht  of  ten  '  '  ''f'"'*'  °*  Bailey's  Com 
h.gh  schools  of  the  East.    She ^-as  3  "o^r  .'« P'"'""  '"  ^"'^"^ 
popular  in  the  school  and  city   and  Jn  til  V^^""  T'""''^'  ^•''''f^'- 
she  ^vas  a  devoted  member,  ^'xh"   school    ^"P^'^S.^^^urch.  of  which 
soon  had  a  large  and  perman^n.  J  ^V  ^^"  Patronized,  and 

town  and  in  thereat  heart  of  the  Baptis^den'  '"''  °'  ^"^  ^^°-'"^ 
was  active  in  all  departments  of  H.n'^'     "^^""""'"ation.    Miss  West 

waskeptsoprominemlyTn Tvo/w^^^^^^^^  "^f"  ^"^  "er  school 

1881,  it  was  incorporated  as  a  filnf  ^  T"*'  *''^*'  '"  December, 
Spaulding.  a  graduate  of  the  Wifcte  V  ''  '"'  ""'''  "^  ^'■ 
was  engaged  as  an  assistant  terrhi.  University  at  Salem,  Ore 

the  capacity  of  the  h";   a"^d  the  ab'iCof'n"  ^''°°J  '''''  °"'^--" 
In  August,  1881    under  th^.f  .i  V    °"^  *^^'='^e''  *«  handle  it 
the  church%o;ed  to  fin"sh  its   bS.W    '^  f  ^'"  ^-  ^^-  «^^ven 
for  the  use  of  the  schod  as  long  as  ne'e'd^      V  ."'*='  '"  ^^'''''°" 
the  auditorium  of  the  church  f of  ..  '  '''^'^^  ^'^^  ^t'"  to  use 

and  other  large  gatherings     ThtaHHr'"'/"''"^  "''''''''''  '"*"^^^' 
for  a  hundred  students.  ^RniThLth^''^      u"f '^  accommodation, 
and  fencing  the  grounds  cost  $J  Jfi     ptr'' p^"''^'"^  '^'  ^rf^ition. 
tire  sum,  except  $500,  which  waff  iriff.""  .^'^^'"  '^'^^^  'he  en- 
of  the  American  Baptilt  Hoi  M-^      ^c"""  ^^^  ^^''""^  edifice  fun.l 
gan  a  career  of  unus  a    p"omL    L'T  ^'"''''''-    '^^'  ^^^^^n^v  b 
town  and  the  surround  ng'oumrv  as     'T"^  l^'  '='^"fi'^^""  °f  ^^e 
nomination.     It  was  eTefywhere  tafkerof '.'  '"lu   "^  ''''  ^^P'^^  ^^■ 
school."    "We  will  sustain  our  school"    I    ^  ^^e  Baptists  as  "our 
self-supporting  and  free  from  debt  and  it  hVd''  '  «°""^.hing  school. 
.-^74  °^°^'  ^"'^  't  nad  a  good  buildfn?  uhiVli 


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Tuf  up'aTcw";iS  t  -l^  "".""•"  ''''  <le„omi„a.ion  was  able  to 
fdeaiT/ri',",'^;"f   ^L!  >"'""'/  ownership.    The  location  was 

wciuucr,  looi,  we  hnd  the  following  statement: 

Iocat?d"her^.  bXgY  to''t?i"IapltrTtJ"'r"!;  ""^''^^  ^"^^•">- 
three  years.  Hitherto  the  schnni  ha.  u  ^*  "T  ^*^"  '"  operation  for 
building.  Now.  herare  LtacreH  in  Lm""  ^^"S.'''  T  ^''^  ^^P^'^*  <:hurch 
for  the  school  twenty  four  fee,  bv  &  ?  *'''  '^""'"^  "  ""=*  building 
divided  into  three  rS.X  add  tion\ohrr;  '''°  stories  high,  and 
which  was  twenty-six  feet  bv  fifVv  fl^/  , '  ^\"'P,""'"«*''«^'f  <^hurch. 
finishing  it  off  at  a  cost  of  V«^  Thl'  i?°"  '"'  ^""^  foundation,  and 
thirty.  They  want  a  oastor  TV>.  ^^  *'^''*  "  membership  of  about 
awaits  the  .4n  w"ho'can  ^he  fee""''  '  '''"°'"-   '  "   ^  K""^   '^'"^ 

time  had  the  school  been  keot  u„Ser  it.  «    .    t ''*'"°'"'"^"°"  ^'  '^^' 

been  limited  strictly  to  an  Srv    h,      V    "'""!'  '"^  "^'"^'  ^"'l 
ouirht  tn  t,a„«  u    u       ^  academy;  but  when  somebody  said  that  we 

to  college  was  made  in     «fir    '^     ■        V  ^'"'  ^''^"^^  ^''O'"  academy 

graduatf'in'th^'mtstrVo^'the'S    Ind  'JlT'  °'  ^"^^  '^°"^^' 
of  Rev   T  C  BAfcor  tt,»  c        •!     J  '  ^°  ^'*°  agamst  the  protest 

official   influence  aeainst  it      tj,«    t  ^'^  personal   and 


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portion  of  the  largest  inland  city  of  the  Sf>».  xu 
either  of  these  offers  might  have  b<^n  met  a^H,  ^''V^^nd.tions  of 
at  Colfax  without  a  tithe  of  the  stm^lT^nH  .  "  *"f"">^  "*»'"«' 
tempt  to  build  a  college  there  M  ss  fct  ^"J"'"'"'  ''^  ""^  »'- 
act  as  superintendent  of  schools  at  Wni^v'^.""  ""'^^  "^^^  '" 
Trimble  and  his  wife  were  theTffi'ien*  r  *  ^*"'''  *"^  Professor 
it  remained  an  a^ademv  LnM  ?  ^""""^  °*  '''«  »<=''°o';  "d  had 

career.  ^  ''°"''*  '^^^'^  contmued  its  already  successful 

Rev/j-ZcrrnrtiaTmaV^rcrwrhrdtl.    ""'  «"^"^'^'  ^««^ 
money  for  the  work  ofthe  ,l.n  1  ^  ^"'^^^  ^"  ^l"*'  '"  raising 

pastorate,    carr  ed   the   financTh"    1""'  '"'^'  '"  "^"""^^''o"  with  hi! 

failed  under  it  and  he  Sned      Thr.?   ^^^'u""'"    "^'^    health 

time   is   briefly   stated      The  cam^w   uTl  °^  '^'  "°""^«  «'  'hi. 

communication  from  the  Board  of  Tn.!  *^'"t  *'  '"*'^°^  '''"'^^d  a 
X  H.  Teale.  general  mtiona  y  for^  S  ^W  shrir'"T  ''  ^''■ 
Idaho,  and  its  salient  points  are  as  follows  ^^      '"''  "^'■"'"" 

Colfal;  Coffi'held'jal'a^r^r  X'tlfe  f  n'"^  ■  «°^^^  ^^  trustees  of 
was  e  ected.  with  author^ty^and   SuSion.    r'"«^  ^'"^""  Committer 
agent  for  the  college:  E.  Drake?}.  H  feaVe"  „H  fT't   *  "«*  financial 
following    spccia     instructions    w^V,    .?^i!:-         ,    ^  Trimble.    Then  the 
namely:   "That  the  commiuel  corr«n«  J^""?"u'''y,>  ^"'l    heartily    voted 
secure,  if  possible.  hirStance  of  T«fi  w'th   Rev.  J.   Q   Baker  and 
fon."     The  nrrangement  of  salary  aSd   ever^tt'  '«''"'=^  'J^  "'«  '"*»*"" 
committee,  and  the  committee  has  7skeS  mtf  ^"""«   "^^   '«^t   with    the 
urge  you  to  accept  the  po  ?fon     We  sho^W  K/°'r"Pond  with  you.  and 
your  own  salary,  as  we  are  wilHng  to  oav  vo«  uLZu""^  '°,  '?^'  >""  "^me 
as  w^  know  you  will  do  it.  ^^  ^°"  liberally  for  doing  the  work 

convinced  of^'nyS^  {iT.Xt  Z  LoTis't'  '"^^l^  ^^"  ^-^  <='"rlv 
do  another  great  woFk  for  the  Baotist^  "^  ♦•^  '^m'"*1'''*  ^^^  ^or  yo"  t,'. 
,^t?  '"«=n'i°"ed  in  connection  with  he  work  h^.°T*'"^"'-  ^^-^  "^'"e^ 
that  yours  only  inspired  hope  and  confidenrk     n^  ^"^  '?  ^°"  sincereh 

S^o^having  to  contS  ^r^-Si^U^^LJ^gSfi^ 

look'thrwhoTe  skuat'i-on  oTr  T'the'm°e"fn^-'°  ^°'-^^='-  '^  >«"  «=an.  and 
you   can  your  decision   irreearri   tn  Tif  "''"'I  "■"'^  ■"«««  Promplya. 
we  must  have  an  agent  in  thlfieW  ^^h-^  ^^^   "^""^  "^^'d  you^  a 
most     I  have  written  th«    fSy  be«use  I 'am' v?^ "*  °'  ''""  ""^^^^  '' 
others,  that  you  should  say  "/es"  to  ou5  p"  poskion""""''  "'"^  '"^""^ 

foun^t  pTofert^iLSe^id  ::;ra  S  i°d 'f  "d  ^^"^   ^^ 
each     for     $3.CKX,,    by    a    third    m^agf  Z   £5"^  Tuf  Te 


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l«v.ng  a  tota?"  debSess  ajLf tT;  n"'  "'^'''l  S''""'*"  °^  ^33o, 
unpaid  pledges  were  to  b^  coumL?.  I  h  ^  .T"^  °^  ^'^SO-  «  all  the 
hiin,  affer  consSne  afl  '°""''^'*  f.°°^-    With  thi.,  statement  before 

lowing  4mrantr^^'..l'ft  'r\7ulUnd"^;ra  '^.  Tf'^^  "^''^  '^'^  ^'^' 
not  think  it  wise  to  attempt  the  wor^    Ceo    laT'"'""'  '  ''^ 
come  when  all  will  be  Inst   ^n^  t  u       '-°°""  °^  'a^er  a  crisis  wi  I 

The  executiv  rommht  e  'the  chuJch''  ^°/T"'^.'°  '^'  «°^^^-" 
urged  him  to  take  rSeruDwS'.^'*  u*""  '"'""*•  '^''*^^'-''. 
■ntegnt,  was  at  ^tat^  fi^aT;  ^nift^otk^'it '''  "^"^  'ienomn.ational 

in  the  o1?Su1ldingThe^"w"bui,d"'  t«'"",  ^'"''""^  was  in  session 
denon,i„i,tio„  and  the  Sy  ^  '"'  ""  '""■"■««»  ■<>  -1.= 

Rev.  J  H  rlLrand  the  H-n   P^  '^'^''U'" /■■"/'  ^y  the  agent,  and  by 

with  mstructSis  Jo  u    'it""- Co  Tax  ?ohet/"h''""'°"^'  P"'P°"' 
it  from  debt.    The  value  of  th.nlr   »,     ^    whenever  it  would  free 

it  had  been  ^PPrl:!^  cor:^:t!Z"r^^^^^^  ''''' 

:  :rgt:rad\^rmi-  ^vit  -^-^^^^'^^^^^^ 

was  affofdeTInrby^'^Eicra^^^:^;^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

connection  could  be  made  with  the  city  watemorS     I?  Sn     T 

rSli:h?'"h"  ""'  ^'/  ^'^J'r'  ""^-  Pres7d'e::tSle  and  ?7oVf 
school  Lh  to  ne:\nV;o°old7atr:„;^"^"^^  ^^  '^  — "^  ''^e 

surroutHingTu'ntry  'rvSe"stnL"""'"/'"°"^''*  ^''^-^''-'  »»^^ 
fact  fh=.t  tL  .  .  f^'^'n&ency  in  finance,  coupled  with  the 

beexpectS  lT<^rV-7.T.TJ\'^J'  ''j^^'  ^^'  ^"'^"^  ^"  t'^at  could 
peered,  yet  51,17,,  was  collected  and  $1,152.90  paid  on  the  indebt- 


378      BAPTIST    HISTOHY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 

ednets.  It  was  understood,  in  the  beginning  of  the  canvass,  that 
the  agent  was  to  be  sent  to  the  East  for  aid;  but  he  constantly  held 
that  this  could  not  be  done  until  the  property  had  beei  '^id  for, 
and  that  he  would  go  for  endowment  only,  for  which  he  Id  not 
ask  unless  the  people  here  could  pay  for  the  property.  When  they 
did  m  he  would  go.  Finally  a  point  was  reached  where  he  thought, 
with  many  others,  that  the  city  ought  to  supplement  the  assets  with  a 
sufficient  amount  to  cover  the  indebtedness.  The  agent  had  done  his 
work  and  could  not  longer  hold  the  position  and  accept  a  salary 
from  the  Board.  He  had  arranged  too,  for  the  payment  of  the  con- 
tractor, if  the  citizens  would  care  for  the  remainder  of  the  indebted- 
ness, and  so  he  severed  his  connection  with  the  institution. 

Meantime  Professor  Trimble  had  resigned.  The  school  had  been 
put  upon  a  self-sustaining  basis  under  contract  with  Prof.  F.  M.  Eng- 
lish and  wife  to  run  the  school  for  five  years,  maintaining  the  college 
curriculum,  the  income  of  the  school  to  be  accepted  as  remuneration. 
This  contract  was  made  by  t^ie  agent  with  Professor  English  with  the 
hope  that  it  would  be  possible  to  relieve  the  college  from  incumbrance 
during  the  tenure  of  the  contract. 

In  the  early  nineties  another  effort  was  made  by  Rev.  Geo.  H. 
Veroman,  pastor  at  Colfax,  as  agent.  He  succeeded  so  far  as  to 
report  to  the  trustees  the  needed  amount  subscribed.  The  trustees 
reported  to  the  parties  holding  the  Stearns  property  in  trust  that  they 
were  ready  to  fulfil  the  conditions  under  which  the  property  was 
donated  by  Brother  Steams.  Mr.  Baker  took  every  measure  to 
ascertain  whether  the  legal  conditions  were  carried  out,  and  being 
assured  from  what  he  deemed  reliable  sources  aside  from  the  trus- 
tees' ratification,  and  being  assured  that  such  concessions  were 
made  as  would  enable  the  trustees  to  clear  the  property  of  debt,  he 
executed  a  deed  and  sent  it  to  the  other  members  holding  the  deed 
in  common  with  him,  and  the  property  was  turned  over  to  the  trustees 
of  the  college  with  the  stipulation  that  it  should  be  applied  on 
the  third  mortage  to  pay  the  contractor  mder  an  agreement  made 
with  him  by  J.  C.  Baker  before  he  left  the  agency ;  that  this  property 
should  be  accepted  as  a  satisfaction  of  his  mortgage  whenever  the 
trustees  were  able  to  pay  the  first  and  second  mortgages. 

This  closes  the  summary  of  Colfax  College  history  so  far  as  the 
author  had  either  personal  or  official  connection  with  it.  As  a  matter 
of  further  history  of  the  institution,  instead  of  paying  out  it  became 
more  deeply  involved  and  finally  passed  out  of  the  hands  of  the  de- 
nomination, being  sold  to  private  parties  after  having  sunk  over 
$20,000  in  the  college  effort;  the  details  of  its  further  history  being 
left  for  the  historian  of  that  field  in  his  forthcoming  volume.  We 
have  only  carried  it  so  far  in  this  volume  as  necessary  to  give  its 
historical  setting,  while  the  North  Pacific  Coast  was  practically  acting 
in  unison  under  our  Convention  in  educational  matters. 


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Mrs.  A.  F.  Cruttenden  j-      „  ^ 

Mrs.  Jennie  M.  Baker  Shank  ^rs    n    f  n  V'""^^" 

E.  T.  Trimble  "  ^    ^^"'"^ 


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CHAPTER  III 

GRACE  SEMINARY 
1883-1893 


-,.!*'?'"'■'''"  ^''""''°"-  A  feasible  plan.  Providential  openings.  An  o.ien 
neld.  Associational  control,  important  report.  Hearty  approval,  .-itirtiiig  a  sell..,.! 
Adhering  to  the  plan.  Hesitation.  Call  to  action.  Baptist  Convent  „n  in  contr.-l 
tducational  hociety  incorporated.  A  local  Board.  Ten  thousand  dollars  plclged. 
bchool  at  work.  Agent  appointed.  Formal  dedication.  Description  of  building. 
Hopeful  outlook.  On  the  danger  line.  University  scheme.  Efficient  work  Enrol- 
ment. 


In  the  year  1883  the  Holy  Spirit  seemed  to  be  moving  upon  the 
minds  of  the  Baptists  to  undertake  .some  educational  work  on  the 
field  covered  by  the  Puget  Sound  Baptist  Association,  which  had  the 
same  area  as  that  later  covered  by  the  Northwest  Baptist  Convention. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  that  Association  in  1883,  the  Educational 
Board  appointed  the  previous  year  made  a  report,  which  was  adopted, 
and  from  which  we  quote: 

It  seems  to  your  committee  that  there  should  be  three  seminaries 
under  Baptist  cor.tro!  m  our  field  of  .such  preparatory  grades  as  ^IkiII  fit 
for  college.  One  of  these  should  be  located  midway  between  Puget 
^ound  and  the  Columbia  River,  one  in  the  center  of  the  Puget  Sound 
gasm,  the  third  at  or  near  the  terminus  of  the  Canadian  Pacitlc 
Railway.  Ihese  schools  should  Lie  part  of  a  system  of  feeders  to  supnlv 
with  students  a  conveniently  located  college  or  university.  .  .  In  regard 
to  a  college  or  university,  your  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  all 
the  resources  of  the  entire  Northwest  should  be  given  to  a  single  institu- 
tion already  founded— and  that  single  institution  alreadv  founded  and 
to  some  extent  endowed,  we  have  in  the  college  at  Mc.\Iinnville  Ore 
toward  the  maintenance  of  which  we  urge  the  Baptists  of  the  Associ- 
ation to  give  their  money  and  their  prayers. 

That  this  was  a  movement  under  the  Spirit's  direction  seems 
evident  from  the  fact  that  very  soon  there  were  offered  most  favor- 
able and  valuable  sites  for  such  a  system  of  schools  at  Centralia.  at 
Seattle,  and  at  Vancouver,  B.  C.  In  the  year  1884  there  was  a  provi- 
dential opening  for  a  school  in  the  central  district  at  Seattle;  later, 
an  equally  providential  opening  for  a  school  in  the  no-thern  district 
was  secured  by  Rev.  Robert  Lennie  at  Vancouver,  B.  C. :  and  there 
was  a  providential  opening  in  the  southern  district  at  Centralia, 
where  a  private  school  had  already  been  started,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  a  school  corporation  composed  of  men  who  were  mostly 
Baptists,  that  had  come  into  the  possession  of  eleven  acres  of  gronnd 
for  school  purposes.  That  Centralia  was  an  ideal  place  for  an 
academy  or  a  mixed  school,  carrying  on  also  departments  of  music 
and  art  for  both   sexes,  was  everywhere  conceded.     It   was   in  the 

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were  being  located  by  the 
score,  with  no  high  school 
on  the  north  to  Tacoma,  on 
the   south    to   Portland,   on 
the  east  to  Walla  Walla,  or 
on  the  west  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean.     Centralia   was  the 
most   flourishing  and   pros- 
perous city  in  southwestern 
Washington,      except     Ta- 
coma  and  the  capital  citv. 
Olympia,   and   in    Centralia 
the  Baptists  were  as  num- 
erous and  influential  as  anv 
other  denomination,  if  not 
more  so.  and  they  had  tho 
sympathy  and  the  combine.; 
financial    strength    of    the 
city  behind  the  school.   The 
area  of  the  field  was  suf- 
ficiently   large    to    support 
such   a   school,   even   after 
high  schools  began  to  multi- 
The  Pi.rrpf  <;r,„.,^    V        •    •  ,    P'y  ""^^"^  State  control. 

1883,  make  the  following  statements  about  Centralia: 

suppS:  Ft'shouid  hrrp^actkarhelp^,-n\he°"  *  ^T'  -^"^  -"^«'- 
surely  languish  and  perhaps  iie  Helo  for  iT Yh^/uT""",?' -^^ '*  *'" 
the  East;  but  we  are  in  no  eood  no«1  ?r.n  ♦  '  ^  ""^  >  solicited  from 
till  we  have  shown  our  he!i r?s  enS  ^n^"  '"''  ^"^  ^'P"^  ^^^^  ^l^a^ter 
in  this  matter.  We  deem  it  howevfr  of  Inr"*"  •''°''"''°"'  consecrated 
class  school  be  speedily  siarted  a  r7n;r.llf^^  importance  that  a  first- 
erected  there.  Centralia  than  that  a  building  be  soon 

foundatt^r'a  'colleg:^'  or  E"rlitv"vWth-^"^^''"  '°  ^'^'^  ^-  ^^e 
McMinnviile  College,  in  Oregon  fllvell  III '"  .°"'"  ^««o<^'ational  field 
have  our  cordial  encouragement'  tL  fJL T''^  -Z  °"''  "^«'  ^"d  should 
it   seems    to    us.    be    Smiec    ^--i      "^    '^  ""^  ''°""'^«  ^^ould. 

university  course.        ^"^^""^    "'"ely    introductory   to   a   collegiate    or 

Roger  S.  Greene,  Chairman 
lowii^  ;trr":j;icrw^^i;:;  f]  the  Association  adopted  the  fol- 


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the  plan  adopted;  and,  fourthly,  because  of  the  high  character  of  the 
brethren  who  prepared  the  report: 

REPORT    OF    COMMITTEE    ON     EDUCATION 

Your  standing  Committee  on  Education  would  report  as  follows : 
True  and   systematic   education   requires   that  intellectual  culture   be 

duly  accompanied  and  combined  with  that  which  is  moral  and  religious 
buch   IS  unquestionably  the   scriptural   idea.     From   this   standpoint 

surveying  Baptist  interests  of  western   Washington,  we  Jj^'^ ,  *"""P°'"'' 

1.  A  great  need  of  educational  facilities. 

2.  A  great  need  of  a  sense  of  need  of  such  facilities. 

3.  A  small  effort  toward  supply,  and 
4-  Some  hints  at  duty. 

,„^  ^ii  ^i"**  '*  needed  is  not  endowments,  nor  magnificent  buildings 
and  grounds,  nor  pretentious  faculties,  but  good  trustworthy  schools 
proportioned  to  our  capacity  and  circumstances,  and  growing  ^vith  our 
growth.  We  ought  to  have  them.  Other  denominations  have.  Our  ranks 
are  recruited  more  largely  than  most  denominations  from  Vhe  poor 
despised,  and  ignorant  of  this  world,  and  while  we  ought  to  regard  this 

emulLTrf  ^T'  f;°'"P°'^'J^^°"«'^^  ^'^°'  "  a  denominS,  to 
TeemineX.  "TeaX?"'''"'  '"  ''^  "'''  ^"^  ''""'  ^•^""-  ^^^  -»^«  --■ 

uvr,j^t  °"**"  *°  ^^1°'"  11°  SS°"^  ^o""  the  slur  that  the  blind  lead  the 
blind,  because  none  but  the  blind  would  be  led  by  the  blind.    We  have 

«.°nfih1""*  ""ri  ^^'  '°i''«'^-'-    W''^*  *«  "«d  '■«  a  """nber  of  modest  and 
sensibly  conducted  academies;  one  at  the  terminus  of  the  Canadian  Pa- 
cific Railway,  one  at  the  center  of  the  Puget  Sound  Basin,  and  one  m, 
way  between  the  Sound  and  the  Columbii. 

(2)  We  ought  to  feel  the  need  of  these  schools.    When  we  do   thev 
will  spring  into  existence  and  show  vitality.     Our  Father  will  raise'thet^ 

rhrUf;/n"?S"'f-  *°  /•'^  J*'*  "".*'•.  ^"'l  ^^  ^"'  ^"stain  them  by  our 
Christian  affection   for  them   and    for  their  work.     God   will   bless   our 

cJJnn^T'*''    w'»'nK"ess    by    providing    pupils,    teachers,    equipment,    and 

.u  ^u^  ^\^^^-^  '^"^^  ^^'^"^  ?^  ^  ^"^h"^"'  ^^^^  at  Centralia.  an  actual  school 
though  only  in  the  germ.  It  has  been  maintained  with  encouraKinu  suc- 
cess for  three  months  of  the  past  year.     Its  trustees  now  have  in  view 

R"o.f,^«t!.l  t!^^^''^l  ^T""  '"l^  ^^'*'  a  graduate  of  our  University  at 
Rochester  who  looks  favorably  upon  the  opening,  and  whose  services 
can  probably  be  secured  if  the  attitude  of  the  Baptists  of  this  Associ- 
ation tovvard  the  seminary  is  that  of  hearty,  co-operative  sympathy 
,!„^„V»"  "ii^''*'"^  *u*'  *t^  financial  prosperity  of  the  school' depends 
upon  Its  excellence,  rather  than  its  excellence  upon  its  financial  prosperity 
1  he  best  institutions  of  learning  of  the  present  dav  have  prown 
up  out  of  poverty,  upon  a  foundation  of  consecrated  exertion  and  prayer 
(4)  Duty  calls  constantly  to  do  what  we  can.  Without  loss  of  time 
u!!.l.  %  A°^  *!'**  '^'5Vi''  ^^  selected  and  secured  for  the  middle  and 
lower  Sound  waters.  Where  we  have  a  school  begun  i^  should  receive 
all  the  inducement,  encouragement,  and  assistance  the  Association  and 
churches  and  brethren  can  give  it. 

In  this  connection  we  offer  the  following  resolution : 
Resolved.  That  Grace   Seminary  has  our   full  and  heartv  approval 
and  sympathy,  and  we  recommend  it  to  the  denomination,  both  on  thi- 
coast  and   in  the   East,  as  a  worthy  object  of   liberal   benefaction   and 


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Of  cd«caSfiieS""rcol.^,^e7^o1°?h'°  '^'^  «T"'  ^"-^^ 
'S  not  npe  for  such  a  movement  *^  °P'"'°"  "'^'  "'^  time 

Roger    S.    Greene,    Chainnan. 
C   H.    IIanfoad, 
Daniel  Roudebush 

Roudebush  as  teacher  ''"'"  '""'"''^  ""^^"^  ^i^^  Lizzie 

foi.o;:;„^^h^r  r:::.^;;!!^^"-^^'  -  '^^  p'^-  -^'  p--'  the 

"lend  the  EicatU"cr,m^t'of  Thi^r/J'^ 

the  Board   of  Trustees  of  Grace   LmiLr^    n       7  '»  co-operate  with 

necessary  ,0  foster  and  develop  that  emerp7ise      '"       ''^°"'   ^'  "'^>-   '^^^ 

In  1887  the  following  report  was  adopted  by  the  Association : 

RETORT  OF  EniTATIOV 

p.sh'iren/rs"tt"U°„":  rU^?^™-''S"?  t  '^"'',  ---^  •" 

prospects  for  Baptist  schools  of  higher  education'  ''''^'^^'""""''  '^an   our 

have^cSTrour^de^JiS\£^.^n,1  ^T'"  H^  ^-""-  - 
academy.  '   '"^  ""er  of  a   valuable  site   for  an 

or  uiK.eS'^forth:"aX;ing'°°'  '''''''''  °"  ^^""^^  'o  build  a  college 

located  S^'he'"L:rV;7"a'".rert'^co"n?,^.°l':f"'''l"'  ''l"'  '^^^^  -  -ell 
best  town  between  Tacoma  and  Ponhn^  R  ?''-^""  *'^"  '""'*«  °f  '^e 
own  schools,  we  must  build  them  ^'"   ''   ''"  *°"'d   have  our 

of  tli:  AfslfnLTZTt  exp'ec?'  tr^'L^^r'"'-  ^^  ^''^  baptists 
to  do  the  work,  if  we  would  Ime  hJifU      ""^    •T"e>'    *ith    which 

Will   we  trv  to  secZ  thl  T  '     "°''  '''"^'"  ""^  ''•"it^- 

trv    to  secure  the  men  and  money  needed' 

M.  M.  Lewis,  Chairman 
A.   W.  Jones. 

An  extract  from  the  renort  nf  iSJia  „;,       <t_ 
cational  work  with  clear  vfsio'affSw!:"    ''  '''''''  ''  '^^  ^^"^ 
Our  status,  stated  in  a  word,  is  this- 

.Boar^"o?"TrusteeITf  Gf/ce'stmSy"  ^^^-^^-^  -^  --"tes.  a 
into  possession,  bv  purchase  of  a  nTosT  lil^T**-  ^"'^  'hereupon  came 
acres  in  the  village  of  Cemrri-.  Th  ^'^'^  ."'t^'  consisting  of  ten 
about  fifteen  acres  The  mortgage  foT  LTJ  ^"'^T'l ''V  donation  t" 
becommg  due,  in  the  sum  or^ruS'JSHgiin^-^Hr!':- 


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done  other  than  sem  spa  m".d°  •  apJeaKon/^h""."^  ""^"  ''^^  ^^''' 
the  Baptists  to  put  into  execatio^,  .hJfr  '  ""^  '°"'  community  for 
promise^.  ^  execution   their  once  earnest   and  exhilarating 

■nstitmi'n'S  a'  s^T ^'lZ!n  ""rk^f'  '''  ^"f'  '"^  ''  baptist 
purpose  hcyond  contingent  failure  of' n^.„n  f^epted    with    bona-Zide 

Meanwhile  -time  and  fid"  ^^'1  fo^  ""  -- "    ^^^  ""'"P"'"  "^"'"'• 

question.   "  What  are  you  go  ,«  to  do    .Cm.f "'  .^'^r'  '^'  *'^''°^«  «f  ""■• 

^oinntit..  .0  .e,f  us  wh^M^^llI^' ^J^  do:'=  ^t't^C^,;; 

P.  L.  Lldlow,  Chairman  of  Comnnlta- 

Xorthwest    Rarifjcf    r-        ^"= .  ">    "'e    Educational    Committee   of   the 

adjacenl'j^u^n    .'   to' ti?e"t,l^oun"t  "o?'^^:^-'  ''  r'\'  -   ''-  -<v  and 
building.  ■  ^    amount    of    $10,000,    for    the    erecting  "of    a 

valu^??L"'uS1fh^cVdTnT■"£^:•^  '''''  '  '^""'^"''^  -^  'he  full 
and  to  raise  at  the  earliest  „oss  Me  It.  «7n^   '"^""'""   '"   ^'■■ademv. 

4.  That  a  local  Board  of  Tr.         I  ^',°,°?"  endowment, 
nection  with  the  Board  of  Comr"?  r4.'H°K"^^  ^'''^*"'  '"  ^«  '"  '-'o"- 
"  ith  the  provision  made  by  Se"  ar°'ic"^"of  Wo'rp^orSor""""'   '"  '"'''''' 

incorporated    the  local   Rn.r  ^^'f  Educational  Society-  was 

to   the   ConvenTion    as   s^inulte  f'"'"  fr  ''''  P™P^^^>-  ^^^^ed  over 

vention   were':   Rev    A    B    Bank      D    n"'""''"/"'"-il  °'  ^'^  ^•'"- 

coma:  Rev.  D.  T.  Pierce  D  n  c?'  h  '^V  ^^'^"der,  treasurer.  Ta- 
Centralif    D     V     p  ^'      V.  ^^^3">«:  James  D.  Minkler.  M    D 

Troras'^Haugh'l,^vtorS''ReT=  t%^-  T'^f- /^"^^•"-  ^-"■^•■ 
■Velson.  Seattfe;  Honl  N  W  Baltle  a.^  R  ?  r '  '"'  f"',*'""' 
\V.  Johns.  Olvmoia-  Rev  R  T  r  t  /"  ^'■^^"^-  Seattle:  B. 
voke    Sea  tip      Th!'nt!^K  .T^-  LaConner;  and  Richard  Hoi- 

Henry"  Sltn.'^pesTn'R:  *s  'w 's^r^'  ^^  '''■"^"^^  ''■'-■ 


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384      BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 
under   its   supervision,  passed   the   following  preamble  and   resolu 

section  Sn^d'ate^'he  fTtheToJ  our'c"  ^^^  ^^''"'^"^'  '"  '*"^   ^"'i'" 

this   an'd   other    Ba/ti    \Xs  ^f  wes^e^n"  W**t"^  P^^^'^"^'^  ^^^^^^  b> 
the  sentiment        oSr^ks'soS^?io?  thTSwSglStionr  ^"^^"'  "'^ 

th-  f.'.  j*"*^'"8  "  .to  be  a  necessary   and  blessed   in- 
the  fundamental  pnnciples  of  education  alike  to  all 
at   we   deeply  app-eciate   the   importance   of   Chriotia,, 
.  wtHnVn^ew^Tei"^  ^"  layin^foun^dlti^oL^fo^r 


Resolved 
of  our  publi 
or  sectariar 
fluence  im,, 

Resoh  ca, 
education  ir 
nominatio 


most  importar  risTiLizin^  1.!?!    thorough    Christian    academy    the 

critic.n'  choosing     /riod  "^   possibilities   of   life   at   its    most 

hopef\he  ■re'ma?kaW*LtLls2\frt'tri„  t&T^r  ''"'  c'="'"«^'' 
at  Centralia  by  which  liooai  hac  w^     1  5    j  ^'^  °^  *^""  Seminary 

present  season  fo^a  well  ea^nert.r.^^  "'"'^^^'^  1°  ^f"*  «  ^'"i'd'ng  the 
west  Baptist  Educltk-nalTc^fetv  ^"'^^"ly  "?«"  the  pledge  of  the  North- 
denomination.    *'"''^'"'"*'  =»<^'ety  to  maintain  therein  a  school   for  the 

efforf rSe  ^c^^'LCe  S??  X^f"  ^^^"'^^^  co-operation  in  the 
Grace  Seminary.  *^    '  ''^'  ^^  ^  Permanent  endowment  for 

Rev.  a.  a.  VVhitam,  Chairman 
Mrs.  E.  M.  Buss, 
D.  J.  Pierce. 

quoted'""   *'''   ^""   ^''"'■""'■>'   "'^'°g"^   f°^    1890   and    1891    we 

the  Ibte"proSfit?oV^by're'"EXr''/t-'''t  p^^*".  ^^^-^  '^e  acceptance  of 
of  the  denUinlt  on  commenced  thin"  tb^'^.^'v""*^  'I'  responsibilit;. 
being  essentially  a  new  S  ani  unHeV  !,.  ^^^-  ^'  *"??"  undertaker, 
the  work  has'been  pushed  w,"th  ZJ  7  ^"sp.ces.  From  this  time- 
completion  of  the  buifdfng  terchers  wlr.  ln,""!f'""'-  P^"^*"«  '^e 
secured,  and  all  the  depaitmentrof  tkl  i,  f '°^^**' /^"'P^''^'"^  quarter, 
thus  more  than  meeting  "sSdges         ''''°°'  °P'"''^'  '''^  denomination 

and  tr^suref  an^d'reT.:e['aTof"'the'VH''"^-^'PV^k^''"^^''  ''  Centralis. 
charge  of  the  work  of  prep'ariL  ^he  ^^n^^'^  ^°"^^^   ^''  P'^^^^^   i" 
This   burden,   in  additiort'o  wf  l^rk^'Ta  oLtornr"*'' '^^ 
before  the  completion  of  the  hiiiMin,;  L  Pastor    proving   too  great 

to  ask  that  hTbe  reHeved  The  Fr^;.^f-  ""?  ^0'nPi"?d  by  failing  health 
J.  C  Baker  as  financTal  aJnt  anH^'°"'\'  \°-"*^  I''*'"  appointed  Rev. 
work.  The  buildirVg  is  now  comnleL^'"'  ^?  5""  J''*=  direction  of  the 
be   finished   before   the   oolninrof   .L"T*  }^^  ^^'^  "°°^-  ^^^'ch  wil! 

formally  dedicated  June  10    I&5)     The  fi„'^n°^^^        September,   and    was 
u  juiic  JO,  ijsgo.     ihe  financial  agent,  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker. 


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|;l|n;i;U''o^ettrrda"^^  T^r-   ^ost  of 

$11,850.90.     The  upper  story  of  the  hunnln^"    ^°'    °^  '^"'''''"8  »"  'late, 
an  estimated  cost  of  $1,20^   whch  will  make^tlffT'?!  '°  '"^  ^"''^hed  a 
Endowment  to  date.  iW    VaTu'erf'\,u"l£«'tdToun^dri&^°-^- 

THE   SF..MI.VARY    BUILI.INr. 

buildings  •"„"tt'st'atro"f  Wa^h.^^to?"""^  '^  "J?^  ^'^  '•-  finest  school 
beautiful  for  situation  as  hslo?I^L'°"  *'''  Northwest  Coast,  It  ?s 
part  of  the  city  affords  Iview  of  the  ci^v  .'nH  7."'"'""  *"  '"^  "^t^rn 
which  cannot  be  surpassed.  The  buHd^ni^  ,«  1'*"=  surrounding  country 
basement  a  full  stot^  in  height  "n  thi'  hV^"""  '*°'''"  ^igh,  with  a 
k.tchen.  pantry,  woodroom   Sry    two  h.^hrn""""'  ^'^  =^   dining-room, 

.     On  the  second  floor  are  the  «H,Hi!^     bathrooms,  and  four  chambers 
S.X  chambers,  while  ty^^thi^dtoZtbl'^oc^^^^^^^ 

.     The   exterior  view   of   the   build  n^UK^.'*/?"'^^'^  ^^  chambers. 

view  ,s  even  tnore  striking.     It  is  finished  thrT*!,^"''   ?"^   '^'   interior 

V"'l^""'^'"^^'  and  presents  a  p"easin<ra„H^''*'"^'T  "^'""'  *ood. 

Boardmg  accommodations  are  n?nviHrf  ^""^ ,:  ".""^"'  effe«- 

ber  of  students,   who   can  here   hilp   1    1  '"  ^^"^  •'"''^'n^  ^or  a  num- 

The  teachers  occupy  rooms  in  th-  hnti/  ^'""5"*   a"«J   delightful   home 

support  as  follows :  P'^aged  its  undivided   interest   and 

REPORT    OK    COMMITTEE    ON     EDUCATION 

been^o^^  S'"u';;Sl^."ed"??S&"s  Tl^J"''  ^  -^  -^  ''^s 

attention.  In  our  denomii.ationL"  work  fhe  v.T^^  ^"u  """*"»!  share  of 
endowment,  erection  of  new  buiIdTn«  .X^"a  "l^s. brought  increase  of 
of  new  schools.  Every  Tart  mS^be*&^  t^"^'''''"-  ^nd  founding 
gigantic  emerprise  of  foundinc  ™t  Chirn.l''""^''.  ^^  .^^^  success  of  thf 
ment  of  $1,200,000.  ^  ^'  Chicago  a  university  with  an  endow- 

of  G!;ce's\mi„^a7;'BuiIdr  and  th'/"f''"L""^  ''"««-  of  the  erection 
much  for  the  future  p'Sedfyo'^th/T'''"^  °^^  ^<=''""'  tbat  prom  "se" 
important  than  any  other  of    he  Hennm-    ?°""?^''°"-     Perhaps  no  more 

t?u°c?e""^°T'?  '?^'^'  '"d  i.  coLlquemrorlf"^""'^'  ^-^^  •*  '^  ■'^"^"d 
trustees  of  this  institution  have  iu^t  mlL  ^°^^  """«t  to  us.  The 
year  by  employing  an  able  and  efficient  V'u"^''";"*^  ^"^  '^e  coming 
completion  of  and  furnishing  the  bS^  W  I  ?•"'*  Providing  for  thf 
and  support  of  Christian  school,  U  m^»^'  ^  lu^  ''^''^^^  t^at  the  founding 
Christian  church.  The  heart  an^  T  °-  }^,^  «'^^^  demands  upon  hf 
together  and  this  cannot  be  done  in  schn"nf"7'  '''°"J^  ^^  developed 
excluded,  and  where  scofTers  ric<.nH.c  ""i^  f'*""  ^'"'^h  the  Bible  is 
instructors.  We  believe  the  ChriS'i,  '",'^'^''''.  *"d  Spiritualis  s  are 
'can  institutions.  M^e  recomnVeni  ^^n.  ^ '°'  "  "'^  safeguard  of  Amir 
prayers,  and  by  our  InteresT  ^nH  .tt  ^"^^  remember  our  schools  1^  our 
the  highest  degree  of  usefulnes^-  ,h^f '°"  P'^'^'°'  '°  develop  them  to 

eld"  du';-  ''T'''"'  °f   "-   "on   'and'^dalg^^^^^^  -^  '"''""  to 

field  during  the  year  nr^rl,  ..  i...?  "a^Ktljers ,  that  the  pastor  of  th» 

z  •    "" ''^"^^  "^'^  educational  sermon.     That  we 


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^'^'i'^s\^%Urr::i^^^^^  Society  our 

at   least  $io,cx)o  endowment   *^°'"P'""'"  °*  Grace  Seminary  and  securing 

S.   W.   Beaven,   Chairman. 

efhcient   assoc  ates   and    the   liberal    «-..,«„,       .C"      V  ^""J^Ie  and  his 

/.«».. h,  c,„  „t  c.»?,jiir.„!i1;i'',rs  f'ia?«"' ""  "«'"" 

$5,000  in  that  city.  ^esuitrng    already    m    the    raising    of    nearly 

movement" ilfafouVctiche's"  whic*!!"^'^'  ^"""«  T^"'^"'^*^  ^^^"d  this 
$15.0^  sought  for°";i?r  cheer'fSi?  c^/illted  ^'^'  ^"  ^"^^  ''^''"'"  ^' 

effort  onSSciar^^c^eSy  ^k^  fc";^  '!l'^  f^i^  ^"ending  the 
and  money  for  the  estarsS'o?"u/irvefshy'"'''s?;.t',?e"'^"""«  '^"' 

and  Ja"itS  ^^^'^^^^"ar'Th'e'St  ^'^  '""'i'  T  S^  ^'^^^' 
Tr.mKi^     \     n*  .    ^  ^"^  faculty  consisted  of:  Prof  E  T 

irimble,  A.  M.,  oresident-  Mrc    t?    t    -r  •    1.1       "^  "••  i^iui.  li.  1. 

Jennie  ^^  B.^.V^pH^pIi  "  '.he^J- d Jp" t:„.':'S'D' ^^^ 
the  Baptist  denomination  on  the  Northwest  Coast. 


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CHAPTER  IV 
NORTH  PACIFIC  UNIVERSITY 


I 892- I 896 


under  one  adn,ini!tra?bn  go  " /ned  bv  fhe '  ''"'''"""'  '"'''•'"''°- 
Puget  Sound  Association  hfvinJco nro.  n  T^  .<^o^Porat.:on.  The 
date,  endorsed  this  action  by  ayhiV  ™  U  !  ''''°""'  ^^^'^  ^^  'his 
the  effort  now  being  made  to  unifv' .11  '''''^'"''  ''''^  P'^^^"""^ 
general  adnunistration,  k,t  we    S^r.l  'nstttufons  under  one 

b.lity  for  the  support  of  Grace  sfmn?"'-^u°"'  'P"'^'  '"'^^Ponsi- 
relation  of  the  pSget  Sound  LsoHm^^'  J^''  '^"''^  '^'  historical 
the  denomination  wth  a  lurrhin,".'",'^''''"  ^''"*"^^^-  '^^-""g 
legitimate  and  Christlike  wf;  to  It.rn^aSraL:"'   '''''''  '"  ^-^> 

danger  Hne/T'th^s' /^Ln^ 'f'  ''''^'"  °'  ■^^^''"^  "-^-ched  the 
Peated  obligations  t  puT  he  whoIe'T'  ^■•°"'  .--^i-d  and  re- 
resources  behind  Grace  Semlna  J  untirT'"'u°"''  ^'^^"^'^  and 
equipped  to  be  permanentry^ffecteH  h  f^""'    "'"^    *°«    «'^" 

he  necessary  i„  educationa  'lines     it  i'"/.  °'''''  f  °'''  "'°"^'''  '« 
speculative   spirit   of  the  times   inr.vf.tf    T'^  ^^'^^^y  f™'"  the 
•boom."    That  brethren  s'ouTd  hat  differ'  .*'''  ""^^'^^'"^  "^^^ 
possessions  upon  so  great  aT„hi.^      different  v.ews  and  local  pre- 
Christian  education  ifn^     tranpe    and  ^o^'  °'  '°"''"^  ^^''°°'^  f- 
to  hold  and  state  such  view      EJt  to  be"o  f":  """""'-T  ''''''  ^'^''^ 
force  of  a  '-boom"  as  to  foVee     rhri!,       ^"^.""'^^  away  by  the 
peril  the  cause  one  loves  and  if.,  5J"'*'""  obligations,  and  to  im- 
condition   of   things   greaSy   to    k^,"  P"""™',"'"'  '"  P^on'oting.  is  a 
avoided  by  Christfan  me^  '  Yet    .onr'"''''"  .f  "^    certainly    to   be 
in  this  net  set  by  SatanTo  Jtll  ^        '""  P^'-^  '"^"  "'^^e  caught 
'nen   of  the   Baptist  broheSoo     '"h""^  °*  '''  ^''■°"^"*  ^"^  "^^ 

possible,  the  plan'adopted  by  the  LtS^^  *°  ^"^••°y-    '^ 

education  on  this  great  and  i^rZTlJ^J^^  *°  promote  Christian 

plans,  and  with  whTsucTelTe'woXd  '''„  "°- '-'^ious  were  his 

-  restate  the  propo.ed;rs%'f^Brp  st  'onUThicr"  "''"^'V 

To  plant  three  academic   school.rnne  rn^;omW-T'''   w^'r 

-.-n,  one  .ear  the  center  of  the  PugeVs^^unrBasir  aTd  one'fn" 

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British  Columbia,  to  be  located  by  the  brethren   in   that  provinc, 

the  war  fiT  f  r"  '°  1,  ''^'^''^^  ""'^  "'^^''»»'<=^  "  the  Lord  op2 
ZJ  ^,       \°  '"*=*^'  ^^^  *^"'='  °^  "'<=  denomination  as  the  coumr 
developed;  and  secondly,  to  become  feeders  to  a  univers  ty  afterwari 
to  be  cstabh..hed  at  a  pent  later  to  be  deternnned  by  the  develoDme 
of  centers  of  population.    The  simple  analysis  of  th  "£  is'^fir 
three  schools  as  the  Lord  shall  open  the  way;  second!     one  cot-^n 

stuS'r  ^S'^"  "T''  '"'"^  "'■^'^  ^•^"^  ac'ad:S;'!iou  d  p^tVhe  i 
students  ready  and  eager  for  richer  and  higher  development  T 
this  plan  our  denomination  was  pledged.  eiopment.      ir 

In  the  following  extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  Xorthwesterr 
Assoc.at.on  for  .889    Doctor  Pierce  gives  his  personal  vlelofu'i 
pledge,  voicmg  very  largely  the  denominational  view: 

it.  fi"Vin?ep{io,r'in",88?'°o"Se"ec^nt'emhu^i,°!''''^"  '^"""e^^'  '^^"^ 
a  building  costing  $.0000  U  a«„rprf  iJ  enthusiastic  movement  by  whicl. 

at  $i2,ooS,  u^n^ondhbn  that  In  academv  ^"""'l""  P^oP"ty  value! 
Baptist  denotfdnation.  He  urged  fhe  churX^.  .«  .v'l'''"/''  'K'''=  ''^  '^' 
until  this  was  provided  whh  a  $10^  -^A'°  *'""''  ^^J'"  °"'^'  '''"'o' 
erection  of  a  cottage  by  eTch  diurch^  endowment,  and  suggested  the 
rented   for  the  benefit  of  the  1emt a??         ^°""'''  '"  ^*"'""^-  '"  ^' 

?»:K"arwr;eS,;'j-:r '-  '•'-' "  -*  •« "-  --"* 

There  were  then  three  Baptist  churches  in  Seattle-  the  First  the 

;    ""'^f,  ^"'  ?«^-  Thomas  Baldwin,  and  Rev.  I    VV    Read  '  Thosf 
pastors  fell  m  with  the  new  scheme  to  build  a  univers  iv  and  cJrrS 
many  of  their  members  with  them.    The  "  Northwest  £nH=.  ^i 
S'  tr  s^VanVe' a'  1 '''  Northwest^Con^e^^X'^^ ..^^^^^^^^^^ 
tTon.i  ^^  ■' ,    "  ^         '    ""^y  '"'"'  *«  "  American  Baptist  Educa- 

Sy  iTLTCJT'rT  ^'^°'  ''  ^'^'^  -'"'^  scheme.    That 
goaiy  man,  Kev  J.  Sunderland,  who  was  then  acting  as  eeneral  mi. 

sionary    for   Washington,    was    made    to    believe   fhat  It    wa     h 

duty  to  res,gn  and  to  accept  the  agency  of  thr«  Northwest  Bapti 

and    necpecar,,    o„,.„    v^^juaiiy  m   nis  salary  of  $2,000  per  annum 
and    necessary    expenses.      He    secured,    conditionally,    the    bond- 


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kind,  or  Mr   Rrketelkr  and  h  .tn"  ""  ""  """   "'»  ""  "Sl-t 
their  monty  ,h°„     tJ'  hr.,h  L     r"""T"  ™"'''  "«  ■>»"  P"" 

Grace  Seminary  frordebr         ""'''  '^  "°"'^  ^^^"^  '^^^^  ^^^ed 

able  for-fa  j;  use.     After  anii'S  T/  f'  °*  ^"^"^^  «"•^- 
to  free  from  d^bt  the  endre  p^  pSt^^^hS  h\"i  '^nxg",::^^^"' 

the  foot^f  the  hill  on Thlh  ?h  "'^"'^  *°  P'°'  '"^^  'a"<''  'yng  ^t 

the  citv      Heh.i  the  seminary  was  built,  and  extending  to 

one    urter  paid  down  TcaT'^^'"  'f  ^'^'^  P'°*  *°^  ^4-5°o>  with 

"lade  avaflaWe  to  rv  .i,  /.S%'".1'"'''  ''"""*'"  ^^  ^^  <=°»'d  have 
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way  was  not  open  for  a  successful  canvass  of  Seattle  to  clear  off  tl,.. 
indebtedness  he  thought  it  would  be  wise  to  sell  the  laa^^  eel  nf  su 
that  he  could  secure  the  other  $500  easily  when  the  rwt  hLd  been 
provided  for.    He  called  the  Board  of  Trustees  together  and  pressed 

isoS  had  to  h'  r'  "°:,"'"'T  ^°  '''''"  '''^  ^••^-^--  -d  in  teal 
pfioo  had  to  be  borrowed  on  the  property  to  pay  all  obligations 
This  was  done  because  the  brethren  thought  that  the  land.  ifS  in 

laLrtn  offTn^H  V'"'  ^^"'-°-"  burst  before  this  couid  be  don  " 
vaJues  fell  off    and  Grace  Seminary  was  doomed.     Had  there  not 

wol  hT'T'*^  '"  '^^  '"'  ''''  ''"'"  •'^'•'^^^  '^^'  Grace  Seminary 
.would  have  become  a  flourishing  school,  of  which  all  Baptists  would 
have  been  proud,  and  ,f  this  had  been  a  success  it  would  have  paved 
the  way  for  success  m  the  next  effort  to  carry  out  the  plan  ^  One 
flounshmg  school  would  have  been  a  most  valuable  asset  to  inspire 
courage  for  undertaking  the  next.  ^ 

Another  thing  which   the  author  thinks  stood  in  the   wav  of 

the  success  of  our  educational  work  was  the  inextricable  tangle'in^o 

which  the  rank  and  file  of  the  denomination  fell  by  reason  of  The 

nto  "rcharif  f'\''K   """"^^  ""'  long-drawn-out  incorporation 

weretut     pTstta^^he  °"  '''"  '"°''"  ""'  °"^  ^'"^^*'°"^'  ^'^^ 

Incorporation  of  the  Northwest   Baptist  Co.vvention 

ThelJ^cfstt'edwas^''"''  '^°"""''°"   ^'"  '"^"^P^-"^"^^  '"   '«««• 

n,iniSri7d'  ^^^S^r^^^tc^r.  ^  t^rXS^;^- 

»n^  ^LT''  ^i*"  Convention  is  legally  authorized  to  handle  all  classes 
and  grades  of  schools  attempted  under  denominational  auspices.  By 
these  articles  too  the  Convention  is  legally  and  morally  boimd  to  pay 

full  airtrosr  f-^'"''-  ^'  '^'^  ''"^*^"'  •"•  Boards,  committees,  in 
agents  °''''«fa*'°"s  it  assumes,  whether  by  vote  of  the  body  or 

,««fl^^^  Northwest  Baptist  Convention  was  organized  September  i. 
1888.  In  this  meeting  the  subject  of  education  was  discussed  by  the 
mmisters.  but  there  seems  to  have  been  no  official  action  taken,  and 
yet,  at  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Convention,  held  at  Olympia 
August  29  to  September  i,  1889.  a  Board  of  Management,  which  it 
appears  had  been  appointed  and  instructed  the  nrevious  year,  made 
the  following  report  by  their  secretary.  Rev.  S.  W  Beaven  as 
secretary  of  the  "Northwest  Baptist  Educational  Societv,"  which 
had  been  incorporated  that  year  under  instructions  given  bv  the  Con- 
vention : 


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\ouT  Board  would  beg  leave  to  report  on  the  assembling  of  the 
Board  of  Management  immediately  at  the  close  of  the  Convention  at 
Seattle,  m  accordance  with  the  instructions  received  from  the  Convention 
to  form  an  Educational  Board,  which  should  have  power  to  incorporate 
and  to  act  on  behalf  of  the  Convention  to  receive  property,  to  transact 
any  business  in  connection  with  the  organization,  and  carrying  forward 
the  educational  work  within  the  bounds  of  this  Convention.  In  accord- 
ance with  such   instructions,   the   following-named  persons   were  "chosen 

I*  "i*^*!?*  *"*=]"  ?^?",^-   ^«^-  A-  ^    Ba"'«S'  D.  D.,  D.  J.   Pierce,  D.   D., 
M.  I.  Rugg,  S.  W.  Heaven,  and  Judge  N.  W.  Battle. 

Several  offers  of  land  were  made  at  various  points  to  locate  a 
school,  two  of  them  for  a  university,  but  none  of  them  of  such  a 
character  as  to  warant  the  Educational  Board  in  pledging  the 
Convention  to  plant  a  university. 

One  offer  from  Centralia  was  being  favorably  considered.  A 
nucleus  for  a  Baptist  school  had  been  started  as  a  private  school  kept 
by  Miss  Lizzie  Roudebush.  From  this  small  beginning  a  desire  had 
grown  among  the  Baptists  to  have  a  permanent  Baptist  institution 
located  at  that  place;  and  interested  persons  had  secured  eleven 
acres  of  land  for  that  purpose.  The  land  was  held  by  the  trustees 
of  a  corporation  under  the  corporate  name  of  "Grace  Seminary." 
The  necessary  preliminary  steps  had  been  taken  that  led  up  to  the 
following  proposition  from  the  Convention  Board  to  (he  citizens  of 
Centralia : 

First,  that  the  property  now  owned  bv  the  trustees  of  Grace 
Seminary  should  be  turned  over  to  the  Northwestern  Baptist  Educational 
society  of  Washington   Territory. 

Secondly,  that  good  a-  !  reliable  subscriptions  be  secured  to  the 
amount  of  $10,000.  $5,000  01  which  should  be  in  cash,  parable  in  thirty, 
sixty,  and  ninety  days  after  work  commenced,  and  the  remaining  $5,000 
in  real  estate,  at  a  value  fixed  by  a  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose ; 
the  committee  pledging  themselves,  on  behalf  of  the  Convention,  to  open 
and  permanently  maintain  an  institution  of  learning  as  soon  as  the 
building  should  be  completed  and  furnished. 

.  It  appearing  probable  that  the  offer  would  be  accepted,  your  com- 
mittee deemed  it  wise  to  be  ready  to  receive  and  hold  propertv,  and  to 
this  end  they  requested  Judge  R.  S.  Greene  to  draw  up  articles  of 
incorporation,  and  your  committee  was  incorporated.  In  accordance  with 
the  articles  of  incorporation,  a  local  Board  of  Trustees  was  appointed 
by  your  Board,  which  should  have  charge  of  the  local  interests  of  the 
school.  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven,  secretary  of  the  Board,  who  had  accepted 
tjie  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Centralia,  was  appointed  to  represent  the 
Hoard  of  Managers  on  the  field.  At  once  arrangements  were  made  for 
clearing  the  ground,  and  plans  were  prepared  for  the  building.  On 
July  I  the  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  building  was  let.  said  building 
to  be  completed  on  or  before  November  i.  The  frame  of  the  buildins 
is  now  up,  and  one  payment  is  already  made. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  in  Seattle,  August  7.  Professor  Trimble 
being  present  by  request,  your  committee  made  an  agreement,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Convention,  with  Professor  Trimble  and  wife  to 
take  charge  of  the  school  for  the  coming  year.  In  conclusion,  vour  Board 
woL-ld  state  that  in  addition  to  what  has  been  stated,  they  have  permitted 
the  opinion  to  prevail  that  the  Convention  would  secure  to  the  school 


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In    1883   the   Puget   Sound   Association   havine  charge   nt  th» 

draTSes'f  ^'  ''^'  '^'?  '"^*^"^'^''  ^'^^  Stifn^  "L:  d  to 
of  L  r^i      °V"""'?°'^"°"  ^''^  ^  '^^P''^'  educational  society  capab  e 

our  aTsodaZaltr'"?"""'  "'°'"^.  '''''  ^^^  »>«  ^'^^"-ed  within 
our  associational  field.    A  committee,  of  which  Judge  Greene  was  chair 

of' the'^AsToSo'n  '"'ru'^Vf  '''''  ^"^  ''^'''^'  th^e^rmett  ng 
^L.u  '^f°"^;'°n-  The  following  report  was  adopted,  touchine 
the  character  of  the  schools  to  be  undertaken  •  toucnmg 

■chools  as  wt  need   aid  mk.  ,1.  »  lli-r        . "'   'I'?''."'   "i*    'och 
111!  will  In  fnmml,  *  '^'""  '"  I"'  '""'I'  ">  ""fk 

Roger  s.  Greene,  Chairman. 
C  H.  Hanford, 
Daniel  Roudebush, 

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NORTH    PACIFIC    UNIVERSITY  yj^ 

furti"    «st«ncr"!rf°""^  AssociPtion  gives  to  the  central  Khool 

mend  ^hf  EiJaSnaTco-^mUree  "of  ?h,lT^  "^'^  -^"'"P""  =""»  ^^-^o-"" 
the  Board  of  T^ees  oT^racr   Wn  ^*«''^«'"°n  to  co-operate  with 

necessary  to  fost«  a"d  dL'lorthffrtrrbriTe . "'''   ^''""^  ''  ""^^  "^^ 

f«  » J'''^  '^''""  *.''*'  °''''='^'  "'"^'O"  °*  »he  Puget  Sound  Association 
to  the  educational  work.    There  is  no  record  of  further  officU^ac  on 

waTt  anstTedl'^.H^^M''^?*'  V^'  ^'""  ^'^^  educaSn  ,"S 
*ever Tost t  erei  /"'■'^^'f*  Convention;  but  the  Association 
never  lost  interest  in  educational  movements,  and  any  action  taken 
was  in  harmony  with  its  previous  history  ^ 

coitraha,  It  was  invited  to  visit  Grace  Seminary  by  Rev.  T  C  Baker 

c  eJtrTndTift°"  '*'^"  °'  *"!  *'-"^*"''     ^«  invi^ontYs 

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CHAPTER  V 

THE  SEATTLE  UxMVERSITY 
1890-1891 

pro„i,„  .upper,.     The  Am.ri«"Ba"p^i«' Etca"ri"°s"o:  etv^r/nd.  Iw     'p"'"'"'"" 
men  serve  a*  agents.     Earth  to  earth.  '^■"'"•'"''"•l   Society   lends  aid.      Prommetit 

*«,  ^i?'^™"'^^''  investigation  discovers  that  the  Seattle  University  is 

xtev.  u.  J.  Fierce,  D.  D.,  who  was  the  pastor  of  the  church  at  KJrk- 
land,  on  the  east  side  of  Lake  Washin^on,  presented  to  the  Bantis 
mm„ters'  meeting  in   Seattle  a  proton' from  property  oS 
on  the  east  s.de  of  the  lake  to  found  a  college  or  a  universLTere 

and  "port  He  secured  pledges  of  $10,000  in  brick  and  cash  Md  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  to  be  bonded  Sr  that  p^rlse 
t,t^  IVu"'"^-  ~"d''i°"^-  The  proposition  was  favorabl/ e^r! 
tamed  by  the  mm.sters  and  reported  to  the  Northwest  ConvenUo,  at 

wasnireiV'T'S"'.- "^-^  ?^^'  ^  •"^^"^'"-t  of  the"^rem 
was  secured  by  the  adoption  of  the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of 
Education  of  the  Convention,  which  was  as  follows: 

Whereas,  Munificent  offers  arc  now  tendered  to  no  at  <;«»n«  * 
I^nH  ^^f  •"■  '^•"°""i'"«  *°  ?»«"'  0"«  hundred  and  fi^      '    -s  o    laS 

J??i'/Xt'thU  ?*"'""'!?*  *°  ^50,000  in  money,  therefore.     *  ''' 
before^f,  an  ,.fl^  *  Convention  express  its  gratitude  that  we  have 

denomiLi^r   ^   ""'^"^'^^   ''^    ^^^'^^^    t*"**    ^"all    be^  ro^thyTf  o'u^ 

following  resdurn':'"^'""'  '^^  ^'""'°"^^  ^"^■"'^  P^°P°-<i  ^''^ 
t.ct   rlt"'^'?'  That  we,  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  Vorthwest  Ban 

Seattle  ^  "Pressed  m  the  resolutions  of  the  MinisteriL°  Union  of 

r^r  J''!J''*V'*'  University  Board  of  Trustees  had  been  already  in- 
corporated.    Its  president.  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett,  made  a  stirring  ad- 


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dress  in  favor  of  the  report.  He  was  seconded  by  Rev.  I  W  Read 
with  a  hearty  indorsement.  When  Rev.  A.  B.  Banks  D  D  was 
ca  led  out.  he  expressed,  his  fears  lest  the  new  movement  might  aJ- 
was' firs'  T^ZnZ  ^^-".^--"y.  -hose  financial  conditfon 
Tnother  schn^  ^°TU     n'  '"**•'''  "««*'»'"  niet.  before  attempting 

In  June,  1891,  the  question  of  changing  the  site  of  the  Seattle 
University  was  taken  up  by  the  trustees. 

The  site  was  finally  changed  to  the  west  side  of  the  lake  the 
name  apparently  changed  to  the  "University  of  Seattle "  and  the 

.n"th  \VrT""'i'''^^'^^  T  '1'  ''''  ^'^*=  ^''^^  '-^^-  after  float  ng 
m  the  air  for  a  few  months,  fell  to  the  earth,  for  it  was  earthv 
and  was  absorbed  in  its  own  element.  ^' 

The  terms  on  which  the  land  had  been  bonded  for  the  uni- 
versity required  that  the  erection  of  the  first  buiWing  shouIdT 

l.Vfu    K     I-     ^  f '"*'  "^"'^  ''""^  *°-"^  fulfilling  these  conditions 
was  the  breaking  of  ground  for  a  building  on  December  24.  18^ 


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UNIVERSITY  OF  SEATTLE 
1890-1893 

Organiiation.      Incorporation.      Officers       Trn«t>«.       r...i        1  .• 

ou.  u!:acr?at!'/'"tr-,o"wt»i.7.Tu?  'c^:::'Tz.r^ "'  "■"-  «"-^- 

The  University  of  Seattle  was  organized  August  21  1800  and 
was  incorporated  under  Baptist  auspices,  with  the^ol  ow^g^cers 
September  16    .890:  President.  Rev.  G.  J.  Burchett;  serretlt?   Rev 

r    A    w?'.°A?  =  '""J"'"'''  ^-  ^-  ^"«'«=y-    Executive  CoiS^ittee 
C.  A.  Walsh,  Alonzo  Hull,  and  Rev.  I.  W    Read    of  SmhiI^  InH 

S:-  V-  ^'^^,?^'.  ^„^-  °^  Houghton'^TSesf  James  VVeed 
Rev"  ?^  rw-^h"";"i  "T-  ^  "•  "^"^°^'^'  Thomas  Prosch  and 
G  D-^D^wnev  n/r  ^^^^"''- =  J^omas  Haughton.  of  Victoria;  Rev. 
(..  D_ Downey,  of  Tacoma;  and  B.  L.  Northup.  of  Houghton. 

Seattle    wh.r''      f   L'^''    ^^P'-^^^"ta'ives   of   the   University   of 

fn  .S?**"  nioney  and  property  had  been  donated  which  was  designed 
Noihwir  I  foundation  for  the  great  Baptist  university  of^^Je 
W  r        I   "  ^f '^  °"  *''"  ^^^'"'^•-  electric-car  line,  five  mile' 

acr^,  nf'.'T-  °*  l*'V^'y  °^  S'""''^'  «"^  <=°"''i«ts  of  twenty  one 
acres  of  land  given  by  Charles  Waters  and  J.  K.  Edminste"  It  is 
beautiful  y  situated,  overlooking  Lake  Washington.  ImdTn  full  v  ew 
of  Mount  Rainier  and  Mount  Baker,  and  is  two  blocks  from  the  £ 

sTdefthU  \?J"  '°*  ^^'.^'"  ^^^"^^^  *°'  '^'  "«  °*  the  schcK^^^  b': 
ti  tJ.^tvf  ?  "'•"/^d>t'°"»'  in  the  neighborhood  had  been  deeded 
to  the  institution,  and  two  acres  had  been  given  for  a  Baptist  church 
and  parsonage.  Twenty  acres  on  the  east  side  of  Lake  Washington 
were  also  donated  to  the  university.   Afterward,  several ciVy  lot^^fere 

ff's"e;«I.^  '^"'"^'  '^"'  '""/^  P'*'"^^  ^°""^  •"  '"^^  heart  of  the  cUy 
Hon    P-  K^'^V,'  ?""*  ^"^  ed""tio"al  purposes  and  donated  bv 

merce  n  ."^  ^°'^°''''  P'"'^'"*  "^  '^'  National  Bank  of  Com^^ 
merce.  Doctor  Pierce  says:  "All  this  land  had  been  deeded  to  the 
corporation  to  be  sold  or  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  universSy  »    It 

fh.*^!"'!  ''=''*'"t^3s  maturing  under  the  corporation  of  1890,  and 
per  cent  in  1893,  and  twenby-five  per  cent  in  1894.    All  thrmone'v 


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$40  0^     The    ' "ir     "^^''^'"«'''  '^'  ''"^'  '-''  °f  -hich  was  to  be 
c?ecJS"    It  wf,        dormuory   costing  $5,000.  was  the  only  building 

and  a  half  fe«   two  ^;  *°  \"^*  *""'*  ^"'  ''>'  ""'^  hundred  and  o"f 

In  1892  a  school  was  opened  in  this  buildine  under  R,.v  n  T 
ceS^A'Ct!;  \"'  ''7-  ^'"^^'  ''•^  -^'"fs  maton''rnd''prJ: 
for  the  colIegiaTe  course  '*''  '"^'""^  department,  ready 

was  ^?ronf?rom  t°hV  first^'^n ''. '"  ?•'  management  of  this  school 

evident  from  the  record,  which  shows  thft  Tn,S^»h        v.  f  '°  " 
ertv  was  nffpr^H  »«  fi,»  d     ;•  .  j  .      '        '°9o.  this  whole  prop- 

but  $5&,  to  be  paid  in  cash  to  k^pTp'Thelnortg  g^  o"f t LTiIL^' 
could  be  earned  indefinitely  by  the  ConventionTthe  in;:^;t  w"re 

ventir^nl^atl'LTd'  '■  ^^  ^^-"'  '"  ^'^^'^  ^^^rt  to  the  Con- 

ditioaiT' We't;t^  l^aTte  wish'^wa":h^""°"  ^'"^"'"'^'"^  — 
•  for  a  school,  or  hold  it  over  anrf  on^n  J?.,  ^  the  property,  use  it  now 
us,  or  sell  it  or  excLn«  ft-anvtWn^  T'^  "^"jfr"  '"^^  ^•'"^  it  suits 
it  and  meet  thos^daTs  aTaff  k^  Th ''^"?''  We  have  only  to  take 
committee  considers  thU  such  a  favoraW.  ff"  °1''  ^or  Christ.  Your 
inability  could  justify  us  in  not  emhrarL""^*''^'  ?°"''^K  *'"t  ^^eer 
it  to  your  most  eamen  conside?Itio"  ^'  '"^  ^'  •'""'"^  '=°'"'"^"d 

r^d^ZTheVgher  SLSI^S^o^?"^  ^^^  ""'•-"^^-  ^  ^'^ 
So  strong  was  the  Baptist  influence  in  the  management  of  this 


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BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


school  in  the  two7e°T,  oflt,  m,„^r  **\*  *^"'"""  ^'■«'°'  "  'he 
devoted  and  iSliient  ^  fc  H  «T.""  "^  ^'°'  *''"«  ■"<!  ^is 
and  had  a  strong  Sou  cast  The  r^'  ""'^  *  ^"P'"*  »''««'• 
school,  and  Sunday  scrvrces  for  «,„I^    P"^"  "«'"»?.  the  Stinday- 

schoois  that  he  h^^t^rfS";JL^;l;.".r^^^      '""--« '- 

of  D^tof  pI:  :  ^:^i  1^1^  denomination  upon  the  work 
from  the  renort  of  th!  r  •  '  U"'^crsity  of  Seattle,  we  quote 
western  Assra7ioni,'r89j°"""'""   °"    '^'"""°"   "'   '"*    ^°"'^- 

iiave'S„rro\'^e^T;iV';''^Lrfto[k^^rt"wi.l  b'''^;^  ''^^'"^  ^.-''"--- 
who  have  never  seen  the  school  hnnHi.,™      j  't*^'  fl'fficult  for  those  of  us 

known  the  many  trials  inSent  to  olanti^-  •.  "  '""''"'*  "'  *''°  ^^^"  ""' 
fairly  to  appreciate  the  sacrifices  anrt?,h?,  '^''?;  'nstitution  of  learning 
«n  con....  ^n  with  thL  fnstitution  7^''°"  of  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Pierce 
that  they  have  been  able  o  accomnii.h  "^  *°"j'"^V°  >""■■  committee  is 
a  1  they  could  to  makeihe  sch^T^a  succe.r=.";,''H  ^^^'' ^^^'  *"^«='y  *^°"«^ 
h.m.  Doctor  Pierce  and  his  "am  ly  lever  /h^rr-*'  "'"'  '"=.°^**  ''«»'ind 
he  accepts  a  position  as  teacheTiif  a^er'c^ile^r^n^r  s'tafe  '=  ''"'' 

broken  Xn"°th:Tru:fe:sic'?j:rto''cr  ^"1  "'^  -'^'^  --  '^-"- 

school.     Doctor  P  ercH  ad  s^^nt  f  '''"  management  of  the 

on  the  east  side  S  Lake  Wa?h  "L  '  ""f  '""""^  '°  ''"'  *  «^hool 
pensation.  Hfrnade  S^JLt  'S"  ''•'''°"'  '"'"  ^  ^°""  «*  <=°«- 
manager  and  prTnd;arpf om'lter of That"scrm:"%^'  ""  '"^  ""^ 
was  felt  and  the  po^sibSities  tTat  were  seen  'n  ih  J  h'"'''"'  '^f!' 
gaged  by  the  farf  fha*  i,;e  „i  "  "**  scheme  may  be 

at  $2oc.  a  year  .„H, 5  '^  "  *^'  '"PP"'^^  ''^  »"  appointed  agent 
AgIbJn.%-  ev;r'of^„1::st  waTfdt'h  '^  "°''^^  '^^  ^''^^  «  >'""• 
of  Seattle,  he  was  the  S  L"y"  .''^LiaT^aTa  m^^^^^^  ""7"'''' 

Lr^;;  ^thrpToptyTti::  r^"^-" '--^^^^^^^^^ 

that,  rather  tSn  K  ? /efut/r  off 'T;  '"'''  "'■"  '"='  '"'»^«^ 
school  for  five  vears   takinTth!  in  '/'^  '°  •'°"'"*=*  *°  ■•""  'he 

share  the  blame  with  manv  of  J,l  ,  *^.  "^*^*d  (.■•),  then  he  must 
bodies,  and  Tith  the  ^rZ  A       •   ""^IT^  T*^"'  ^"'h  °»"-  organized 


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.n  «^i«?  !he  University  of  Seattle  been  chartered  as  an  academy  and 
nd   «v?J":o'  Ta'  '"'  ''""  f""'""^  ^°"'<'  have  t^fpS  for 

;;  £H^o  ^^^  - 

statement.     At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustee*  ni  »h. 

a'"rrS;^if  ;r '-''  ^-^"  --  '«^4.  with^HLrrkii^^; 

BaptfsrComxnTi'on'  of' Wa^hSlT  .ha,  itT %  '"''"°."  ^'^^  ^''«''-« 
adopted  as  one  of  i,s  schooU  a„rt  pitui.^'  received,  recognized,  and 
as  such.  scnools,   and   entitled   to   its    fostering   influence 

an  institution,  and  provfded  further  th^»'  .'h'  ^'T"*,  ^  f"'"^*^  «!*=»"»  "* 
the  North  Pacific  l^i^/::^S'::,$!l  ^^'tu^^^^.^^J  P-  "^ 

mifw^nf"«f  ''"  ^""'^^'  '"'^^''"^  °^  "''^  Convention,  in  .896.  the  com- 
mittee of  fifteen  on  educational  matter    reported  as  follows: 

sirabfeToadTo^'\ill?omSon°'the''  '°"""'"i,"  •"'»  ''  -""'<•  ''«  ^e- 
of  Seattle  if  it  can  be  dS^  p?oviVd  it'^3r^  ''"^J"  ^£  the  University 
of  the  North  Pacific  UnivMsily  "  "^  management 

of  sSttfhfve"X'e5\fti^frvl^^L*!;„%'"'^'"^  "-^  the  University 
recommend  that  a  commktee  of^fiv^  1!  '"aximum  price  of  $2,800,  we 
to  draw  up  articles  for  a  sto'^k  cn^'*''  appomted  by  the  Convention 
for  the   stock,  purchase  the   nronertv  ^    "A  ^'°^^^'^  \°  .^'^^  subscriptions 

for  the^lur'e':^'t^T^'"t°7  ^°'  ^  *''^*°"^"  ^'  ^^^  "'hT  --on 
it  tL  author  f.nl"'*^  °*  ^"^"'^'  ^^™  if  he  could  discover 
It.     1  he  author  is  willing,  however,  to  state  his  belief  in  th^  m,H  -, 

thafth^TaV"''  '"T"^'^^  ''  -^"  -  u^n  hstorica%S^d  • 
tlM  .?  "''^  "^^^  "°*  ^"'  ^°  *h^  '3ck  of  ability  in  the  Baptlrts  of 
tlfb!^,  ^T  '°.P'o^ide  the  necessary  funds :  neither  waf  due 
to  the  lack  of  an  intense  desire  on  the  part  of  the  brethren  handhng 


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400      BAPTIST    UlSTORV    OF   THE    NORTH    I'ACllIC   COAST 

it  to  build  up  for  the  denomination  a  school  of  high  irradc  at 
Seattle  or  near  ,t.  offering  an  academic  curriculum  for  t*  beS  ng 
nor  was  u  due  to  the  lack  of  a  general  denominat.onal  mtere  t  in' 
Chn.t.an  education  The  author  is  profoundly  impressed,  howeve 
with  he  thought  that  a  reason  should  be  given;  aSd  '^w  th  chlntv 
or  all.  and  malice  roward  none,"  he  would  fay:  In  the  fir«  place  thJ 
un.vers..y  boom  •'  was  university  suicide.     For  the  year  Xi'S^A 

i?vi„l  ,  r,  ""  ''°"^'  "University  of  Seattle"  on  the  title-page 
giving  a  full  preparatory  and  collegiate  course,  but  with  a  faculty 
which  was  m  reality  barely  sufficient  for  an  academy.  To  those  who 
ooked  only  at  the  cover  and  title-page,  it  was  the  catalogue  o7a 
full-blo.vn  un.vers.ty.     Those  who  looked  deeper  found  irfull  o 

ZllZ'  V^'  T'^'^  °^  '^'  P™P*"y  ^''d  "°»'«  been  made,  and  i 
7arZ/      '^""^  \^*P'"'  denominational  school.    A  second  cause 
for  the  fa.lure  was  the  multiplicity  of  corporations  placed  in  control 
of  our  educat.onal  work.     Some  of  these  were  necessary  but  Uken 
To  S.n';i.i;!;:^'  "'"  *°  ''*  °"'""'  ^'"^  mystifying 'and  difficu." 

nnJJ'^l'  V,!""^  *  ^""  Seminary  Corporation,  with  a  local 
Board,  to  wh.ch  was  committed  the  details  of  local  supervision  under 
control  of  the  trustees  of  the  corporation.  perv.s.on  unaer 

withl'uS'  I'''  Northwest  Baptist  invention  was  incorporate,!, 
w.th  authority  to  control  our  whole  system  of  education. 
M«^i       »^D      •    S?^^'"t>o"   authorized   the   incorporation   of   the 
^rooerTv'     Toll:-'  Educational  Society  with  power  to  act  and  hoc 
M,.  M  ^;-  'J"'  T"*y  ''"'"'^  ^  "^«-^«d  a"  "tatters  relating  to 

L,h  r  ""*^,rw"^"^'  °*  ^^hools:  and  .vithout  its  sanction,  no  re- 
ISy  schtT  '""'"''*  ^^  '^'  Contention  for  the  support  of 

Fourthly  came  the  incorporation  of  the  North  Pacific  Baptist 
Un.vers.ty.  wh.ch  was  not  a  university  at  all,  but  a  Board  of  Control 
of  twenty-five  trustees,  created  and  incorporated  by  order  of  the 
Northwest  Baptist  Convention  tr  outline  a /ystem  of  educatL  wh  rj 

tt"ll"trSll'  'r"'''  °'  *"  IT'''  '^""'•°"^'  in^titutionTwitW; 
SocietT  ncnii"  ^""^-^"f""-  .All  property  held  by  the  Educational 
NnrtA     fi    «"^-^Tr'.^''"'""'y'  *^'  "^''"^^^  transferred  to  the 

Swest  Bantu't' F.^'.-^'l^c  '^''"  ^'''^  ^^^"^^*^'-  ^^'  '"'^d^-  "^^ 
and  dflsolve    ^        Educational  Society  was  to  close  up  its  business 

n«^  r^*!,'^'  '^\'  *'?'  incorporation  of  the  Seattle  Baptist  University 
not  by  the  authority  of  the  Convention,  but  indorsed  by  h      Thi^ 

Tvlr  »  aT^  '*'^T'  /°'  ^^'^  "'*  ''^*^  °f  Lake  Washington,  and 
never  stood  for  a  real  school  or  even  a  real  building.    While  it  was 

L"ioTTnd'  'i'JT't  '^'^  *''  ""^^  °*  ^^^^  Convention.  Associ- 
at.on,   and    Bapt.st   gathenng  on   the   field.      The   brevity   of   this 
university  boom  "  was  its  redeeming  feature. 


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th«  iJor  t  ^P     «    \T  °^    "'  >ncorporation»  we  have  to  chronicle    is 

ato^«h  '^  Un.verM.y.  ordered  by  the  Convention,  receTvmg  i 

favorable  consuleralion  and  official  indorsement  ^«:<''vmg  ,t, 

minutes  of  Associations  and  conventions     If  one  r/forr/n  f  , 

.ta.  i.  win  only  p„v,  hi/sSw^Th,-,  s  w  *:  r.^,frj" 

.«J  „  ..2  .1  '  clear-cut  plan,  concisely  Mated,  rigidly  ,d. 

.■ered  to,  and  operated  on  Mrictly  business  methods. 

The  North   Pacific  Uhitebity,   I»co«po.atid  ra   189J 
ratl,.T''S,i!,°"l'  """i''  ""iversity  is  the  name  of  a  controlling  Board 

r|i.».i  e^rcoJu:,-  R.srai"id~f.i 

The  immediate  occasion  of  its  creation,  in  1802   was  the  r^rr.^ 
nized  insufficiency  of  its  predecessor,  the  NorthS  Baot Ist  EdSrf 

.he  awrSisr?o:°..:Sir.\^'£ -r.i^^^ 

system  ^Z'     Tu't  ^'""''  represented  the  denominatir    tJe 

re^h"rrjruii\VnSz'iir.:iT/,rra,5:xS 

of  Tnistees  to  haye  general  management  and  a  tal  Board  to  f,^ 

SeS;rSofr>^'„L-s-tr'--^^^ 

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CHAPTER  VII 

THOMAS  MORTON'S  GIFT  FOR  BAPTIST  EDUCATION  IN 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

189s 

.!..l/t'"j*''"j  '^''^"o"-     Twenty  years'  grace.     Sold  for  taxes.     Relinquished.     Par- 
cfiiTnioul     Exit        ""  P'"""""'''-     "»"*  *"  "'»"<""•     In  Washington.     Gloomy. 

A  LARGE  number  of  lots  in  the  city  of  Vancouver,  B.  C  were 
donated  by  the  Hon.  Thomas  Morton  for  the  purpose  of  founding  a 
Baptist  college  any  time  within  twenty  years.  In  1893  it  was  re- 
ported that  some  of  the  lots  had  been  sold  for  taxes,  and  that  the 
churches  had  decid-;d  to  return  the  gift  and  relinquish  all  the  benefits 
to  be  derived  from  the  property  and  deed  it  back  to  the  giver  to 
enable  him  to  redeem  the  lots.  At  the  same  time  it  was  reported 
that  Rev.  R.  W.  Trotter,  of  Victoria,  wa>  doing  his  utmost  to  get 
the  churches  to  retain  them.  His  eflfort  was  successful,  as  is  shown 
by  the  following  report  to  the  Northwestern  Association  in  1896: 

The  Committee  on  Education  reported  as  follows: 
Your  Committee  on  Education  presented  a  verbal  report,  that  <  ,  ne 
very   important  changes  had  taken  place   in  regard  to  the  edu'-..iona! 

SfvSVnX  f  "k*"" •  '"  Z^^'^^rr'  \^-  '°  ^^^^  "o^  't  furnishes  an  annual 
^L^Vl  °  A^  "V??*^  ■^^'^'^^  *°  ^^^  ^"«*s  and  in  part  applied  to  home 
W«l;^  J>t  »h  }'^  J-^  ^  '"°*,*  ?a'.'S^a«o«-y  condition  of  things.  In 
Washington  the  educational  outlook  is  extremely  gloomy.  The  school. 
at  L,entralia  and  Seattle  are  about  to  pass  out  of  all  connection  with  the 
denomination,  so  that  new  provisions  will  have  to  be  made  for  the 
educational  needs  of  the  future  as  they  may  arise. 

W.  C.  Weir, 
J.  W.  Best. 
Report  adopted.  d.   G.   Walker. 

The  property  was  exchanged  for  a  house  and  two  lots  adjoining 
the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Vancouver,  the  income  to  be  applied  as 
reported. 

The   Northwest  Baptist  Educational  Society  Winds  Up   Its 

Affairs 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Northwest  Convention  in  1897  the  Com- 
mittee on  Education  reports : 

.u  X?"IJ^°"""'*i**  begs  leave  to  report  further  that  during  the  last  year 
the ,  Northwest  Baptist  Educational  Society  practically  wound  up  it= 
affairs  m  that  the  property  known  as  Grace  Seminary  at  Centralia 
and  Its  furniture  and  appurtenances,  have  been  disposed  of;  the  latter 
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payment  of  their  mortgagi  of  fo^"  ThI  h..M^""''°"''i  ^°"^^y  '"  f"" 
the  hands  of  our  parent  focfetv^'  ^h^  building  is.  therefore,  still  in 
inatipn,  and  your'^cc^Ufee  [j. '"i*  fh!^fJM°'  '''*  "?^  °^  the'denom 
vention  may  be  iusUfied  in  ann^ii^  '  '"  *''*  "^"  ^"'"""e  this  Con- 
Society  for  furtheHrvors  in  tKefo^"  '"°'«'u*°  '^^  Educational 
for  denominational  educational  purposis'        ""''''"'"  °^  *'""^  P-'^P"'-^ 

Eric  Edward  Rosling,   Chairman. 

trreat  satisfar,     '"'^^"^^, yarned  on  the  school  for  two  years  with 
Lnder  instructions  from  the  society,  tL  Ed  of  Crnn^^    '^         ' 

first  executed  a  deed  oM^hrpropeVt     known  .";  T'  ^°c"*^-°f  ^"'"ees 
American   Baptin  Educati.^n-.!   ^^^;i?     ■     }•      ^^^Irace  Semmarv  to  the 

the  society  ag'ainst  The  S"ul?or|9'c;;«''"secondr  "'^"^f  l'»^^'d  by 
was  sold  and  the  proceeds  nnn  .VH  ^  .  »!  ^«*^°"°'y:  one  of  the  pianos 
Tl-irdly,  the  best  pfano  was  ?uSed  ove  to'Trof  °F  "^T^'^l^'^^s. 
wife  m  heu  of  our  indebtedness  to  him  ,^f  «,Jlf  ^- J"  Trimble  and 
Cottage  organ  was  turned  over  to  \n«  \!^°°-  ^rf'^^^^^V-  'he  Western 
indebtedness  to  her  of  $75  FiilhW  in  r  H"""=  ^''*'"'  '"  ''«'  of  our 
Espey  of  $^2^9  of  which  $,  om  vJf '  '"  ''^"  "^^  °"r  'ndebtedness  to  R.  H 
property,  t;^  Vecom^v  d  the^i^fhuTch 'o7on"Jr,°^  ^''\"'''  '^'''P'''''  -church 
two  mortgage  notes  held  by  us  for  $fci  ^'h  ,1^''"'''  '''*  i'^v^Iue,  and 
Sixthly,  the  secretary  vyas  inst^ur^Jn  l^.  n'°°'  Respectively,  to  him. 

with  those  instructions  most  ot^e  persona' efc'''  T^r  '"  ^'Sf^^dance 
w/ere  sold  at  auction  with  satisfactorv  rSc  ^'^^f  ^of  Grace  Seminary 
the  payment  of  some  $2m  de  nq  ,e„7  taxes  a<rai"nt*';h  '"■°""^*  "^^^  *" 
over  to  Bro.  R.  H.  Espey  which  iLlh^c  ^  ^*  }^^  property  turned 
settlement,  and  all  remaining  nwneyfn  ,LT  ^"^  °"'-'"  condition  of 
oyer  to  Bro.  R.  S.  Greene  on  accouno^  *'''^'"'J  ^'^^  then  turned 
account  of  the  $1,100  trustee  nn?Pfh^  money  advanced  by  him  on 

by  the  Convention  Seenthlyth;  comE'"'  °^- '^"'i^'i  *^*  «""'n«'l 
corresponded  with  every  person  to  v?hnm  /^  =*PP.°'"t"l  hy  your  Board 
account  of  any  endowment  or  clLlT  ""^  '°*='^'>'  ^'°"^^  indebted  on 
been  paid,  and  b>  th^ood  wil  Sd  Snero.T^  T  .^^'"i"'  ^  P"'  ^^^ 
have  been  obtained  from  all  generosity  ot  the  donors  releases 

ness'^r'VSon'  aSsT^ouVtcfe?,^'"'  '""^-  "^^  '"''^'^  '"^ebted- 
Baptist  Educational  sfdety  except  as  t  Snd,°?o°''*"^";,  '^'u  Northwest 
vent  on.  But  there  <itill  r»^',;^.  P  ".5'?"?^  connected  with  your  Con- 
still  owes  to  the  Hon'  r's  G?lene  KJefc'  ""^'"^  T^J  C^nventi^^n 

that   the   committed  c^osS  ''o^f  To^i^rhT.:tG:r'u:nrclt 


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tinued,  and  that  they  be  authorized  to  apportion  the  balance  required 
(estimated  at  about  $ioo)  among  the  churches,  the  amount  to  be  raised 
and  paid  over  within  the  next  sixty  days. 

In  accordance  with  your  instructions  given,  we  expect  to  disin- 
corporate as  quickly  as  possible  after  this  last  account  is  settled. 

Hereafter  all  our  educational  work  may  be  carried  on  by  our  suc- 
cessors, the  North  Pacific  University. 

With  this  in  mind,  all  the  private  property  remaining  and  belonging 
to  the  Northwest  Baptist  Educational  Society  has  been  and  hereby  i* 
turned  over  to  the  North  Pacific  University  in  trust  for  the  use  of  the 
Baptist  denomination.  All  of  which  is  respectively  submitted  and  vour 
approval  and  ratification  asked  for. 

The  foregoing  being  adopted  by  the  Convention,  the  Northwest 
Baptist  Educational  Society  was  thereby  dissolved. 


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CHAPTER  VIII 
EDUCATION  FROM  1898-1900 

This  closing  chapter  of  the  educational  work  of  the  Northwest 
Convention  treats  of  a  new  era  in  its  developinent.  We  give  the 
vention'T>  °^  ^'^^ ^"■"'"ittee  on  Education  presented  to  the  Con! 
vention  at  its  annual  meeting  in  October,  1898: 

EDUCATIONAL 

paym^en^in^^a'^'of  T'debi'S  To"r"%^T""-  '""T"  ^  ^.^"^ 

Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  S.  Greene, 
S.  A.  Abbott, 
J.    Cairns, 

Committee. 

In  the  discussion  of  this  report,  Rev.  C.  A.  Wooddy,  D  D 
ThSn?  ?'r  *°  '^^  POf  ibility  of  the  organization  of  a  Baptist 
?ic  I  .  ^^T.^?  °"  '^"  ^^''^^  ^°^''-  A  conference  of  Pacific 
t^onl  IZ  i  t''"  '""'^  '°  ""^'^  •"  Oakland  to  discuss  educa- 
be  held  .tT'  ?  '^'•'""'.  °{'^'  "^*'°"^'  Anniversary  Meetings  to 
be  held  at  San  Francisco  m  May,  1899.  A  committee  of  five  per- 
sons was  appointed  to  represent  the  Convention  in  this  conference 
veitSr  "  "°  '''"^  °^  '"^  '^°"  ''""'  '''''  ^^'"'"'"^^  to  thrCon.' 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Convention  in  1890,  Dr    F   W 
Colgrove  presented  a  suggestion  from  President  Graved  of  the  State 

^r7t7oZ.:!  '^^:f '"^*-  ^l'^^  '^^  various  religious  denominaSon 
erect  colleges  on  the  university  campus,  each  college  to  be  under  the 
supervision  of  a  minister  of  its  own  denomination,  where  theological 

wh  LT;:  ''""  ''  f^"  J°  ^^"^'^"^^  P'-^P^""^  f°^  »he  minf  try 
while  they  were  availing  themselves  of  the  university  classes.     A 

Oraves  for  gathering  about  this  institution  a  series  of  religious  schooTs! 

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independent  of,  but  in  full  fellowship  with  its  work.  And  we  recommend 
TJ,:  'nvest.gat.on  by  the  North  Pacific  University  Board  wwS,  is 
requested  to  give  this  matter  early  and  careful  attention. 

^..♦♦-/T*' .'"'■"'*' j°*  ^i'*  ^'"'  interest  of  President  Graves  in  the 
matter  of  religious  education,  we  recommend  that  our  churches  be  urged 
conihig  yea"'  ^'"'^^    interests  of  the  State  University  during  the 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Dk.  F.  W.  Colcrove, 
De.  D.  J.  Pierce, 
Rev.  M.  W.  Miller, 
Rev.  J.  Cairns, 
Rev.  a.  G.  Sawi.v, 

Committee. 

In  1900  the  North  >•  Convention  comes  to  the  close  of  the 
nineteenth  century  witi.  '  e  following  educational  problems  be- 
fore it: 

Sori?ft*'.°*.2-='"?  *''''  ^•°''"'  ^^^'^^,  University  Board  as  our  Educational 
invS'/  "  Convention,,  at  its  last  session,  requested  this  Board  to 
fr^t  ?».  c»  [''"rr  P'"0P9«t'0ns  coming  to  the  Baptists  of  Washington 
n^?,A  u  A  University;  your  committee  is  able  to  report  that  the 
Board  has  done  a  large  amount  of  faithful  work,  and  continues  to 
fhPn^c  if  m'*^°'^u  '"  t'?J=^''"'-'  ''"'  conservative  spirit.  "Prove  all 
h«^.''°'-?  -^I**  *''**  ?'•'!'=''  "^  ?°°'^''  ^PP^"s  to  be  the  watchword  I 
thi  c^.*,"*-'^  '"**l."°  relations  with  the  State  University,  but  is  studying 
I«,.ri!?''T  '""^  working  toward  a  comprehensive  plan  which,  we  art 
thf.  fi,w  V  'r?  ^"'"'■*=  !•'?"=  *'"  *>«  submitted  to  the  Baptists  of 
this  field  for  their  approval  in  a  representative  Educational  Convention 
During    he  year  Dr.  R.  A.  Waterbery  has  come  among  us  and   with 

ODener'°JhL?^./.'l,%^f'"*  Pf'^P'^  "I**-  ^""""nity  of  Centralia.  has 
opened  a  school  at  that  place,  and  is  knocking  ai  our  door-  '->r  recognition. 

It  is  also  learned  that  the  Presbyterians  stand  .  to  offer  to 

the  Baptist  denomination  a  Baptist  chair  in  their  institution,  Wh't- 
worth  College,  at  Tacoma. 

The  author  is  wondering  whether  there  exists  a  case  of  a 
successful  Christian  school  that  has  been  built  up  by  a  State  Con- 
vention. If  not,  then  we  congratulate  the  Northwest  Convention  on 
having  a  whole  century  before  it  in  which  to  accomplish  something 
which  has  never  been  done  heretofore. 


PART  VII 


PUBLICATION  SOCIETY 


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CHAPTER  I 
DENOMINATIONAL   WORK-LAYING   THE   FOUNDATION 

i.  ./tl""  *"""  "P-  Needful.  Competent  author.  No  undue  credit  To  be  known 
era.     Kev.  O.  J.  Johnion,  D.  D.,  in  California.     Man  wanted.     Man  found. 

So  far  as  the  author's  knowledge  extends  this  has  nevr  been 
written  up,  and  he  believes  that  even  those  who  are  leading  in  the 
great  work  of  our  denomination  in  later  years  cannot  appreciate  its 
.mportance  as  a  factor  in  the  extended  and  successful  operations  of 

?  K,  K^  ,'?  °"  "'^  ^^^''^^  '^°^'''  ""'"^  •*  ^=*^o"'d  be  formulated  and 
published  by  some  one  whose  personal  observation  and  intimate  con- 
nection with  the  operation  of  the  society  on  this  coast  in  those  early 
days  should  entitle  him  to  undertake  the  task.  Nor  then  could  it  be 
safely  chronicled  by  such  a  writer  without  undue  credit  being  given  to 
the  Publication  Society,  unless  the  writer  had  an  equal  interest  in 
and  connection  with  the  other  great  denominational  societies,  espe- 
cially ,n  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  whose  work  so 
Soci^t°''^  *'   overlapped    by)    that    of   the    Publication 

«f  J'^Vrt'*"-  '^''l*^'"  ^'^^  •'^'■'^'y  ^  "^•'^'•ged  with  bias  in  favor 
of  the  Publication  Society,  as  he  represented  the  Home  Mission 
Society  unofficially  for  three  years  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  as 
president,  and  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Hon:e  Mission  Board 
offi  u  ^^  f  Missionary  and  Educational  Society,  and  afterward 
officially  as  Superintendent  of  Missions  for  the  Home  Mission  So- 
ciety throughout  a  period  of  nearly  five  years,  during  almost  two 
years  of  which  he  was  superintendent  for  the  whole  Pacific  Coast 
But  he  IS  impressed  with  the  fact  that,  while  no  iota  of  credit  should 
be  subtracted  from  the  great  work  the  Home  Mission  Society, 
through  Its  representatives,  has  done  and  is  still  doing  on  the  coast- 
yet  the  position  of  the  Publication  Society  in  laying  the  foundation 
of  the  remarkable  developments  that  have  marked,  and  are  now 
""^J"  u^uT  ^^"ominational  life  should  be  known  and  recognized 
and  he  believes  it  will  be  most  highly  appreciated  bv  the  loyal, 
earnest,  devoted,  and  intelligent  workers  of  later  periods  of  de- 
nominational achievement. 

The  Publication  Society  took  up  its  work  in  the  very  early 
history  of  the  Territory  of  Oregon.  Rev.  Richmond  Cheadle.  a  Bap- 
tist minister  from  Iowa,  was  commissioned  by  the  society  to  operate 
as  colporter  in  the  Willamette  Valley  in  1849.  and  continued  under 
appointment  until  1856,  a  period  of  seven  years.  On  this  new  field 
He  performed  all  sorts  of  religious  and  church  work  coming  to  his 

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hand,  preaching  to  the  churches,  organizing  Sunday-schools,  and  aid- 
ing m  organizing  churches  and  holding  revival  meetings.  In  1854 
he  reported  a  glorious  revival  in  one  of  his  meetings,  with  twelve 
converts  baptized  and  several  backsliders  reclaimed. 

Nothing  more  was  done  until  the  division  of  Oregon  Territory, 
when  m  1866  Bro.  A.  M.  Cornelius  was  commissioned  as  colporter  for 
Oregon,  Washington  Territory,  and  Idaho.     From   1866-1875  excel- 
lent colporter  work  was  supported  by  the  society  with  some  one  or 
more  of  the  following  brethren  under  appointment  and  serving  for 
longer  or   shorter   periods,   namely:   W.   J.    Loughary,    Rev.    S.    E. 
Stearns,  and  Rev.  J.  Wichser.    Together  these  men  served  through  a 
trymg  period  in  the  history  of  our  denomination  of  the  North  Pacific 
Coast.    Later,  all  save  one  were  personally  known  to  the  author ;  and 
their  fidelity  to  Baptist  principles  and  devotion  to  the  Lord  Jesus;  their 
conception  of  the  need  of  the  Bible  and  its  religion  in  a  new  country, 
and  their  intelligent  distribution  of  the  society's  patronage  over  the 
vast  and  destitute  field  they  occupied,  stamped  them  at  once  as  making 
the  society  an  important  factor  in  laying  the  early  foundation  of  Bap- 
tist work  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.    To  the  men  themselves,  as  well 
as  to  the  Publication  Society,  much  honor  is  due. 

In  187s  a  new  era  dawned  upon  the  Pacific  slope,  since  the 
-American  Baptist  Publication  Society  began  operations  for  the  or- 
ganized and  continued  growth  of  its  work  as  the  mtrv  developed. 
In  1874  Rev.  G.  J.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  the  missionary  and  business  secre- 
tary of  the  society  for  the  Northwestern  States,  with  headquarters 
at  St.  Louis,  where  he  also  had  charge  of  the  society's  branch 
house,  made  a  trip  to  California,  prospecting  for  something  more 
valuable  than  gold.  He  met  such  a  reception  in  San  Francisco  and 
in  the  other  principal  parts  of  California  that  upon  his  return  he 
recommended  that  the  society  open  up  work  on  the  coast  at  the 
earliest  possible  date.  This  the  society  determined  to  do,  and  set 
about  obtaining  a  man  to  take  up  this  work  on  the  coast  with  head- 
quarters in  San  Francisco. 

To  secure  a  suitable  man  was  found  most  diflicult,  on  account 
of  a  long  and  unsettled  strife  among  our  people  in  California,  which 
had  been  so  fully  ventilated  in  Eastern  denominational  journals  that 
either  from  prejudice  or  fear,  no  one  they  approached  was  willing 
to  take  the  responsibility.  After  a  long  delay  and  effort  without 
success,  the  society  determined  to  transfer  to  the  Pacific  Coast  their 
Sunday-school  missionary.  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  who  had  been  under 
commission  by  the  society  for  the  State  of  Illinois  for  three  years. 
Doctor  Johnson  notified  him  of  their  decision.  He  also  refused  to 
go,  but  was  finally  induced  to  do  so  by  the  agreement  of  the 
society  to  provide  transportation  for  himself  and  his  familv,  to  keep 
him  on  the  field  for  three  years,  and  then  to  return  him  and  his 
family  to  the  station  without  expense  should  he  wish  to  return. 


CHAPTER  II 


DIFFICULTIES  OVERCOME 


di»c^,'^'i^"i.^fiS[",'::-  i,'*"w^'r„.  ?<i''?Sr ""•»•■  ?,f~"v  overcome.  Anoth.r 
InOr.gon.  A  new  trouble  War  InH^/^  'i.^''""";-  All  .gree.  Hopeful  outlook, 
tory.  The  Home  V  .Ton  Societv  Mi^.^  '"■'!1"".:  <^°"dition,  i,.  Washington  Terri. 
come.      Foreca.7^,  -:me!°y?'*'.^en.".rret'ctefgrc!';:  "'"'""'""'■     "'"''  -■ 

Mr  Baker  arrived  in  California  In  March,  1875,  and  tnet  with 
a  very  hearty  reception,  having  the  way  opened  by^Doc"or  JoSn^in 
?nl  fo  Sfl"'l''"  l,T!!  °'  ''''  ^°^"^^'^  publications,  amoun" 
Francisco^  VSaHri'^'''  '"  •^^•^"^  ^''^  headquarters  in  San 
i-rancisco.    He  had  received  appointment  as  Sunday-school  mission- 

the'coa'"'  He'Tl'lV'f  ^°''  ^""^'  ''"'  P"'°^'"'  department  on 
failed  of  an  ,?.,n^K'^-  '"'""''   "P°"   ^''  '"'^^'°"-   ^ut   nearly 

presslon  soL  Jr"\'^^'u""'"u«^  °"  ""°""'  °^  ^"  "--""^ous  im- 
pression some  of  the  churches  had  received  from  Doctor  Tohnson 
concerning  the  nature  of  his  work,  since  they  understood  ihat  the 
coming  man  was  to  establish  a  branch  house  of  the  socSy  n  San 
S'ITtoH  U"^°"^r'y  ^•'^y  -ferred  this  from  the  gen    aM  nor  of 

.^  he {;'«:"«  hind "•  wi  "°'  '™"i  ""''  '^'"''^  ^'^^<=--'^  ^-<='°- 
n.Li  ^  ,  J  ^"^  '^'"*'''  '^  '°°  0^'en  the  case  with  agents  and 
peop  e,  and  leads  to  the  conclusion  that  it  would  be  a  eood  nan  for 
people  to  believe  just  what  agents  say,  and  for  agentf  to  say  ius 
what  they  mean.  This  difficulty  being  practically  overcome  \he 
brethren  rallied  around  the  agent;  and  some  of  the  mos    heartj' sun 

5,0?"  ^^  ?t  ^e'"'^'  ""^  '^'  '*^«^^t  contributors  to  U  were  amon. 
not  l7-.°  *'•'  '•;*  ^'■*="'"*  disappointment  because  the  socie^ d^d 
not  see  its  way  clear  to  establish  a  branch  house  in  San  Francisco 

supJorT!^  ''°"*  "'^  ^'°"^"^'  '=°"^^'^"^-y  -  '^^  who^  eoarto 

In  addition  to  this,  and  rendering  still  more  difficult  the  ooenin? 
of  the  work  a  long  and  bitter  strife  revolving  around  the  puJlishinf 

ctdonTand  '  T*?  °'  ^T'^*  ^"''^ '"  "^'^^i^--  Conventions  As  o^ 
T  .IT  •  u  ^'*""*'0"'  ^'th  no  small  amount  of  bristling  between 
Landmarkers  and  anti-Landmarkers  had  involved  nearlv  the  whnl^ 
Baptist  brotherhood  in  California  in  lamentable  disrepute  cauS 
wa?noTrit:  t!r'  ''^  ''°'"^  ^'f  °"  Society  becau'se Ike  BoTr! 

drawn  7Z  T"  ''T'*  *•""'  '^'  '^'"*  *°"'^  "°t  ^""^  himself  to  be 
drawn  mto  the  con  roversy,  nor  would  he  under  any  conditions  con- 
sent to  a  shade  of  interest  by  the  Publication  Society  in  any  part  "f 

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412       BAPTIST    HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

the  controversy,  holding  that  its  presence  on  the  field  was  wholly  in 
the  interest  of  the  children  of  Sunday-schools,  of  circulating  the 
Bible  and  religious  literature,  of  Sunday-school  libraries  and  peri- 
odicals, laying  the  foundation  for  the  salvation  of  the  young,  the  up- 
building of  Christian  character,  and  the  development  of  the  mission- 
ary spirit.  This,  being  understood,  put  the  society  above  and  out- 
side of  all  discord.  All  parties  alike  believed  in  the  children,  in  Sun- 
day-schools, in  the  circulation  of  religious  literature,  especially 
Baptist  literature  and  the  Bible.  Everywhere  our  people  rejoiced  that 
they  had  a  society  of  their  own  operating  among  them  along  these 
lines,  and  hopeful  that  at  some  not  remote  period  all  would,  through 
the  agency  of  the  society,  learn  that  Jesus  Christ  came  to  send 
"  Peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to  men."  The  hope  of  the  denom- 
ination seemed  to  hinge  upon  the  society  for  the  time  being,  and 
everywhere  the  agent  went  the  society  and  its  work  was  received 
with  open  arms  and  supported  with  fervent  enthusiasm  and  large 
offerings.     Such  were  the  conditions  of  opening  work  in  California. 

In  Oregon  the  agent  found  a  difficulty  of  another  character 
growing  out  of  the  Civil  War,  coupled  with  the  fact  that  a 
large  majority  of  the  churches  were  intensely  Landmark  in  their 
belief  and  practice.  The  older  iiembers  were  largely  from  the 
Southern  States,  and  naturally  had  sympathy  with  the  South  in  the 
war.  By  degrees  this  feeling  was  dying  out.  However,  before  and 
after  the  war,  extremes  met;  and  the  feeling  engendered  conduced  to 
anything  but  the  unity  of  the  denomination.  Again,  the  question  of 
alien  immersion  and  its  accompaniments  had  been  met  by  an  equally 
well-equipped  and  conscientious  belief  in  a  contrary  biblical  teaching ; 
and  the  two  parties,  while  not  in  special  antagonism  at  this  time, 
were  crippled  and  greatly  discouraged  in  all  lines  of  work,  but  espe- 
cially about  any  effort  to  unify  the  denomination  in  organized  mis- 
sionary work  and  church  extension. 

The  churches  of  Washington  Territory,  which  at  that  time  were 
but  few,  had  no  special  controversy,  either  over  the  war  or  over 
the  Landmark  doctrine;  and  yet,  since  numerically  the  Baptists  of 
Oregon  largely  predominated,  they  were  suffering  the  discourage- 
ments incident  to  Oregon,  because  the  efforts  heretofore  made  to 
unite  with  Oregon  in  associational  or  Convention  work  had  failed  of 
success,  largely  at  least,  for  the  -easons  already  stated. 

Up  to  this  time  the  Home  Mission  Society  had  not  had  a  very 
strong  grip  upon  the  mission  work  on  the  Upper  Coast,  and  was  quite 
in  disrepute  with  many  good  brethren,  on  the  one  hand,  because  the 
society  did  not  take  hold  of  the  work  with  a  strong  hand,  and  on 
the  other,  because  they  did  not  approve  of  and  heartily  indorse  what 
the  society  had  done.  Under  such  conditions  it  is  not  strange  that 
our  ministry  and  churches  were  disheartened  and  ready  to  welcome 
any  agency  that  promised  belief,  and  that  they  welcomed  the  com- 
ing of  the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  with  a  confidenci 


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and  enthusiasm,  a  unity  and  support  hitherto  unknown  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  To  grasp  these  conditions  and  forecast  a  remedy  was  what 
the  agent  of  the  society  had  to  do,  and  forecasting  he  came  to  the 
conclusion  and  adopted  as  his  motto  that  "  Undoubtedly  the  American 
Baptist  Publication  Society  was  an  agency  raised  up  of  God  for 
such  emergencies  as  existed  at  this  time  on  the  Pacific  Coast,"  and  he 
planned  and  carried  forward  his  work  with  this  in  view,  trusting 
God  and  noble  and  efficient  brethren  and  sisters  whom  he  found 
everywhere  to  make  the  work  a  success. 


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PROSPECTING 

The  First   Baptist  Church  of  San   Francisco  kindly   furnishe.l 
the  agent  a  comfortable  and  available  room  in   its  church  edifice 

rl.    '   I'T""  ^^'T-  '°  ^^  "'"'*  ^^  *■*  depositary  and  office,  free  ..f 
rent   and  the  agent  began  a  tour  of  the  State.    First  he  went  about 
the  bay,  next  into  the  interior,  thm  south  to  Santa  Barbara.  Lo. 
Angeles    and  San  Diefco.  then  north  through  the  interior  to  Marys 
yille.  Chico.  and  Redding,  and  later  along  the  coast  lines      These 
journeys  were  made  as  rapidly  as  the  conveyances  of  the  time  would 
admit,  and  everywhere  the  people  hailed  the  coming  of  the  societx 
and  Its  w(n.    ,.,th  an  interest  and  enthusiasm  that  inspired  the  agent 
with    an    unbounded   confidence   that   the   Holy    Spirit    was   leadintr 
and  that  success  would  crown  his  efforts. 

On  all  these  journeys  he  carried  with  him  Bibles  and  religious 
literature,  w^hich  he  sold  or  donated,  as  the  circumstances  required 
He  never  left  a  family  without  a  Bible  and  some  Christian  litei^ature 
seldom  left  a  church  without  hymn  books,  or  a  Sunday-school  without 
a  library,  which  was  often  given  without  money  or  price.    He  also 
took  orders  for  bopks.  libraries,  family  Bibles,  teachers'  Bibles    and 
.lenominational  journals.    He  talked,  preached,  and  prayed  for  home 
and  foreign  missions  and  Christian  education,  and  so  began  to  weave 
the   American    Baptist   Publication    Society   into   the   very   life  and 
growth  of  the  denomination,  paving  the  wav  to  final  denominational 
unity  as  perhaps  no  other  agency  could   have  done   at  that  time 
Meantime  the  agent  was  getting  a  knowledg     of  the  field    of  its 
need  and  possibilities,  that  developed  energy   for  the  larger  work 
of  the  vyhole  coast,  and  especially  for  the  more  important  and  effect- 
ive work  done  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.     Liberal  offerings  were 
made  by  the  California  churches  which  rendered  it  possible  to  carry 
forward  the  work  in  Oregon  and  in  the  Northwest  Territories  with- 
out prolonged  delay. 

The  agent  was  largely  "  on  the  wing,"  away  from  the  depositarv 
but  the  depositary  was  cared  for,  and  the  clerical  work  of  the 
office,  the  filling  of  orders  and  shipping  of  goods  was  gratuitouslv 
performed  for  nearly  three  years  by  members  of  his  family. 

The  time  seemed  propitious  for  such  agencies  to  operate  and 
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leave  their  impress  upon  Baptist  life  on  the  Pacific  Coast   and  the 

^ople  were  hungering  for  something  to  stimulate  courage.  Teve    p 

a  th.  an.l  organize  denominational  life  in  a  forward  movement     Te 

.he  agenices  God  rai«d  Tp  To?  suVh 'l" ^^'"as' tht "  '""''"'  ^"' 
It  was  m  the  summer  of  1875  that  the  American  Baotist   Puh 
.cat.on  ^ocety  opened  up  its  organized  work  on    he  NWth  Pacific 
Coast.     The  agent  extended  his  itinerary  over  the  who  J    visit 

mg  every    Association,   nearly   every    important     own   o,     "ity    S 
many  of  the  larger  churches.     The  ..bject  of  his  vi  it  la's  ma'nlv 
prospect.ve.  to  acquaint  himself  with  thi  country,    ts  elcationafand 
bS  wrk'"""'  "'  '"""■"''"  ^""  opportunities,  e/pSy  Tor 
On  the  steamer  from  San   Francisco  to  Portland  he  made  the 
acquamtance  01  the  Hon.  Henry  Villard.  who  came  up  to  prosDect 
he  country  ,or  railroad  building,  and  who  afterward  bu  It  S  e  firs 
ranscontmental  Ime  to  the  North   Pacific  Coast.     VVhen  he  ascer 
tamed  that  the  agent  had  spent  seven  vears  of  his  li  e  on  riflroad 
construcfon,  Mr.   Villard  bantered  him"  to  leave    L  Sunday     hoo 

into'thrmercaSiirLnSe",'.*  ''^^'1:  S^'ln^',^'  '''''""'  \".^  ^'"» 
So^d  ri  a^y-  £a;=   -" -   ='-   -  "e 

BaptS^SS  ^  tS:  S- gUS-nr  £^  ^S 

made  the  schedule  for  this  itinerary  to  cover  a  period  ofthfrt  days 
Doctor^  P.erce.   .n   h.s   "Memoirs."  gives  the   following  acclt  of 

missionary  was  enthusiastically  received  "n  all  narts  o^thfP^7'''^r^ 
wi"*"T*  r'  ^.^•^'^^"'^^  ""he  Sunda  -school  work      Shil    whife"1h^ 

mmsmmms 

This  brought  the  society  in  contact  with  the  people,  and  open«^ 
a  deeply  interesting  and  fruitful  correspondence  witli  the  agency  at 


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416      BAPTIST   HISTORY   OF   THE   NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

San  Francisco  During  this  itinerary  Bibles  and  religious  literature 
from  the  Publication  Society  were  left  upon  the  field,  or  ordereSfor 
individuals,  families,  churches,  and  Sunday-schools,  which  were  soon 

terrTtory.''""^  '''  "'^  '°'"  '  '''''  ''"''''  ^°  ^^^^P  °-^  ^he  whole 
In  the  winter  of  1876  and   1877  the  agent  was  urged  bv  the 

rch;r;h'''l^''r  V^'  '°  ^'^'°"^'  ^-  ^-  -^  aid  in  dedkat  Jg 
a  church.  Lp  to  this  time  nothing  was  known  of  Britisii  Co^ 
lumbia  as  a  mission  field  for  Baptists.  This  was  regard  d  as 
another  providential  opening  for  the  society,  and  the  a|ent  made 
n  February  the  voyage  of  eight  hundred  and  forty  miles  t^o  dedTcate 
?,!v^  '^;.  ^P°"  ^'■"^"'  ^'  ^"""'l  *h^t  the  church  had  borrdwed 
S^/",,^  ^^°^"X\  ^""^  '^^^  *^''  ^'"°""*'  t°g«*er  with  what  the 
members  had  been  able  to  raise,  was  already  used  up  in  building 

ZJ'.Z  frff  ^'^f  °*  ^"'^50  was  still  unprovided  for     S 
u^u  wum'^'^u"  '"  '^^  '''"^*'°"'  «^*«^  •"  the  bills,  and  strike  a 

^«Z\  ^t'"'  l^"  ^^'-  ''"'"^  ^°"'^'  ^  ""^^ting  was  held  each  night 
in  the  church,  and  a  revival  occurred  which  made  a  marked  impres 
s.on  upon  the  citv  and  proved  of  far-reaching  importance  to  thrBap- 

F  Len'n  'V'/'"^'""--     '^^^  ^°'^  ''^""^  ««'"•"«  ^"^  thorough. 

Fifteen  professed  conversion,  some  of  them  old  and  hardened  sin- 
ThL  t""  "^"^  "'".^^1  ^y  experience  and  six  were  baptized. 
Three  others  were  received,  awaiting  baptism  at  the  close  of  the  meet- 
ing. Six  were  received  later.  Among  the  converts  were  young  peo- 
ple from  two  of  the  most  active  families  in  the  church  at  that  time 
who  became  especially  influential  and  important  factors  in  the  greate; 
work  of  the  Baptists  in  Victoria,  New  Westminster,  and  indfed  in 
^e  growth  of  the  work  in  British  Columbia.    The  Clydes.  the  Mc 

CoEbia  ^'"'  ^^  ^  ''"^""'"^  ^^  """"^  °^  °"'  P'°P'^  '■"  ^"tish 
The  first  baptismal  service  by  immersion  ever  held  in  British 
Columbia  occurred  at  this  time,  and  was  a  historic  event.  It  took 
t£  r.T  Thursday  evening,  February  ,9,  1877.  A  Victoria  daily, 
the  Colonist,  gave  the  following  account  of  it: 

The  baptismal  service  which  we  announced  in  our  Usup  nf  u'„j.,„ 
day  took  place  in  the  Baptist  church.  The"rc?ed  edifice  was  crowdS  to 
nlLC*  "l"""*^!,  ^^"t^  had  to  be  placed  in  the  a  sles  and  around  the 
?-he  R^v  T  r  "rI^"  '"^^^  T""'ers  were  unable  to  gain  adSnce 
viJfnn  »  i;  .u  ^1  "  P^/ached  an  able  sermon  on  "God's  Plan  of  Saf- 
rrm^Hister^^h^'^  sSmn^^^ainr^crof^'ms^^  ^\fe"""  I^T^^^^^^^ 


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^^%^f^^^'^^^^^^il;i^  of  water;  .he  converts  ca.e 
or  Monday  next.  ^^  "^^"^^  '^'"  ^^  another  baptism  on  Sunday 

In  the  midst  of  this  revival  ^^ith  ^^ 
gation  thinking  it  would  not 'hind  r  b""?athT""V"K  ^'^  ""^••^- 
conversion,  an  eflfort  was  made  tn  r.,=  /  ,  '^on^'-'bute  to  their 
debt.  To  the  utter  astoniSen  and  nl  "''^  '"/'^""^^  '^'  '^^'^^^ 
was  raised,  and  the  rev"val  w^^t  Hg'ht"::;"  °  1""^'°'^  ^''575 
Pubhcation  Society  did  not  end  in  tl     a  ^^  ^8:ency  of  the 

in  Victoria  and  Bridsh  Columbia  ^  *'°"  r'^  ^''  °"'-  P^°P'« 
Star  Mission  among  our  peoplT  all"  ov.r  .^p  l" "''^"^  '^'''  '^"^th 
the  North  Coast,  alakenfngl  interest  n' tSfn'^^l^-^V^P^^^'^''^ 
the  ability  and  scope  of  tL  PuESon  c  ^-  ^'"'^  ^'^'^'^  °«grew 
sciously  merged  in  ^he  Hnm«  lu-  o  "   ^""^'^^^  ^"d   was  uncon- 

of  whose  wofkii  British  Columh"""  ^°''^*^'  ^'^^  '^''^^'  »"<!  "cord 
work.  The  Pubhcat  on  SodX  s^„T''"  ^""^  '"  ^''^  ''^^^  «*  ^^is 
requirements  when  no  oth^r  alnclwasTh'  T  ^  ^'°"  ^"^  ""^^  '*« 
tune  time  in  British  Columh^  ^  ^,  '  ^*"''-  ^'  ^^  an  oppor- 
Pacific  Coast,  and  givesSe  ^o  detrL  "  ,1"  "^'^  ^^^^^  °'  ^''^ 
growing  influence  and  acLvements  of  nnrf^'lP'^"  ^"  the 
and  rich   Province  so  fu.roT^tt^'prifiSr"  *'^*  ^'^'^  "^^^^ 


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IXDIVIDUAL   IXFLUEXCE 

Following  godly  men.  Witness  their  self-sacrifices.  How  they  won  their  way. 
Left  joy  and  blessing.  Wishing  their  return.  True  to  the  Lord.  Giving  prominence 
to  the  society.  The  three  men.  Rev.  S.  E.  Stearns.  Rev.  A.  D.  McMichael.  Rev. 
vy.  t.  M,  James  Results.  A  culminating  period.  A  companion  worker.  Reorganizing 
General  work.  Removal  to  Salem.  Ore.  Silent  untold  influence.  Appointed  deposit 
tary  Transfer  of  one  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars  stock  to  Salem.  Four  years  of 
Sunday-school  work.     Lower  Coast  history.     Remarkable  achievements. 

It  would  read  almost  like  religious  fiction  to  follow  those  who 
represented  the  society  as  colporters  and  Sunday-school  missionaries 
ni  the  seventies  and  eighties  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast;  to  follow 
them  over  their  fields  of  activity  as  the  author  has  done,  and  learn  in 
what  high  esteem  they  were  held  as  men  of  God ;  to  find  how  the  chil- 
dren everywhere  loved  to  have  them  come  again  and  again ;  to  learn  of 
the  blessed  influence  of  their  visits  in  homes  both  Christian  and  non- 
Christian,  in  many  cases  transforming  the  latter  into  the  former;  to 
see  how  the  Bible  had  been  installed  in  the  family  as  a  daily  com- 
panion; to  know  that  even  infidels  were  converted,  either  through 
personal  contact  with  these  Christian  leaders,  or  through  their  chil- 
dren  becoming  attached  to   them   in   the   home,  or  in   the   Sunday- 
school  where  they  were  gathered  and  taught  the  way  of  life.     The 
Bibles  and   the  religious  literature  left   in   the   homes  and   Sunday- 
schools  and  the  libraries  installed  in  most  of  the  Sunday-schools  were 
largely  read,  thus  supplementing  and  carrying  forward  the  personal 
work  of  these  men  of  God.    To  learn  how  true  to  their  principles  and 
to  the  word  of  God  and  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ  these  workers 
were,  and  yet  how  other  denominations  cheerfully  bore  testimony  to 
their  worthiness  and  the  value  of  their  work,  calling  them  "  Men  of 
God,"  and  vying  with  our  own  people   in  extending  to  them  the 
courtesy  of  their  homes,  impresses  one  with  the  great  value  of  their 
work. 

Following  these  men  too,  as  the  author  has,  one  could  not  but 
be  impressed  with  their  denominational  integrity  and  the  scope  of 
their  vision  of  the  great  Northwest  as  a  field  for  Christian  effort, 
and  of  its  coming  greatness  and  opportunity  for  Baptist  activity. 
Wherever  these  men  went,  they  took  the  American  Baptist  Publica- 
tion Society  along.  It  was  stamped  upon  everything  they  handled. 
Indeed,  it  was  the  promoter  behind  their  work  which  they  delighted 
to  honor,  practically  the  only  society  of  our  denomination  carrying 
forward  continued  operations  in  this  trying  period  of  foundation- 
laying  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  If  the  lives  of  some  of  these  men 
could  be  written  up.  they  would  be  read  with  interest,  and  would 
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4'9 

"rol«^^^^e^ifi^h^!L1£''^''°"  ^"^^"^husiasm  akin  tu  that 

Tlie  three  men  u  o J  n.  '^'"'''^  J°''"  ^assar. 

the  society  in  those  ea "y"  yHn  STv""!^"  ^-P-ously  with 
^,-  E.  Stearns,  Rev.  a/d  Kichae.  5  l""^"  ^°"^'  ""''^  «"• 
-Jo.  .ese  .nen  .as  speciaJ^^^^  ^^  ll^er^^;  ^.^J^^ 

Rev.     S      E      Stfarnc 

-riter,  an  orga;..;er  He'^'s  atTnc/^  T""^'^  ''  ^  P^^^^her.  a 
foreign  missionary,  and  e5 Lationnr  !  '°'f °['"'"'  '^°"'«  missionary 
grasped  religious  and  elcaS  Toti  r  ^'""''r'  ''^"  ^^-"^  ^ 
He  catne  nearer  covering  the  Vo  th  Pa  IT"!  '"^  ''^''  PO^-^^bihties. 
colporter.  I„  all  his  career.  Vheter  «s>  "'"'"'y  ^'^^"  ^"^  other 
t'on  Society,  or  missionar  •  unde  tl^  <^olporter  under  the  Publica- 
'"'ss.onary  under  his  own'appoin  n.ent  ^T'  '^"''°"  ^"""^'y-  "f 
charges,    he    was    supplying    the    n  "■',  '""'''"S  upon   his  own 

^.terature  from  the  PuSfiofsocTtf  OnV^''  ^"^  -''^'o"^ 
w.thout  tracts  in  his  pocket  to  mS' an  "■'"^'  '^''  ^"""d  hi„, 
samt  or  sinner.  He  was  nn  n,l  \  ^  emergency,  whether  for 
"ominational  tenets  w^Te  attaTkeVir","'  "'^"  *''^  ^"^'^  o""  ^e- 
l.?hed  would  begems  ful^f  J L't  tl  '"'"  ^"*'^*^'-^''  ^"^  P"b- 
ot  religious  conchtions  in  those  earlvrhv'"'  "?  1f^'""^  ^  knowledge 
For  his  life  and  service  on  the  fi  i      "     °"  "'"  •^°'''''  P^'^^^'^  -oaft 

Publication  Society  thLn  to  aiy  or  a  1  ^her  """  '"'^''^^   '«  ''- 
Reg  nnins-  in  iS^-    »u  ,  other  agencies. 

^•a.iey  Ld"'rt"he;^o  eg^n't;':'::^  ^^  T^  ^'^^  ^^•'"—e 
;vhat  in  British  Columbia.^  But  hi  ZIT  ^^  ^^'''"S^^""'  a"d  some- 
<-ascades,  in  both  Oreeon  -  H  vv  "u  '''"■''  ''''''  ^one  east  of  the 
fragrant,  the  value  of  hirnu'ie't  Jorl^  ^"^'°"'  '''''''  ^''  "-"^  wa 
be  was  a  prominent  f  t^  n  "f  our'' r""''"'"^  ^'^P^^^"'-  -^^ 
an<I  progress  up  to  the  eighties      All    hi,  i"''"'""    '"'Sinnings 

but  he  always  and  everywhet^e  nut     ,.  ^^  >'  '^'^  °^  ^he  man, 

work  was  always  greater^han  rh  ''""^  '^"^-     ^'^''th  him  the 

always  greater  ^harilfretTsematr'  "'  ^"^^  ^"'"■■<^^^>-  Society 

cbaract:r.\vh;ie'nt'ltilnr:,oni  ^l  '"  '" -^^^  °^  --'- 
.Stearns,  jet  his  specialty  lav  aloifn!^!  ^T  """"'"'"''  ^°  brother 
>ng  solid  foundations  for  he  fut^e  Jevpl""  "'  "°V'^^  ^'^^'  '"  '^v- 
nomination.  He  was  a  st  Xn.  .  o  .'"P*"^"^  of  our  beloved  d'e- 
tbe  Rev.  J.  E.  Ciough,  thTfamo^  TeTJ;""''"-  '°"^-  ^  ^'—t  of 
much  of  his  fervent  relp!ouszea  tIT  '"'^^'°"^^y-  ^nd  possessed 
Doctor  dough  to  the  Saviour  '''^'  '"strumental  in  leading 

way.s^t;°t;^nfJ;ft'Ta' S/:r^^'^       ''L^'^-  ^'^^t  one  of  the  best 
-as   to  circulate  the   BbrandrS- "'?"''  ^'^^'^^'■^"  '^'^--^^e 
coupled   with    such   personal    wtk;T        .'''"■"'"'■"   '"   ^^e   familv. 


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that  the  Bible  and  Baptist  literature  founded  upon  the  Bible  was  the 
safest  and  most  valuable  literature  available  for  such  a  purpose,  and 
so  he  very  naturally  became  a  colporter  of  the  Publication  Society. 
He  began  his  work  in  western  Oregon,  purchasing  supplies  and  start- 
ing the  work  on  his  o-vn  charges.     He  afterward  went  under  the 
employ  of  the  society,  and  his  work  was  always  approved  hv  the 
society,    so  that   semiofficially   he   was   always   the   colporter   o'f   the 
society,  and  many  did  not  know  that  his  work  was  so  largely  at  his 
own  personal  expense.    Few  men  influenced  the  family  life  of  those 
e^T\y  days  for  good  more  than  he.     No  family  was  left  without  a 
Bible  and  some  valuable  religious  literature,  no  Sundav-school  with- 
out help    and  libraries  if  needed;  and  these  not  always  confined  to 
Baptist  Sunday-schools,  an  enviable  record  and  worthy  of  emulation 
Rev.  W.  E.  N.  James  was  the  peer  of  the  other  two.  but  was 
especially  adapted  to  work  among  the  children.     He  was  decidedly 
the      Chddrens    man.'     At    home    a   numerous    progeny    thronged 
around  him.  and  from  the  time  he  left  his  home  to  go  out  upon  hi. 
tours  until  he  reached  the  bairns  at  home  again  and  had  them  all 
upon  his  knee,  he  had  the  ear  of  the  children,  and  his  second  tour 
among  them  was  an  ovation  at  every  point.     Western  Washington 
and  British  Columbia  composea  his  field,  though  he  performed  much 
labor  on  other  fields,  notably  in  western  Oregon. 

He  was  not  always  the  colporter  of  the  Publication  Society  and 
yet  the  society  furnished  the  basis  for  his  support.  The  society  in 
the  seventies,  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  and  Edu- 
cational Society  $1,700  worth  of  stock  to  be  used  in  missionary 
work  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  to  be  sold  or  donated  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  their  depositary  and  the  Mission  Board.  This  stock  was 
so  disposed  of  as  to  reach  nearly  four  years  of  colporter  and  Sundav- 
school  wor':.  and  Brother  James  was  the  Sunday-school  man.  and'a 
large  part  oi  his  work  was  in  western  Washington.  A  quotation 
from  one  of  his  letters  is  given  as  a  sample  of  his  work. 
From  the  Baptist  Beacon.  August,   1878: 

THE    LETT1.R    FROM    Ol'R    MISSION.^RV,    BROTHER    JAMES 

The  farther  I  penetrate  the  field,  the  more  destitution  I  find      After 
leaving  Chehatchie  Valley.   I  entered  Cowlitz  Valley  by   Martin's   Point 
■in=;>''/^*M  ^7^^?^  the  Lewis  River  and  held  services  there-a  very 
■  Icstitute   field-found  no  Baptists.     Visited   from  house  to  house  until 
uTrfs.^^  J^''^"^-    "^r  ^  ^''""'1  Bother  Newton,  a  Baptist  minister 
He  and  his  famdy  are  the  only  Baptists  I  found  in  this  neighborhood 
Ne.xt    place    was    Pleasant    Valley.      Held    meetings    here    and    in    the 
mountains.     Found  one  family  of  Baptists,   Brother  and   Sister   Graves 
and  two  families  of  Seventh  Day  Baptists.     Organized  a  Sahhath  school 
ni  tLT'^r^T'-  Campbellism   spiritualism,  and  infidelity  are  the    reed 
nL^     W.n.  T  'a  t'  P^"*-    T^ook  steamer  from  Carroll  Point  to  Free- 
port.     Went   to    Arkansaw    and    Silver   Lake;    held    services    with    the 

S'w'";*-''/'^"-r^°""^„^''°'»  t^  P^"°"s  who  had  been  Banti  ts 
Nn  h.iyc   jumcd   tlK    Campbell.tes.     From   this   point   to   Grand    Prairie 


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Hach  of  these  places  LdesSe  of^i  "'^^"k?**  "  Sabbath-school 
brethren  are  very  noor  hn  I,.  ^?*''*'  P^^ching.  At  present  the 
the  cause  of  ChrTst '^F  intend  holH.^'J'"^  -^  ''"u •*''?»  '^^y  ""  ^or 
morrow    at   eleven    and   or^ni.Jn'^  ITu"u'  't'*  afternoon  and   to- 

Monday  morning  for  Snter^vill^aSdVv  to  tt't^^^  ^"i    '"^«    «" 

here  once  a  month  at  1m«     Ti,-,       ^    °  get  them  to  send  some  one 

held  here;  a  g^od  optniig  "or  I&^tlCrl  ^^T"  ^^*t°"'^  '"''^^^ 
ville  the  third  Lord's  Day.  "^  ^''-    ^  '"'P^  *°  ''^  '"  0>ster- 

Lewis  County,  W.  T.,  July  6,  1878. 

SUNDAY-SCHOOL     MISSIONARY'S     RFPORT 

'"  t/^w^jfSwr  "^ ''''-"'  "'-^-'-' """  ^^^^''  ^-'-- 

leave^to^rfjon""  Number' ofCnd'.  ^"'i  Sunday-school  missionary  begs 
Sunday-schofl  addreTsed  8-  numhe;''^°°<  °;&»'»«d.  3;  number  of 
prayer  meetings  2  famiiv  vi."fc^!'^  ?*  Sunday-school  sermons,  23; 
Testaments  donated    ^7      racVs  Hn„?l'/^?^'""^'-.^'    ^''''«  donated.   2 

I   rejoice   to  see  tLt  tti     ^°"^'«f  f36;   miles  traveled,  368. 
theory  of  menMm  glad  tS  hea^'fhelnMel  ^°l^   ''   stronger' than   the 
not  infallible,  and Iharthey  may  be  wronj'  ^^^Tr''"''^"  '^'"'u'^^^  ""'' 
them  when  they  acknowledge  thfs  ^     ^^"^  "  '"'"^  ''°P«^   ^^^ 

sixteen"rerbelow^""l%?  to'  o^rlanrz'^f'  T'  I'  ^.  '°^^'"«  --' 
of  Rainier  in  a  few  weeks° time  l\^f^^  .u°^^"-  ?""day-school  back 
the  young  men  about  Sunday  school  Thl'' OJ'T''/  ^"^  t^"*^<l  ^''h 
dance  I  would  get  all  om  to  it  *    '^"'   '^  ^  ^'°"'^  ^^*  "P  « 

are  p?o;rfs"m|"w"ir°°'^   "   ""^   '*°*^'""^"   ^"^^  -  *he   Boistfort   valleys 

Yours  in  Christ, 

W.  E.  N.  James. 

possible  the  laying  of  foundations  upon  which  biWical  Ind  rh^S^  ^ 
s  ructures  are  being  and  will  be  rear'ed  until  LSersSaScau" 

?;M^:i^tSr^:s^:.t^^^^^  --  -'  -- 

made  an  extended  trip  over  the  entire  field,  accompan  ed  by  S 

of   aiif^rn'^'^TIif'T  °',t   '"'T^""^   ^•^^^■•^   Mission    Societv 
n,.-:;  ■     T''^>    fa^-eled   together  over   the   whole   field    M^ 

..a^er  carrymg   torward  the   Sunday-school   work,   and   Mrs    Baker 
a.idress.ng    gatherings    of    every    kind    in    the    interest    of    foreig,' 


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missions,    and   materially    aiding   in    awakening   a    revival    „(    the 
msswnary  spirit  in  every  place  they  visited.    Indea^   it  IIr<.?,  ,i„ 

On  this  missionary  journey,  which  extended  over  Oreeon  and 
re\u  tTr  '"'°  ^'■'*"'^  ?'""''^'  "-"gemen.s  were  n^T whkh 
wo  i  on  th^  No«7p""fi'  r  '''''''"'''  «^""^'  denominational 
rrnt^r.i,  ^^*''''*'    *^°^'*-     '"^   committee,    of    which    the 

tution.    Upon  his  return  to  Portland  from  British  Cohmibia  he  wrote 
vaVaird'rv  t  ;''  Missionary  and  Educational   Soci:ty:  ^hTch 

tinn  ^tT!""^  'aV^T  ^^"^  ""^''S^""^  ^''  P°«'tio"  With  the  Publica- 
tion Society  and  had  become  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Salem    Ore.     But  the  work  of  the  Publication  ^ocieu-  was  sSf  a„ 

InTto  toSrtU"  ""f  7  ?^  'r""'  ^^''""'^'-^  cou^We  and  help 
ZJZ  ^^l      ,  r"^^"^  °*  Churches  and  Sunday-schools,  by  havine 
suppies  on  hand  for  purchase  or  donation,  so  that  no  church  nor 
Sunday-school  should  lack  necessary  helps      And  the   his   them 
selves  bemg  uniform  set  our  people  to  studying  the  same  le  sons 
smgmg  the  same  songs,  reading  the  same  books,  and  using  the  same 
moti*?^^  n  ^J.*''"^«^«ed  a  silent  but  untold  influence  in  pr^ 
moting  fellowship  and  good  cheer  wherever  our  people  gathered   and 

Soff'inro^h''"h  °"  T'l^?  '"^">'  °'  '""^  °"^  '""«  -^  i-'o-^es 
snti  ott  into  the  abyss  of  oblivion. 

The  Publication  Society  made  this  possible  by  appointing  with 
the  consent  of  the  Salem  church,  their  former  agent,  now  th^paltor 
of  the  church,  as  their  depositary  for  the  Pacific  dast.  with  S- 
qu.  ters  and  stock  transferred  to  Salem,  Ore.,  with  liberiy  to  use  h^ 
XnU  ^T^  >n  making  donations  to  churches  and  pastors.  Sunday! 
Sands  ;/'^^  '^''"'\.-^'"'">'  '^'  Publication  Societv  put  into  the 
hands  of  the  Home  Missionary  Board,  under  the  direction  of  this 
pastor-agent,  a  stock  of  $1,700.  to  be  sold  or  donated  to  carrv  o" 
vvard  their  mission  work  on  the  Upper  Coast.  This  stock  was  suffi- 
cent  for  over  four  years  of  missionary  work  by  the  godly  men 
already  named  in  this  review,  as  well  as  to  supply  large  numberrof 
aS°[braTiS."""''  ^°''  ^'^^•■'''"^'°"'  ^^^  Sunday-schools  wl^h  helps 

f,-«    ^t°l  °5,/*""l^°'"'*.7^«  ''o"^  before  the  existence  of  the  Conven- 
tion of  the  North  Pacific  Coast  or  while  it  was  pursuing  its  work  as 
an   independent  body,   the   Publication   Societv   being  The   principa 
denominational   agency   at   work   creating  and   developing  agendes 
through  which  all  the  great  denominational  societies  received  their 


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setting  and  unification,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  body  of  this  volume 
under  the  head  of  "Independent  Work."  Indeed,  the  author  has 
no  knowledge  of  such  another  opportunity  for  the  Publication  So- 
ciety to  use  Its  force  and  resources  to  perform  a  unique  and  neces- 
sary work  for  the  Lord  Jesus  and  our  beloved  denomination,  and 
doubts  If  our  country  furnishes  another  of  equal  importance. 

All  honor  to  the  society  for  seizing  the  opportunity,  and  all 
piaise  to  the  Master  for  raising  up  agencies  to  cope  with  such  emer- 
gencies! Nor  is  it  least  to  the  honor  of  the  Christly  spirit  that, 
without  a  ripple  of  selfishness  or  prejudice,  the  Publication  Society 
and  Its  agents  relinquished  the  right  of  way  to  the  other  great  de- 
nominational societies,  for  which  its  efforts  had  so  signally  prepared 
the  way,  and  continued  its  work  along  other  important  lines  by 
means  of  other  equally  efficient  agencies,  of  which  mention  will  be 
made  under  another  heading. 

On  the  Lower  Coast,  and  especially  ir,  California,  in  different 
conditions  and  through  different  agencies,  the  societv  plaved  a  part 
in  bringing  about  denominational  unity  scarcely  less 'thrilling  whch 
will  doubtless  be  written  up  in  its  own  time  and  place  as  it  deserves 
to  be,  but  It  cannot  be  in  connection  with  North  Pacific  Coast 
history. 

The  author  has  lived  to  witness  the  great  achievements  of  our 
denomination  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast,  the  wonderful  progress  of 
all  our  great  societies  operating  here,  the  remarkable  increase  of  an 
efficient  ministry,  the  growth  of  society  agencies,  the  formation  of 
conventions,  and  the  development  of  an  able  lay  element  aiding  in 
handling  the  necessary  business  connected  with  denominational 
growth ;  he  views  them  all  with  thankfulness  to  the  Master ;  and  he 
feels  confident  that  all  these  agencies,  with  the  ministry  and  the  great 
body  of  our  people,  will  thankfully  appreciate  the  work  of  the 
American  Ba;  tist  Publication  Society,  and  will  giadly  accord  it  the 
place  its  serv.^e  has  so  abundantly  earned  in  Baptist  history  on  the 
North  Pacific  Coast. 


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A  CHIEF  CORXER-SrONE 


sarilf  ;Sr;tS;^^S';:r',,;^;"^"-ion  Society  neces- 
on  the  North  Pacific  CoLt  thZh  ,  '  fs^in  ^?'T  achievement 
highly  useful  in  laying  the  founS  I  u"'  ^""^  ^'^^^^  ^ill  be. 
denomination.  Its^rfa  Lrk"f  S  Z  *^',  "'"^^  ^^^^'^^  ^^  ^^e 
at  an  impressible  and  responsiv'ag  wifh  the  »''"".-  ^'  ""'^  '^'"^ 
'n  picture,  song,  and  storj.  It  olantsTn  v  ^'"''""^  °^  ""^  ^'^le 
produce  the  men  and  wom'en  whfcons.  tufe  th"f  'TV""'  '''""'  '''^' 
of  our  church,  the  Christian  minic?  \^  effective  membership 

would  become  stagnant^ools  thr"  '""'°"'  ^''°"'  °"'-  churches 
and  of  the  missionary  Cietes  wZr'''h°''t'^°' ^^^ 
•societies   would  go  upon   the  rm^-  -  *'°'^  churches  and 

rudders.  The  men  and  Imen  ofTreTr.  '"'''  u"""'^  ^'^'^""^  '^ei? 
denomination,  as  well  asmanvJ?  ?"^'^  ^"^  •"^"cnce  in  our 
debted  to  this  Er^lt  s:Z7fo1  ZrLr' v'''  "*=  '^^^^'^  '"- 
whether  transmitted  to  them  directlv  th  J  u  .u^''^'°"'  '"^Pressions. 
or  through  the  medium  of  pTren  s  £enHr^\  '/°''''^''  '""='^"^« 
Through  its  literature,  so  wide  v  Z.  '  5""d«y-«chool  teachers, 
bestowed,  the  American  LStPuWcarn?'  '"^  •°^'"'  ^°  f^««='v' 
large  share  of  the  credit  for  BanturJ  ^°"*=^y  "'  ^"^'^led  to  a 

America  and  in  other  sectLro?h."T"'*'°""'  ^'^'"'^  *"  North 
dations,  the  American  BapS  PuWrcarn  Sn' w"--  '"  '^^'"^  f"""" 
stone.  It  is  a  question  whether  amonr.ll^^^  "  ^  "'''"^  ^°"'^^- 
ought  not  to  be  accorded  the  nnfv^  f  T  "•■&anized  bodies,  it 

The  author  remembers  welMhl°^"  °/  '^''J  importance, 
resenting  the  PublicatTon  SoS^  whkh"  n?;'*??' u'^''"^^"''°"«'  ^^P" 
t.ons  and  provided  enthusiasm  and  i^c-'^?"'^"''  ^^^  ^'^^^  Conven- 
We  should  bear  in  mind  heTefore  thafft  i?  "I  '"  'Y''  ^^^^'■°-- 
agences  as  they  bulk  larger  or  smd  er  in  I  ^'  '"  '^^  ''"'^"^  "^ 
of  the  work  that  we  speak  offhTpn  ''''"  ^^  ^^^'o"s  stages 
-condary  place,  and  nJata /i  't.e'^^^e^tf oT  the""'^  "  '^"^'"^^ 

this  S  h  vfbe^n^lSol^Kri^^"^^-^— ^^  ." 

and  those  who  have  taken  up  their  wor^'^M^  !?  \^  "'^•^'^  "°-"ed: 
equals  in  loyalty  and  dev-otion  ^ZlL  ^'''^'■'''  P^°^«  ^J^^- 
;ange  of  controlling  in«uence  ar^rlitstllyTbrj^Xt;  ^ r 


A    CHIEF   CORNER-STONE 

organization  and  development  of  fhl  ^^  "•'"""^  ^«^  activity  in  tiic 

•he  later  period.  lay  sS  ^n  the  Vororihr  a'"'°''^  T^''  '" 
Home  M  ssion  Societv    uh.Vk  i,  ^  '"•=   American   Baptist 

force.  However.ndd  tiin  to' itr''^'  ''*=  ''^'''  ^''''  ^°  '^^^ 
-hool  work,  th^  A,SSon  So  -tv  hr*'[  '"'^  ^^""^'  S""^'^- 
through  its  chapel-car  department  W  f  *  '^""^  "'^'"""ble  things 
Rev.  E.  G.  Wheeler,  the^uoe^'?!  f^T^  '"'"*"^"  *''°"'''  ''*^  "'='^c  of 
Brother  Wheeler  and  hi:  :S  e"wt  .J  ei  e.lt''^'  "^  "  ^^•^"«^'" 
a  hearty  indorsement  from  the  breth^-en  nn  t  "^""^  reception  and 

welcome  guests  when  they  foun  i  i'  n  ^'^  '"''''•  ^"''  "-"'-^  ^'^'^y^ 
Northwest  Convention.  ll,oi,r  1^''  *"  '"^  ''''''''  ^'  »^e 
churches  on  this  field  which  have  ll  °^S«"'"f:on  of  several 

-Snohomish,  Everett   Frrmon     \        ^       ".  ""°  P^o-^inence,  notablv 
BrotheV  Whe   er  serTed  as  Sund?;'  ''^'"','''^'  ^"^  ^apavine.  "  " 
cial  agent  of  the  Publication  sS^^^*"'  '"'"'°""y  and  finan- 
California  and  one-hal    to    he  fr„  '    ^r- ^"""^.  °"^-^'^'f  ^'^^  t'nie  to 

Northwest  Baptist  C^nvlnt^on^  inTg.    jreunTe  'fiV'^^^^'  -^^  ''' 
In   the  f^ve  months  he  h^j   k^T       .  "^  followmg  items: 

field  with  the  chapel  car  he  haH  •.  T  ^°'^  °"  '^^  Convention 
hundred  and  thirty-  ix  gospel  me.H''^''^\"'''="  *°^"^-  ^eW  two 
thirty-six  persons  protUS^lverln '  '"h  "?!;  °"^  '^""'^'^^  =»"'> 
new  churches  and  thirteen  new  SunT'  u  '/^'^  '"  organizing  five 
was  at  this  time  the  efficient  colnnr^''^''^^^  Z'^^'  ^-  W-  Miller 
of  Washington  had  given  the  nrl'l^n  °"  '\'  ^'^^-  "^he  Baptists 
besides  $5542  for  Bible  wo  t'  The  Co'nvL':'  '°'  ''"  "°^''  ?353.i2. 
ciation  of  the  coming  of  Broth.?  ^°"^«"t'on  expressed  its  appre- 
hending their  woTL  wen  as  Jarof  I"*'' J^?ff'V'  '''^'^y  '°™- 
porter.  In  ,897  the  Pub  ica  ion  So  del  ha^'  "" '  ^'""'  ''''  '''■ 
field  as  colporters  Rev    O    T    rnhn  ^   ^'^   '"    ^"^'"   «"   this 

Rev.  C.  P.  Berg  among  tS  L^TandTv^  f  h'^''  ^^°^'^- 
the  Americans.     These  men  diH  m^.f       1  ^-  ^^"^^  among 

among  their  fellow-countrymen     Sol''     """^  '"^  ^'^'^'^"^  ^"^icf 
ally  those  destitute  of  SeT  privS  ""Tr"'"''  *°^"^-  «P*=^'- 
self-sacrificing  and  devoted  labor,  .i^f'  .'^'''   '°"e  remember  their 
absence  of  a  general  msslonarJorthrPM-^''^  ^°'  '^'"'-    I"  "^e 
field,  Brother  Hause  stood  for  the  <,n     .^^''."'"'"  ^"'^'^'>'  °"  ^his 
ciepartments  of  its  wort    He  ^as  a  woZ '''  '■^P^-^e"ted  it  in  ali 
Associations  and  Convention!    an/h.^     '^"'P'""  °^  '^^  ^^^^^^  in 
able  preacher,  and  an  unt^nne  ;.orker"^h'  ''™."^  ^"P"'^^'  ^"  ^-^"Pt- 
ice  for  the  society  and  tJf  ofie  .•  '£.  e'r'o'n  S'?  ^"'"^''^  "'- 
The  author  confesses   to  a   flu         r       ^'^  Convention  field. 
I'istory  of  this  grand  socet-  Lt  hl^  '^  ''^'"'^  "'  ^^°PP'"ff  the 
torian  to  the  twemieth-centu  J  ssl^r  ^1%^""' T  '^  ''^^  '-- 
nients  of  the  Publication  Soci  t      n  Tts    '/r^'"f  '^''  '^''  ''^''''■''- 
than  duplicated  in  the  future.  ^        ^"^'''^  '""  '''^  "^^^e 


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CHAPTER  I 

FOLLOWING   THE    STAR 
1832-1845 

soul-reviving  doctr  ne  ofTrels  .^°  -^^  should  call  attention  to  the 
Apostle  Paul  andTeBanfi.?H!°"''°  "'^'"'^'"  ^'''ch  both  the 
studies  the  purpose  and  'wSk  of X"'r°"  «^^"d  Pledged.  One  who 
«ion  Society  caJ  hardly  avoTd^vini-.""^  ^*P''^'  ^^-"^  Mis- 
the  inexplic^able  doctrines  of  the  wid  ''TheT'"''T  'T"^'°"  °^ 
God.  He  works  them  out  Tvfo  1  '  ^^  ^'"^  ^''^  doctrines  of 
God's  highway  on  whicSwe  Ire VJ^^'  ^°  '^^°''  "^-  ^hey  are 
The  wise  men  knew  lit^^e  oTthese  great' doctr'^'T  ""^^"^'^-"^'y- 
far  of  Bethlehem  took  its  wav  but  tW  .T  '^'l.""  ^'"'^"'l  '^^ 
fathers,  who  established  fhic  w^'  U^^^  followed  it.  Our  fore- 
fully  realized  thtpt^'^^^^^^^^^^  -ay  not  have 

ordained.  He  called  He  elertP^  »  "*  ^f^  foreknew.  He  fore- 
st the  star  of  misJLt  th  West  ThTn''-  "^^'-'■fi^^•  He 
fol  owing  it,  and  is  here  hav.^rreached  the  Zlt^rr"  ^"''''^  '^ 

-n  no  clouds  intervSg  Wherever  "^h?'""'  Tn'^'  ^'''''  ^^'"'^ 
■  c.Ties  M«o.  In  this  case  with  nlTr!,""'  °^  ^''^  &^*'^^'-  Satan 
would  .e  preveSdihe'src  etv  ?rL  rj?'  '"^  '"*'  ^"^^^tions  he 
West,  but  especially  in  fX'LT.  "?  "^  ''°'^  '"  ''^^  Middle 
Northwest     He  nn/«l  .  ^°V°^^'"«^  the  mission  star  into  the  ereat 

of  noTomme^c-  "laS'^nfitT  dT^°'  '"^."'^^^^'  ^'^^^  ''-1 
as  the  sequel  will  Ihow  and  nrX.^  ."!"°"-  ^"^  ^°^  ^^'-'^^new 
the  most  active     ntelZent    .^f        •  •  **''^.  ''J  °<^<:"Pancy  by  one  of 

peoples  of  the  wo  Id     e^ardeH^^^^^  '"'"'"*'^''  ^"'^  ^"^"^«f"' 

tian  viewpoint.  '^^^^'^^^^  from  either  a  commercial  or  a  Chris- 

orgai^et:„;'Stle';™:;„^\P*''^^  "T^  ^^'^  Society  was 
coast:  but  eve^  bef!^  ^^J  SSr-fJl^JJ:.  S^-^- 

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430      BAPTIST    HKTO«V   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 

of  snuff.    He  said:  °^^°"'  '"^'  "°*  ^°'-t''  ^  Pi"ch 

severh?lU%'d''.1res"o'„"t"hytw:r„T'sid^^  ^'^H^^i'^'".^  ■'-  ^''"^  -e 
that  are  uninhabitable  where  rafn  nL^.  1^,"^  ^^^  ^°.^^y  Mountains 
passable  except  by  going  hundreds  of^.l.c^ "';  T""*?'"*  ^^°^^y  'm- 
Of  what  use  would  the  land  be  for  Ir^  u  °T  °^  *  '^"■«'=*  "bourse.  .  . 
for  that  purpose  give  a  p"nch  of  /n.flf "'?/;''  purposes?  I  would  not 
the  Rocky  M^ountfins' werTaS  TrnpassablX  5ier"'l ^1^""'°^^      '  "'^^ 

God  for  his  .ercy  i^^fadn^  t^^Ro^U^  iSS  ttr^e*?  '""•    '  '^'''' 
The  National  Intelligencer,  at  about  the  same  time,  said: 

.east°LSr^5\^°\Tj^|„"'-r,\!;%i-,°J,fe-.H    Oregon  is  one  of  the 
almost  as  barren  as  Sahara   \^a  w.  ,.°°  .'^^^   °'   creation.     It   is 

Italy.    Russia  hL  Lr  SibeHa   and  EL?anH"h''''p^  '^  'H  Campagna  o 
United  States  should  ever  need  a  coumrf  t.^*^  ?°'^"^  ^^^^  «"<J  '^  the 
and    scoundrels,    the    utility    of    such    a^  r^.^.^'''''  *°r^^^"''''  "^^  rogues 
demonstrated.     Until   then  we  are  nerft  J^    m.- ^'    °''f8°"    *«"'d    be 
otfi^lfaKnt^^^  ^n^ia^.  -pS^Sdt&lS^  ,S  r^m 

to  send  its  mLionS;    a,^?'*^'     «  ^■^^''  ^*'^'"  ^''^  """^^y-  determined 
men    Revs  T,rl   p   u  '       .  '^x'^^S  we  actually  find  those  devoted 

raciftc  Coast,  and  a  <jreat  migration  of  the 


FOLLOWING   THE   STAR  .,j 

Societ,  .eter^ine.  to  lor^t^^Her^'i^Hr  ^^^^"^^  ^^'-'- 

the  fn;  o-^u^n^r^J^X;?  Indllt  J^'  4^'^  ^^^^^^^ 
ground  to  greet  and  wdcome  th.Yn^  "'  "^^  °*  ''"'"8^  «"  '^e 

formed  definite  connections  aniseM'T'"^  '''^T  ^'^°''  ^^ey  had 
two  earliest  Baptist  ^0^  mi  "^  "^^^^  °*  '*^*"g-     O"^  of  the 

born  in  1800  a  g  alate "f  An  hr^^;",/"  ^'■'^°"'  ^^^^  ^'^''-■■-  was 
Newton  in  isfo  After  »  ?  ^"""^^  '"  '^^9.  and  a  student  at 
■•e  baptized  eght;  pet^ns  LC^r /'    Springfield.    Vt..    where 

ciety  in  ,83..  when  .t  rar;rgaS  :ne  oT'L'fi'  f°"^  '''"'°"  ^°- 
removed  to  Indianaooli^    TnH  ^      *  '*^  ^'"^^  commissions,  and 

Quincy.  111.,  lTm°8l\  he  bet'  "^  ^'"'^  °^  ^^'^'«'  ^"^  thai  to 
land  to  Oregon  ^^        ^^"  ^'■^^"&'"g  for  the  journey  over- 

Socie'Jrton;  .'n^'Mrrlilnd  T'T""'"'''  °^  ''^  "°-  ^1--" 
in  Ohio  ,n  ,825.  and  wa"  licen, Jf  I. ''"'  '°""''"'^^'  ^"^  »'«P'*^ed 
was  ordained  in    827  to  h  s  S  nf  .        same  year  to  preach.     He 

years.  I„  ,838  he'remo  ^'To  ?:wr,^-;h"t"'  '"  '^'^  *°^  ^^^^" 
organize  the  first  Associatim,  fLi  7  ^.  <=°n""'ss«on :  helped 
the  first  sermon  before  the  Sow^Statrr  '""''^"^'.  ^^  «PP°i"tment, 
he  was  commissioned  wit^,  Fisher  forr'n  '"  '\'-  '"  '^'♦S 
socety  gave  them  each  $400  for  an  outfit  .„H  ^''^T  u^^''^-  ^'^^ 
salary  of  $200  a  year  '      "^  assured  them  each  a 

^845:  fn^orbe^ti^JfactT^^^^^^^  '"  ^'^  ^P-^  o^ 

preached  a  few  time^nd  In  De Ji,h  .?''  ^''-  '''^'''  ^'-  Fi^h^'" 
ette  Valley,  where  Brother  FUh.  '^''l  f'^^^  '"  '^^  ^illiam- 
the  hospitable  house  o?DaviHT  ^°""^„f  ^'t^"-  from  the  rains  in 
already  been  organized  Phe  firs^T^''  ^'''  ^"■°"'  '"  ^^ich  had 
west  of  the  Rocky  Mountain?  u^T'  '''"'"'*'  ""'^  Sunday-school 
Vincent  SnelCin  tl,?  ?  '  ""^  ''/"'"^  ^''^  successor  of  Rev 
his  own  words  ^ha2  "onir.  '''.  °*  ''''  '''"••'^'^-  ^»''<^h.  to  use 
miles  of  the  p  kce  of  orl^'  T  °*  '*'  P'""*'"^  ^'^^in  twenty-five 
organization  is  lost"     °'^'"'"*>''"-  ^°  '^at  all  efficiency  by  church 


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CHAPTER  II 

THE  STAR  SHIXES 
1845-1880 

and  Education.,  Socr/.r' Co  o^erafr '     '*"'*"''"°"-     ^^^  >ears  IaTer""'5iris'r:';; 

became  the  firsfpastor  of  the  fourtSTh  '"f'°""y'  ^^other  John'son 
built  the  first  mWg-house  S  ht  „  *  !^^^ 
and  started  the  first  BaptS  schooHn  th^"  ^^""^''^^"^ost  unaided, 
first  into  the  hands  0/  Ws  niece  and  =.f?'''""^;^°"^^'  P""'"^  '^ 
of  Ezra  Fisher.  The  school  started  bvhJs?'''^-  '"'°  ^'^^  ^'^"^ 
culmmated  in  Oegon  City  Univers[ty  of  whf/hvr'"*,''"""^  P^^*°" 
•s  the  successor  and  heir  Dur  nt  th.  °^Ti  ''  ^cMinnville  College 
July  4,  1847  to  1878.  thTortoTci  ST"f  *'■'""  •''  ^^g^ni-ation.  o„ 
pioneer  missionarie;  of  the  Hom^M-  '' c  ""^^  ""'^^  ^^e  care  of  the 
Fisher.  Chandler.'anl  sL^'rnr  Srthe'Se^;^^''^^"  ^'''''^"' 
was  on  the  field  with  aid  from  th.  ,■  l^  ^   Mission   Society 

Baptist  church  west  of  Je  Zckl  M^r.  ^'''"  '^"'  ^^^  ^^'  °"e 
™les  from  its  headqua^rs  in^'^w  Tc^rSr'"  .''"^  ^'^^"^-'^ 
West  LJion  church,  shining  upon  oTegIn  Gty  ''"  ''""^  '''' 

first  !rrg?nSi  ^f^ PiSrChS^^  ^4  ^  ^"-^  ^  '^^ 
pastor,  and  in  the  personr  of  it?  •"•'^^5'  ^""'^  ^''^  ^'^  to  the 
Hezekiah  Johnson,  w'ho  re  o^ized  Z'T^^'  ^"^  ^'^''^  -^^ 
second  and  permanent  orSS  ii'^S^""'^  '"''  ^^^'"-  =^^  ^"^^ 

Between  1856  and  i860  there  was  a  nerinH  .f  ^ 
no  pecuniary  aid   from  the  societx    w/=  ^  ^''"'"  ^^^^  ^^en 

Oregon,  but  this  was  not  the  fault  of  T"  '°  '^'  '^''''^''  '" 
a.ded  at  Portland  had  proved  unworthv-H  I'^'T^''  '^^^  ^^''°' 
which  disbanded.  t,  I  Ezra  pTXr  ^"l,«*'^"'^oned  the  church, 
dissatisfied  because  the  -ocietv  cHdnn/rl  "''!'""''  J°''"^°"  ^^^^ 
'^tand.  and  preferred  to  ^^nf  J  ?  ^^""^  ^  ^«^'^«1  anti-slaverv 

from  the  soci  ty      Rev    G    C    ChTT  ■■';'"  ^'^^'^  ^°  ^-"''ve  ad 

farming  and  pre'achfnran^d  educaira^rUt'^Ihe' d"''"^  '''^'"^^ 
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treasury  of  the  society.    ^  ^^^   P^"'*=    ^^    '857   depletcl    the 

-itMhe''rmiSs1„''tL"^^^^^^^^^  '"  Oregon  begins 

'"  California  begins  with  the  loW  Iv  '.  "'^  "^"'^  "^  ^he  society 
Mghted  senetary  of  the  soc  t/Sr  rvHn^^  of  ,848.  That  far' 
'ng  m  New  York  Citv  out  hi  1  ^  "  "'"'  ^'  »  ministers-  „,eet 
VVl^eler.  then  pasto  '  at'  ]er  1  Sv*^"  ^'^^^  ^'-"'^er  of  Rev.  a  C 
•We  want  you  to  go  to  Califom..  ^'  '"  ^°^""ber.  ,848,  saying- 
go  sir/'  was  the  feply  lie  Tecmlrr''- '""^'?"^'-^-'  "'  •-'™t 
reply  was:  "No.  sirfl  will  „ot TaTe;^   '"V,'''^'   "^"t   the  positive 

Refc^A   ITl^'P^^'^   were'niarby  othe^'^Ve""  '^'T'" 
C.  A.  Wooddy.  ,n  the  Home  Missioi  ToZhly  ''"'"'   ^'''"' 

from  his  shSers      He"'i  ",'  I^^'  "^  Bu„ya„'s  P  Igrimf  P?"'"'   ^°  ''^ 

To  God  I'm  reconciled. 
His  pardoning  voice  I  hear- 

"!  ^^^nre/er^tf'^       • 

on  board  by  sailinTtf^^'Celnf-  rlV"''  ^'''^  "  -d  ^^h^.slH'^ 

c^<|lS^:;r  ;i;^;&;;:  -  ^--  '^  -ched  San  Pran. 
first  Protestant  church  edifice  in  Califo^l  '"  ^T'*  ^^^''^^ted  the 

ifoctotrM  ^r'^^^^°°'  -'i-^l'"        ^^'  ^'^  '°"^^^"^ 
fore  a  v^srjjIonrctrr/^iS^  «"^  "^P^-  ■•"  California  be 
class,   and   regal.  ^'li^-^J^'J^^^f^^^^ 

19,    1850,   the  second   church   in   n^l'u   "^^"'^0  organized,  on  Mav 

where  the  second  baptism  was  admSr"/'Ji^"™'^  ''  San  S 
revival  meeting,  and  he  organized  th'«'*  -  "'  ^""^"^^'l  the  first' 
Although   his   period   of  sSv ic!    '  f    ^"^-^''^fo"  in  the  Stale 

^ap.d  was  the  development  £  h."'''  ""J^  ^''^*«"  months  so 
much  more.  He  wasTy  no  meanstr/'  T'^rl^'  *°  ^°  «"  this  and 
hither  by  the  gold  excitemem  I,  u,  ^  ^T'''  '"'"'^t^'"  drawn 
he  names  of  forty-six  accredit  J  bJ^T''^  -"'^^  ^'  '^^^te.red 
^  rough  San  Francisco  between  JSril?'^^?  """"''''''  who  passed 
hut  not  one  of  them  rm.M  k     •  ^        '  '^49.  and  August  r    rfito 

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43-«       BAPTIST    HISTORY    Ol"    THK    NORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 

Oregon  that  the  Willamette  Association  could  hold  no  session  that 
year;  and  among  those  ^no  went  were  Revs,  'v  incent  Snelling  and 
Ezra   F.sher.     Brother   Sne'ling.   at   this   iime.   was   twice  given   a 

wvi""?/t  "^"'K  "".'•'"  °'"S°"  ^'^'^  f°^  'he  Home  Mission 
Society;  but  he  ..referred  to  throw  up  the  commission  and  go  to 
Cahforma,  where  he  died  in  1855.  B.  other  Fisher  returned  fga  n 
m   SIX   months   with  $,.200,   taught   the   Baptist   school   at   Oregon 

CUy  Universit>r  "'  ""''  ''''''  "'''""^  ''""^'''  ''"  ''''  ^'"'  '^'  ^^^S"" 

.»  i?''^f "c"'  '"'.^^.'°"^'>-  appointed  by  the  society  for  California 
reached  the  State  eighteen  months  after  Doctor  Wheeler;  and  in  "he 

Z/JT  "'  *°"°""k'  *^^^^^"  appointments  were  made  whose 
aggregate  service  was  about  twenty-two  years;  ami  in  the  ten  years 

th?  .rr*"^'  "-■"'''"'  ^PP°i"'"'e"t«  aggregating  fifty-four  years, 
he  total  appropriations  to  the  California  work  for  these  twenty 
}  ear.  from  the  Home  Mission  Society,  were  about  $290,000,  of  which 
about  $50,000  was  for  gifts  and  loans  to  the  church  building  work 
First  Church  R.  f  ''',%^  prospect  of  reorganizing  the  Portland 
It       u      ,■  ^^"""^^  Cornelius.  Jr..  a  missionarv  of  the  societv. 

was  on  hand  to  organize  it  on  .August  31,  i860,  and 'became  its  mi's- 

•'cSh'R'T.-  ^f\^''f''''  >'^"««"  P^--<=hed  the  sermon  on 
Church  Building.  Rev.  G.  C.  Chandler  told  the  sad  story  of  the 
former  church,  now  reduced  to  three  members,  who  agreed  to  dis- 
solve the  organization ;  and  a  new  church  of  fifteen  constituent 
members  was  formed.  Both  Brother  Cornelius,  from  ,860-186 
hv  t'S^H  ^,,'^"^"^°"'  .h's  successor  from  1866-1871.  were  assisted 
b>  t.ie  Home  Mission  Society.  After  that  the  Portland  First  Church 
was  self-sustaining,  though  the  Chinese  work  was  assisted  by  the 
Home  Mission  Society  in  1881-1882. 

H.    ^'p'^f  iT  °{.^^^  constituent  members  of  this  Portland  church. 
Rev    Rodolphus    Weston    who,   in    ,867,   baptized   in    White    River 
rlTS  J-  "°'^^*^'  *°'"  "^^ny  years  a  deacon  of  the  Seattle  First 
Church.     The  same  year  Brother  Weston  organized  the  church  at 
Puyallup :  and  he  was  the  first  man  in  the  Territorv  to  whom  the 
society  offered  a  commission.    A  roving  commission  was  sent  by  the 
New  York  Board  of  the  Home  Mission  Societv  to  Brother  Weston 
on  the  recommendation  of  his  pastor  in  Portland.  Rev.  S.  Cornelius 
Jr.;  but  Brother  Weston  had  much  sickness  in  his  family  at  the  time' 
and  feanng  that  either  his  commission  might  lead  him  to  neglect  his' 
family,  or  his  family  to  neglect  his  commission,  if  he  accepted  it   he 
preferred  to  earn  his  bread  by  his  trade  as  a  blacksmith,  and  so  ^ent 
the  comniission  back.    This  does  not  alter  the  fact  that  the  societv 
stood  ready  to  help  at  the  first  opportunity  oflFered  it  in  the  work  on 
ruget  Sound. 

Only  two  churches  in  Washington  were  organized  before  the 
Puyallup  church,  the  one  at  Mound  Prairie,  bv  Rev  T  T  Harper 
and  the  other  at  Brush  Prairie,  bv  Revs.  Alvin  and  T    T   Clark     The 


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land,  the  Indian  ^uSkaTd.l^T'  "^'"^  !"  "'^  ^'^'■'"'^  -^  t''^" 
-as  soon  disbanded    but  the  BrthS^^  ^"''^  '"  <^"^"^'^""-- 

vicissitudes,  changing  its  namr^       .      ^  *'''"'''^'^'  ^^'^-^  numerous 
wash.ng  until  :S8^ZZnlTtol7sf  *™"'  "^^  '''=^P'"^  "P  ^-t- 

joidinrn^et)Si:;;:;^:;^;^^;rtheiiu^ 
j;::c^^l;?  n:t:'r  ™^'-  ---'"^ -^ 

secured  their  first  pastor   Sev  To,,  h  p"'^  ^   ''"'^  >'^^"   "ntil   thev 
cHur.  applied  to  ^e  H^nl^^Mi^^ -—;  ^^J^  fo  ^ 

^^>sS;;t^"V^£-r^;^:L&tv"s"lt^'°"  ^-'^'^  ^- 

Oregon  and  Washington  VJrri^orv  B^'ot\' ^T"^""^^'^ 
Home  Mission  Society  for  a  year  ?n^,  ^^^^her  Curt.ss  served  the 
aided  in  organizing  sixteen  churl.?  ''j' ."^r '^'^  '"  ^'^''^^  '™e  he 
eight  houses  of  worshfp  One  of  tt'  ""."^  '"  ''""'^'"^  ^"^  dedicating 
unfortunately,  after  the  brethren  hlnv.  °"'"  ^^'  "*  Seattle  wherc^ 
of  aid  from'the  socLty  to  bu  Id  a  betfe;  T^T'  ''^^  '""^  '"•°'"''- 
planned,  the  society  could  not  heed  hfrt  ^''"^^^''.^"  ^'^^  originallv 
and  the  church  was  left  to  struetle  fnr  '"'''"°"  ^°'  assistance. 

bapti^d"  rdg?s:^r&e'n1l^%r^^T^'^  ^'^'"p^^  ^''"-^.  -^ 

Casto.  the  first  pastor  at  OIvl!'  '  '"^'  ''""""^'^  '"■'"'  ^^--  Joseph 
the  Home  MissL^Sodet/^B'othlr'cuT'l'r"'  "'''  ^'^^^  '-^• 
the^ council  .hich  ordained^ro.  f'^.  ^  if^l.-Xi" 

regar^d'tf  disp?te?;u:^Lnr  afd'^oret'  '""'  ^"^  ""^^P""^-  '" 
who  dififered  with  him      h!'  ^°'"et.nies  gave  ofTense  to  those 

who  knew  him  th  befor?Lr:ft'er'hr''  '"^"'  °'  ^"^  ^"'''-• 
His  resignation  in  1872  was  d^e  to  fl  h.,.r'"r,  '"  '^'  Northwest. 

The    following   letter    written  '"'"'''' °^  ^°'«' 

interest  to  those  wLkn::;ori;rwor:n\hT?eir^^    "'^■^'    ''    ^' 

n.       T,  Gref.nvillf.  Mich..  Xfarch  -"    rS-n 

yourfe^ro^-^^r  iT^Vrie1.d^Tas°^  ^"e  ^^^  °^  March";  t.  ,„. 
quamtances  and  friendships  fofmed  of Th'"'''.'"-^  recollections  of  ac^ 
name,  and  of  victories  achfevedb?-a„1  for°Jh/  ^'T^*^^  '"  *^'  Master's 
rejoiced,   and    from   which    some   n^C,  ^*^  *''"*'''  "^^r  wh'ch  anpels 

deemer-s  crown.  .  Some'ol  thT'chCic:st"?rm1niSe?'"''    '"■  »''<^    «- 


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436       BAPTIST    HISTORY    OF    THE    NORTH    PACIFIC    t  OA>T 

and  plains  and  mountains  of  Oregon  and  Washington  Territorv  Tlie 
meetings  held,  the  souls  saved,  the  believers  baptized,  the  churches  or- 
ganized, the  houses  of  worship  dedicated,  are  all  fresh  in  my  memory 

Undertaking  too  much  work  for  one  of  mv  years,  my  health  failed  I 
lost  my  voice,  and  supposing  my  public  work  was  done.  I  returned  to  iliy 
work  in  this  State.  If  I  had  rested  in  some  quiet  nook  in  the  Cascades 
for  a  few  months,  I  might  possibly  have  continued  my  labors  in  that 
most  interesting  and  needy  held  for  a  few  years  longer.  After  restini: 
a  year  only  preaching  occasionally,  I  settled  as  pastor  of  the  church  in 
this  city,  which  1  have  served  now  for  five  years.  We  have,  at  present  a 
membership  of  two  hundred  and  fifty.  Our  town  is  about  the  size  of 
55alem  when  I  lived  there,  and  equally  as  pretty;  barring,  perhaps,  the 
evergreen  shores  of  the  broad  and  beautiful  Willamette 
u^rL^r  ^^'^^  gratified  in  reading  the  letter  of  Sister  Chandler,  of 
forest   Grove,   to   learn   that   my   dear   friend   and   brother.    Dr.    G    C 

n„  fh.  ^«*^^  I''  ^"^H  ^"?  ''t.'P"  .'  f°""«'  °"  the  coast,  still  lingers 
on  the  mortal  shores  Surely  there  is  rest  for  such  weary  one.s  as  he 
on  the  other  side  of  the  river. 

Oh!   if  we  could   only  have  had   a  Beacon   when    I   was   there    to 
write,  guide,  and  inspire  us  in  our  labors,  much  more,  I  am  sure,  would 

^nlt^r^a^  rf^T^lu^-^'^-  "•*•'*  ^^P*'?*"  °^  O^KO"  ''nd  Washington 
appreciate  rightly  their  own  interests,  they  will  rally  to  the  support  of 

week''X;ein'finH  t^h"*^*!!"  T'^  I'-^i'^'  ^1^  encourage  its  visfts  everv 
week.  Herein  find  the  dollar,  for  which  send  the  Beacon  to  mv  address 
Orcenville,  Mich. 

I  ,2y'%^.*'"rf  8od«P«ed  for  yourself  and  your  fellow-laborers, 
I    am.    affectionately    yours,  £.    Curtiss. 

After  the  resignation  of  Brother  Curtiss.  the  Home  Mission 
Society  sustained  no  general  missionary  on  the  field  in  Washington 
Territory  from  1872-1882.  The  missionaries,  aided  on  the  field 
by  the  Home  Mission  Society  at  this  period,  for  from  one  year 
to  two  years  and  a  half,  were  Revs.  P.  H.  Harper,  S.  E.  Stearns 
Jonathan  Wichser.  Joseph  A.  Wirth,  J.  L.  Blitch.  D.  \V.  C  Britt 
W.  E.  M.  James,  W.  N.  Pruett,  D.  J.  Pierce,  and  Dong  Gong. 

From  1877-1880  the  Missionary  and  Educational  Society  of 
the  North  Pacific  Coast  carried  on  the  vfork  of  the  general  mission- 
ary independently  of  the  Home  Mission  Society;  and,  in  1880,  at  the 
time  when  co-operation  began,  it  was  sustaining  nine  missionaries, 
while  the  Home  Mission  Society  sustained  four.  Those  sustained 
by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  within  these  three  years,  were  Rev. 
S.  E.  Steams,  with  a  roving  commission  for  eastern  Washington 
and  Idaho;  Rev.  J.  Wichser,  at  Puyallup  and  White  River;  Rev. 
J.  A.  Wirth,  at  Seattle;  and  Rev.  J.  L.  Blitch,  at  Walla  Walla.  In 
1880  the  Home  Mission  Society  accepted  the  nine  appointees  of  the 
Convention,  and  the  Convention  accepted  the  four  appointees  of  the 
Home  Mission  Society.  The  latter  society  agreed  to  pay  two- 
thirds  of  the  salary  of  all  the  appointees,  and  the  Convention  one- 
third. 


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CHAPTER  III 

THE  ••  MISSION-  STAR  "  ABIDES 
1880-1900 

portunity.  Wonderful  dcveluoment  rhr?.,-.  '^'.^"  °*  c-'P^ation.  Liiusualn,,- 
Nearly  every  church  a  de"  A  ThoUtfes  .  te"'^',  "'tI'^  ""L""  '"■'"•*"'»"'■  A«c<L. 
into  district,.  British  Columbia  emf red  Th.f?  .J""  "^^'^  "tarded.  The  divisio,, 
wavering  purpose.  Hearty  wdcome  A  h,if^^*"'  P"*'""""  °"'«''"*«'»  U". 
Forecast.  *     welcome.       A    half-century    of    work    in    peril.      Growth 

Of   tSil^A  °"  ■'''"  ^^°''^.  ^^"■'^*^  ^^°^^»-  ^--o"!   i88o-,9oo.   the  reconl 

n  North  Amerca     Th"   r''^?^  ^°""''  '"  '^'  ^^'^  °^  ■""*«"  effort 
ScSSv   ChrS         ^'"''"  '""^^y-    ^""-^ig"  ""i^sions.  the  Publication 

the  whole  worW  '      ^  "^'"^  '"  'P''^^^'"«^  '^  ^''^^^  through 

the  old  7n^n^„  V  ^'".'°"  ^°*^''^y  ^^'"e  "Pon  the  field,  none  of 

t^itVs"pL^";^a;°d^:nr"^^^^  ^^  '•^i^"^-^^-  ^"^  ^"  - 

open  neart?  and  hands  and  pur>e,s.    Especially  was  this 

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438      BAPTIST    HISTORV   OF   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 
MSTon,      SuiS   wn,   r'  ^^'f '?  ^/"'^^y  '»>'  '»^  Superintendent  of 

:^'^I  £nl  '"^^    >"'  tif ,^::,!'3"„r 

hnnrtance    buT'nU     "    \  '"  "'  ^«^.^'^"'»">-^l.  "mineral,  and  commercial 

,nH  h.rf  .    ^        ..""''  '"'■  "■'  ^=P"«  ''i"M""  of  the  Lord's  irmv 
Sie,y        "■  "'■°"""""'  »'  «<"k  "ill.  .ta.  of  ,he  Home  m'™„'„ 

A.socVa.im»  "rtf„.""   '^?"';<'""°"   ''•'1  the    following  assets:   seven 
Pact   r^"^  •""'""    ''''°°''''   ^"d   57"    surplus    from   the    North 

rXs'^'v  "wrio'wS'the  HirM-'"  •"^. "?"  """""■ 

itinerant  missionaries.  P'  ^""^  supporting  general 

L^reat^fiM^'"^  'J'  "*""'  ^''''°"  S^^'^*-^  *"  i^^  ^«empt  to  cover  this 


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THE    ••  MISSION   STAR  "   ABIDES  43,^ 

From  the  fi  St  the  amh^r  0^1      .'''  ^'^  "''^^"'  ^"''  attainable. 

factory,  its  g  owthTouM  L  /^r7'"  '!'•  '""'"^  ^°"'''  ''^^  ""**»*'>- 
unjustifiable  '^'''•^''  ""''  "''  ^^^^  ^^''i^'^'n^e  would  be 

Very  little  occurred  to  hinder  the  oroeress  anrl  .»„,! 

chang^  the  io:^^^::t:;::;.Tz  z^  '\^iT''i " 

nated  m  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  in  .Srtle  h    to  v    V  't"'." 

l;^ith'^ts\t%:cTeU;.dT^'^^"  ^"•"f  ^^^-'-  '"^^  -^"' 

work  was  a  matter  o/^^  ^  P*''"'°"  *"^  proceeded  with  its 

that  dly  The  t!me  hS  no'  """"""Z'  ""^P"'^^  '"  ^"e  records  of 
when  arrangememT  for  Lrr'""'^  '"  '^"  ^''''''^  °^  '^'  '^'"'^ 
naturally  sep'ameTfro^  on^L^trrTstate"  Ind  '^T  ''^'""^ 

:s;^  divTe^i?e=fi^it '''  con:e„L':rth^rKe~::t  ofThi 

aTiertt7ve%      d  to  mLnaV'th; Zir'' ^''''"''']'  ''''   '^^^^ 

breadth,  andS  ™'',  ,^^lT«Z  ZTSl'^T  «»«.  Progress, 
North  Pacific  Coast  Convention  S  ^1^  T J        O'™'"™  of  the 

WasWn^r  ^°"°^.*^t  ^ork  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  in  western 

^:S^^:":^^^'t:^:t'^-  when  the  fi^d  was  divid:di;;o 

supervision   nf   th!    c  .  ''   ''"°''^  '"   ''^^  districts  under  the 

perv,s,on   of  the   Supermtendent   of   Missions,   having  previously 


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pro  rata  of  three  .o  one  an"  ItT""?  ""''  «^'"'"'  <^'""'"bia.  . 
""rtherr,  Idaho  of  fourto  oi.e      Th  ^  1  °^  "*'""   ^'»*hington   an.l 

^■on.  resigned,  and  th^work  waf  U^  ,  •"  ',''"'^''":^"''«'^  «'  ^*'- 
-onaries  until  ,894.  when  Rev  ,ru^dsT"n"  "'""^L""- 
'•«'cc  of  Superintendent  of  Missio,!;  '  ''""P"'''  ''^'■ 

f:xecu,ive  Comnm"  to  "l"  S  .he""""',""'  ''PP"'"''"  "^ 
>«««  the  Association  was  ,  v,  Jd  he  ,  orM.*^'"""  ""*^'«"^rv.  In 
•TKanue.!.  and  the  superv    i^  „f  tt         r'''""  *  ""mention  was 

trol  of  the  Convention 'whiL,  e  ,er:d  into'"""  ""''"'■  '''  '''"■ 
society  oil  substantially  the  samen L?  u  ,  ^"""P'Tation  with  the 
pro  rata.  ^  '^^  '^'"*^  P'«"  «^  that  of  ,880,  with  a  modified 

societ1i;a,MhTwtne'h:;n';;";:?"'"'^  «""  -"  P-PO-  "^  the 
field:  and  i„  every  vicitit  c  hr  ug  ^^^rtUV'^"'^"  •'"  ^^^"''^ 
'f  has  appropriated  funds  to  the  S  '"V^^'^«'  Convention  passed. 
'levelopmenttothefuire^.m  fit  ',  t"''  ''"'?'";'  '"'=^^»'-"  ^«r  't, 
propriation  exceeding  that  "  o  ^need^-fie^'h''"^  '''"  rj'^''  ^P" 
"iR  convictions  of  its   manairer* "h^!  i'  '"'^^"'*^  °^  '^e  grow- 

was  ,n  charge  of  the  mo  rinfnnr.     f     '"•'  °"   '^'^  ^'^'fi^  Coast   it 
the  close  of^he  r^^etTenth  TemJn     "TZ  '^'""''  '»  *^°"*'-°"^''  a 
Baptist  Convention  frot^  its  Sh  is  h'    ^"'"'''.''-^  '^'  -^'°'^»'^«^' 
with  that  of  the  Home  Mission  So.J.       ,'''/  ^"^  '"tiniately  linked 
Society  in  charge  of  L  whole  field    ^^    ''    """''  '^'  ^"""^  Mission 
'•eing  under  the  patronajof  th.^  «'  '"T  """  ''"'*  °^  '»«  ^^^urches 
'"its  employ.  and^[th  afpr^    tTons  t^tiTld'^'l-l  "^  '"*"'^^-^ 
only  by  the  absolute  limiutioL  o    the  "reasuJv     Th        ^"^^^ '*'"'»^'1 
were  matured,  and  its  arms  were  exte^lTf    ^"  .  ^'^  '°'''*'^  "  P'^"^ 
the  Convention,  and  to  gi^e  it  pract^alK   full"    '^'1  '^'  ^""^'"^  "^ 
t-ons  on  this  field.    The  Convention  !n?'\.         '°"''"°'  "*  **'«  "P^'-a- 
field  already  canned  and^n.^d  fo'TsTk  '''  ''""P"''"'  "^  ^ 

the  autttrirs'^'Vh^r'this'c"^"'^"  ^^^  -^'^  ^  »''--• 

competent  and  trustworthy  he  has  nn  h'^kJ'^'V^"'  P'°^^  '^^'^ 
S'on  Societv  began  its  work  in  m  n  ."''*•  ^"^^  "<""«  Mis- 
at  a  time  when  it  needed  as  ronr^'!:'*',?"  ^l'^  '^''  Convention 
men  who  could  carrv  burd^s  nL  ""'"^  ^^''^  ""  ^^e  field- 
campaigns  better  than ' the  aveTienian'Tr'j'''^.*^'"  ^"^  P'^ 
-'^  height.     The  desolation  bv  fire  Ze      The  n  T'  ''"^'^'"^ 

society  needed  strong  men  at  the  helm  ,n^  lu  ^^'^  followed.  The 
and  it  needed  men  of  abi,?tv  ^oS;  and  f'.l, '''"' ^"  ^^^  ^"'•'^^ 
and  it  found  them.  Half  a  cSr;  "f  ru  '  •'"  '^'  Northwest. 
Northwest  Coast  was  in  'eril  ^h/jL^^'''''^"  ^"^'^  °"  the 
>n   peril.     Should   they  yield   now  it   would 


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THE    ••  MISSION   STAR    •   aBIDKs 

44 ' 
require   the  ensuing  lialf-centun    f .   ,. 

wa,  .he  acceptable  L,e  to!  \.'VL7Z.t"'  ^^"  '''^'  •^■'^^ 
everlasting  now  n.u.t  be  confrom^H  h  ?  ^  ^  ""*  ""^  ■  ^"^^  "'*' 
•nen   whose  ch-.rac"e  slor  "taSS Ll    ^^  "''  '^°-°^''"'>te  bodies  with 

'1-;  they  had  ^^n^^J^L^^r^^^ZT^l'  '""T''  ''^'^^^'^ 
control  ,n  this  great  emerget.cy  '     ^        "^  '"^  P'*"'  *'^'-  «"'' 

found  uLii'S;::,:!,'^.--^-   work  .885-1900   will   b. 

-ill  show  the  growth  of  U.e'  wTk  a„\i".t  J"":  '"'!"^'"«  ^'*''*"" 
western  Washington  and  Bntisr[olMmh  '"'•'  ""^  '^'^  *~^'">-  "' 

closes:  the  number  of  churclif..  "^  '"  '^'  *''^"  "^''^  history 

bership  was  three  thouS  e  .h^'^^'f"'!'*''''  ^"''  ''^^^  '«'»'  "'«=">- 
British  Colun.bia  had  orwleTa V.""^"*'  ""'^  <^i«hty-one.  though 
eleven  churches  and  aCt  one  hou^anH'"'"'^  'V^^^  ^"^  '*''"="  «"' 
members.  The  value  of  the  clurch  1°""  ''""'^"^  ""^  twe.Uy-five 
number  of  Sunday-schoo  s  was  5x  v  X ''"'^.  T"  ^''♦^.SSo.  The 
five  thousand  two  htm.ired  and  tSr;een  'n  **'''^^"°""«"t  was 
.  of  the  churches  for  all  local  Durnolnr  ^  ^"""^'  contributions 

for  benevolence,  impro    LZf  StT '^^^ 

299.23-  There  were  under  comm'  *''''•;  .^^^'773-331  total.  $56.- 
-ppiyng  sixty-nine  .h:.rch  s  a^Tom'sta^ion  ■"'t^^„'"'^^''^"^^^' 
Socety  had  contributed  to  the  work  of  th."  r  '  ^°"''  ^^''''''" 
The  Convention  had  raised  for  its  share   nth.  ^°";:^""°"  ^.58368. 

In  all  this  growth  there  w  re  not  half  ^Hr""  ^f'^^l^^. 
had  continued  in  existence  that  hoH  .1  ^  ''°""  churches  which 
The  society  enteredZtweniettJenr  '"'!"  "'''*'''  ''>'  '^'  Society, 
increasing  .nfluence  and  he  Ipfutess  t^rl^'f  ""'"\'^^™«">'  ^'" 
twentieth  century.  The  men  who  Lv  ^'°"\'"''^  S'"^^'  things  for  the 
and  under  whose  admini^a  il  the  1  "Tl^  ^'  '^'^^  ^"^  '^e  society, 
able  results,  were  itrsTperimenJem,  Z^''"'  ''"'^''^'^  '^'^  ^«'«"^- 
Rev.  H.  C.  Woods.  D  D  and  Rev  r  ^'^r^'  ^''-  J"  C-  Baker, 
being  the  first  official  of  ihesocltv  on  'Vl^'u''''  "•  °-  '""^  '-^^ 
the  new  century,  and  its  Venial    L?  ^''^t  ^'  "^'^  °P^'"«  of 

D.  D..  Rev.  d\  Priper^^nd  R^v    w"'p''o^';-  "^    SunderLd. 
-rving  at  the  close  of  the  old  cen^^^y  ''^-  ^^   ''^"^^"-  '"^-  '-'  ^'i" 

Baptist\vornn'?rNorS'Scoa": /°t  ^?  ''°"°-  P'^^  - 
Oregon.  Washington,  and  iS;  ^Z  ' T'- """i^ ■ '"^  "'^  States  of 
which  Province  f^  a  sumed  a  great  ref  °  'k,^''"'*'^  ^°'"'"''''^'  '" 
great  service.  The  work  done  fn?h/p''  ""*"'">'  ""^  Performed  a 
of  the  Northwest  CoJvemron  to  ITT  ^^^'^''  '"  »''^  tables 
belonged  until  they  org  n'Ta  separate  P  '''"'"'''''  ^^'"'-^es 
territory  in  1807   tAkin^  1,  .  '"^P^'^f^^  Convention   on   their  own 

dred  mLbeJs^wif  XramoieTh^'r'"  '"'  ""  *^'--  h"" 
From  1888-1000  fhiri  ^,     *"  ^''■o"Jrest  pastors. 

ninety.four  baptist  rXTsidera  /'""""^  k^'^^^  '''""^-<1  --^ 

went  into  other  ch„rcher  It "  wo  H  h     ^"^^  ""'"'''''  °^  ^''"^■^'•^*  who 

•    '^  "°"'^  be  an  error  to  leave  the  impres- 


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BAPTIST    HISTORY    OF    THE    XORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 


soSely'll^J:  ^?he  Z'^  f°'  ?e  Master  was  to  be  attributed  to  the 
Wi  h  fVc      i"  °!^"^^^  °*  ^^"^  Convention  deserve  equal  DraisT 

of  .he  ch„  eh  " Z:  d„™'w"    ,";"'■  "'''"■«  '"  '""  "■«  l^nefc-nee 


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PART  IX 
PERSONAL  SKETCHES 


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'ev.  C.  H.  Mattoon 


PERSONAL  SKETCHES 


Vincent    Snelling 
The  first  Baptist  minister  on  the  P  ..-ific  Coast;  born  of  Bapti.t 
parents  in  1897  m  Christian  County.  Ky.;  convert;d  at  the  age  o 
of"'thri"''f  °'''^*!"«^f  Missouri;  came  to  Oregon  in  1844.    Pastor 
of  the  First  Baptist  church  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  West  Union    in 
Oregon.     Baptized  the  first  Baptist  convert  on  th;  coast.     He  dieS 

fn  Mlf"'    r'  •"  T'"''"'  ^''-  •"  '^Se.    See  full  sketch  of  his  life 
in  Mattoon's  Oregon  "  Annals,"  Vol.  I. 

Rev.  C.  H.  Mattoon 

"^i^'^^'u  ^  T'^^  °^  ^^"^  ^°^^'  ^o"-"  i"  1826.  His  parents 
were  old-school  Presbyterians.  He  was  raised  and  educated  in  tha! 
tarth,  graduated  from  a  Presbyterian  institution,  Central  College,  in 
S.  wnr?^.  Tu-  '^^"^■^"^d^^'  the  age  of  nineteen,  and  his  study  of 
trt7Zl  •  ?  ^""  '"^^  B^P'i^t  «=hurch.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
parts,  of  intense  belief,  naturally  radical  in  his  views,  easily  so  i„ 
his  interpretation  of  the  Scriptures  and  vigorously  so  in  defending 
he  special  tenets  of  his  denomination.  He  had  a  logical  mind,  and 
was  no  mean  antagonist.  His  intense  logic  led  him  to  equally 
intense  conscientious  convictions  concerning  the  doctrines  and  ordi 

h^h^nf  •  ^°uP'-  ^^^'^y  '^'"y  ^"^  "«""»>•  d'-ifted  into  the 
habit  of  giving  the  legal  side  of  the  doctrines  and  ordinances  of  the 
gospel  an  overshadowing  importance  in  his  u  ching  and  preaching 

fn  .r  .'^^'/'"'  '*'  '""f  ^^  '''^'  '■•^^^'■'^^^  ^y  ""»">•  as  old-school,  ami 
m  the  natura   course  of  events  he  became  and  was  called  and  recog- 

aJknowledged.  ^^'''^"'^'^''•"   ^    '^^^""'^   he    rather    relished    and 

The  author  does  not  think  he  was   a  disciple  of   Rev    T    R 

^^^ZtS\u"A^'.  ^■^'^''  f  Landmarkism.  but  he  became  a  veritable 
apostle  of  the  doctrines,  a  legal  church,  a  legal  candidate,  and  a  legal 
adrnin.strator  being  necessary  to  a  scriptural  baptism,  church-mem- 
Sin  fl"  M  '  .  "'f  r  ^"PP"'-  '^^'''  '^"•^^""^  "^"i^^d  repentance. 
£\l    l  *"'  °*  J""'  ^'  '^^  ^•'"  °*  ^°d-  a"d  regeneration  bv 

!h?„  "^  Tr  ^T  P''!.'"T'"*^  *•"  salvation,  to  baptism,  church-member- 
ship, and  the  Lord  s  Supper.  Such  stress  laid  upon  the  legal  in  the 
plan  of  redemption  rendered  necessary  "  apostolic  succession  "  in  the 
denomination.  Brother  Mattoon  was  not  so  strenuous  on  the  doctrine 
rnv^^TT"'  u"*  "^^^  ^'^'^y'  tenacious  upon  the  general  teachings 
mvoved,  though  recognizing  the  great  body  of  Baptist  churches  of  the 
nineteenth  century  as  regular. 

in  uhll^p  ^*^T  ''^^r^*'  *^^  P'"**"'  '"  '^51  in  the  same  company 
-"  which  Rev.  G.  C.  Chandler,  D.  D.,  and  Rev.  J.  S.  Read  came 


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licensed  to  preach  by  the  Shiloh  r^.  K  ^'*.'  ^°l''-  ^"  '853  he  wa 
ship  at  that  time.  I^  sLmS  c  he  '  'nS"'  ^'^  ''^^  »>'''  ""ember 
BiDle  Union.  In  iSse/SeIng  fhe  trit' nei  T"'  °'  ''''^  ^'"-•-' 
mnnication  between  the  chSrche/  ht  Z  °*  1°""^  '°"''"  ^^  '^o'" 
Baptist  paper,  which  survived  but  halJ'f"  '*"  Publication  of  . 
stituency  being  too  small  at  that  t^m.  ?  ^"'■'  ''*'  ^*P^"  <=«" 

was  a  seed  planted  in  good  soi    Z       ^^5°^  *  P'^"°d'"l.    Still  i, 

to  many  of  the  new  Lomes  fr^'the  v//  .*'"'u  ^^  ^""«'"«  «^^ 

brotherhood.  "  '^^  """'""^  churches  and  the  Baptist 

takingTslU'SeTrlls^ff 'r2  ^'^'  «°?"^  '^-'^  '°  O''-  and 
became  an  active  church  JorL  alH™"^/''^''™  *°  O^-^g^ 
knew  her  as  being  one  of  God's  nohlf  "  "'"'.T"'"^  "^^  '^ose  who 
ordained  to  the  mini!t?y  Tn  187"  bv  Z"'^;  ^'"'""r  ^^"°°"  ^^^ 
Brownsville,  Ore.,  and  was  Zl^f  !.  '^^'^"*  ^""^  church  at 
•"inisterial  service.  °''  °^   *''*^   »""«   ^'"Ployed   in   some 

frcoti'em.y'a^a^ttthrs  hor^r^''^^'^^  '^^'^^  ''^  ''^^  »'- 
Conventions,  and  all  sorts  of  Z„"    ."^'"e^'''•"  at  Associations  and 

was  a  constant  V,'  tor  a,waytwrnf"f  ^'.^''^''"^^'  '"  ^"^^^^  ^e 
in   his   hand,   gathering  statk  i.  ?"'  ^"^  "'^morandum  book 

worth  preserving  S  Wstor  cl  It.  ^"^"'y.  anything  baptistic 
worthily  known  !s  th  Bapti  " LtoHan  of  tS!  It'''"-  r-^""^^^'  ^^  ^ 
Oregon,   Washington    Idaho    S    r  °.-  I'^V'^PP^''  Coast,  including 

Over  a  large  part^of  this  tri^ory  fxceX  Alaf"'."'.  ^"'^   ^'^^-^^ 

visited  the  churches  and  taken  thpn^^r"*^'  ^"^  ''*'  personally 

and  probably  he  hasgatheJedTh.         .  ^■^T  '^^"  ^"'^  ^^^ords 

'lata  of  Baptist  h.sto^ry  on  Jh     NorTh  r'"f  '^°"''""°"«  '"«*°"'=-' 

consecutive  years     The  ZhZu      }     ^°^''  ''^'*"*'  covering  fiftv 

the  publication  of  this  histoHcai  /lu    r  "T  °*  ^^"^  ^"'^ated 

one  or  more  volumes    S'ilent^    ,'^'^"  '^*"°°"  himself,  in 

complish  this  resukwhict  BrXr  ^\^     'Z  '"''  •"*'"*^"«  *«  ««=- 

accomplish,  but  did  not  succeed   ."H  ''l'"'"^  '''°  "P^^^^d  to 

stated  by  himself  in  thi    volume  in  .  ^Il^i,  '^'  '■""^°"   ''^'"^  ^""y 

of  people.  b„.  „„  pemi,  '  E^i        '  '?''".''  "  '™"«'  """"""r 
.H..  year  h.  c,pyrish"rvy?'™tfcr.V.«-,f  J"  T'".  ""'■    '" 

-  ...  „,  .,  p™.i°™e„TS':JSeY„'  rS"vSt; 


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44; 


t«^  4t  '  '^?  ''°'"'"*  bringing  the  Oregon  history  down  to 
!u  J  ^^o-^f'ttee  also  provided  for  taking  up  in  the  future 
the  pubhcation  of  a  second  volume  of  Oregon  history 

In  Brother  Mattoons  statement,  already  referred  to.  he  gives  in- 
formation of  the  final  disposition  of  his  "  Annals,"  and  the  reason  for 
tiie  same. 

Although  Brother  Mattoon  has  not  reached  such  results  as  he 
had  at  heart,  nor  such  compensation  as  he  richly  deserves,  yet  he 
has  given  to  the  denomination  a  treasure  of  historical  data  that  will 
greatly  enrich  the  denomination  when  published,  and  will  go  into 
the  archives  of  the  Baptist  history  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  ;. 
rich  legacy  for  the  future  historian. 

Such    was    the    character    and    value    of    these    "  .\nnals "    as 
estimated  by  the  author  of  this  volume  that  he  delayed  its  publica- 
tion for  several  years  to  give  Brother  Mattoon  the  right  of  wav  until 
his     Annals     were  published  in  1905.    There  appearing  no  apparent 
provision  for  issuing  the  -'Annals"  of  Brother  Mattoon  covering 
western  Washington,  British  Columbia,  and  Alaska,  the  author  was 
3t  P  *^fi    r"P  ^"^^^"'"P'^^'e  the  history  of  Baptist  work  on  the 
North  Pacific  Coast,  the  materials  for  which  he  had  been  gathering 
since  he  entered  upon  official  denominational  work  on  the  field  in  187s 
u    i  h     "'^"!?  '1^  ^^"^  compiled  and  largely  written,  down  to  189^." 
He  had  been  made  historical  secretary  of  the  Northwest  Baptist  Con- 
vention  and  chairman  of  its  historical  committee.     The  Convention 
was  asking  for  a  history  covering  its  field  of  operations,  and  from 
many  other  sources  the  author  was  urged  to  take  up  and  finish  hi. 
work.    The  character  of  thi.  urging  was  such  that  he  determined  to 
take  up  the  work  and  issue  the  volume  at  the  earliest  possible  date 
and  by  advice  of  many  prominent  brothers  to  bring  it  down  to  the 
close  of  the  nineteenth  century,  which  he  determined  to  do. 

Entering    into   correspondence    with    Brother    Mattoon     he    at- 
tempted to  secure  full  publication  of  all  his  unpublished  "  Annals  "  in 
a  second  volume,  abridging  his  own  and  his.   letting  this  volume 
cover  all  the   field,   less   what   had   already   been   published   in   the 
first    Oregon    volume,    so   arranged    as    to    make    them    companion 
volumes,   covering  the   whole  territory.     When   this  could   not   be 
accomplished,    the    author    decided    to   complete    his    work    without 
further  reference  to  Brother  Mattoon's  "  Annals."  But  in  the  lapse  of 
^•'".^^ the  stockholders  having  control  of  his  "Annals"  advised  him  to 
divide  his      Annals "  covering  territory  outside  of  Oregon,  giving 
eastern  Washington  and  northern  Idaho  the  use  of  his  "  Annals  "  cov- 
ering that  territory,  and  western  Washington.  British  Columbia,  and 
Alaska  If  satisfactory  arrangements  could  be  made,  with  suitable  men 
obtained  to  handle  them.    This  opened  the  way  again  for  the  author 
to  give  the  territory  west  of  the  Cascades  and  north  of  Oregon  the  full 
benefit  of  Brother  Mattoon's  "  Annals."  supplementing  the  full  historv 
ot  the  Northwest  Baptist  Convention,  which  he  was  a^ke.l  especiallv 


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BAPri.x    HISTORV   OK   THE    XORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


sf  ^Sde;!:'';;:^:;^,;^^-:^;;^-;;^;^  Brotljer  Maetoon  and  his 

elusive  use  in  his  own  b<^k  oTthc  •  Zal,  ^'"V^""  ^°^  '^e  ex- 
.n  consideration  of  which  use  ZaJ^ZTL  ""  'i'  'T''°'y  "anied. 
royalty  of  twenty-five  cents  DervoI.,mr  ..^J*^  ^'■°^''«"'  ^attoon  a 
of  eight  years  from  its  publfcation  Th  '  ^^'  '"'''  ^^^  ^^'^  ''•"m 
the  ■•  Annals  '  appears  in  the  Preface  o  thlf  "'I'"!!""'  ^''  "'»'1<  "^ 
;n  1910.  is  still  active  in  an  attemnt?„  k  '''°'^-    ^'■°''"^'-  Mattoon. 

Rev.  E.  Curtiss 

the  AmerfcanXtisf  £e'^^"i;S  -"^-  «-era!  nussionary  bv 
Oregon   in    1891.     He   se^ed   in   thi,     ^'^  ^-  '°  '^'  ^"'''tory  of 
Ja.l.ng  health   caused   h£   to   r"     n   Jh^'T   ""'"    '^^'-    ^"en 
Michigan,  after  eighteen  monthc-   *     *^   '■*'*"™   *°   ^is   home   in 
personal  acquaintance  and  frind  ofT'     f^'^^  ^""'^  ^««  « 
h'ghly  esteemed  by  his  brethren^n  m    u^     *"*''°''-     *^*e   was  a  man 
of  trust;  was  the  fathe, /^'^''^r  ^f tt'1i"\'°'''"^  '"^"^-  P^' "°"" 
He  held  a  pastorate  in  Grelnv^lle  of  th^I   «lf?  ^^'^'•'"'  ^^""W- 
from    Oregon.      A    letter    from   "L    J^*   ^'^'"^  ''^'"  ^is   return 
»'-  -rk  after  the  great  Snai;'  r:vTaT Uan."^^'"   '"'   ^' 


Re> 


Rev.    J.    C.    RiCHARDSOX 


Baptists  on  the '^^0^ Pa"cifiTcoast "  h"'  ^^""^'  •""^^'--^   ^^^ 
covered  the  territory  covered  by  Rev"  F    r  ^P"^'"'™^^^  practically 
appomtee  of  the  Baptist  Mission,,        ItE"'^"'-     "«  ''^^  the  first 
-hich  title  the  general  wo  k?or  The' Nor^h"r'""''  ^'^'^*>''  ""'J- 
n  1877,  and  became  continuous      Brother  R.Vh'!!  ^^'  ^^^rganized 
s.oned  m  the  fall  of  ,877.     He  wTIII^HT  ^'^'  '=°"™''^- 
J832:  came  to  Oregon  in  1846;  converted  fnll^?'  ^J"°""'  '^™  ■" 
He  was  a  natural  evangelist   edur JS  •    V     ''  *"^  ordained  1862. 
pared  himself  for  his  work  wifh  .  pk,    '"  *''*  *=°"""on  schools;  pre- 
-  safe  to  say  that  hundredro5  souh      ""^  "^'^'''''^  dictionary."  It 
"stry  as  evangelist  and  pastor     He    erve?  '""""''''^,  ""'^^'^  '^'^  «"'"- 
nearly  two  years  with  eminent  success   and  r^';?'"'.?'"'^"^^^  ^"^ 
>n  winning  souls.  "*'"^''  ^"^  ''^ed  to  bless  the  world 

^^  Rev.  J.  T.  Huff 

who  wartre\.:lj'';^pSroft^^^^^^^  «-  J-   T.  HuIT. 

•'Society,  and  was  commissioned  -n   Tulv  ^S1°"'t7  '"^  Educational 

•'    •  ■  "'"*'•     He  was  a  native  of 


litfj 


Rev.   E.   Curtiss 


Rev.  J.  T.  Huff 


Rev.   A.  J.   Hunsaker 


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PERSONAL   SKETCHES 

■f-i'J 

came  ,o  Call  fori  „th;earTvS?fe'"'  '''"""f^^'  ^'^^^  ^'"^"^  "« 
Cal.  He  preached  much  in  U>:  J  '  ""^  °'''^'"'^  ^*  ^'^"  Lake, 
to  the  paLratrat  Oreg^  City  S^  "'M"""^-  "'^  "»^  ""«' 
called  from  that  pastoratfrs  JcL?^  '  *^'  sevent.es.  and  was 
work  was  arduourand  ^ccesfful  Am'"'""'!:^  '"u-'"'^'  '^^S-  His 
New  Westminster  church  .nh'".  *  u'"  '^^  °^K»"i«'«  'he 
lumbia.     He  also  a.ded^n  ZJ  ^  °J  *^^'  "^'"'^  '"  British  Co- 

at Boise  Chy  the  first  Ban  fstA'"^  '^'  ^'^'^'^  ^^P^'^'  Association 
ritory.    In  his  later  ve,r,h?        ^'^o^at'on  organized  in  that  Ter- 

ca  Jfor  for'^lr/r  h^TcoT^p;;  a^n^iff  •  ^'"'  '^  ^^ 
Rev.  a.  J.  HuNSAKER 

ary.  1834;  came  to  Oregt  w'h  hif 'trs'  '"'2  '"  """"'^  '"  J^"" 
1853;  licensed  in  ,869.fnS  ordain  J5  i^iJl,  '"a'S»7=  ^*«  ^^"^'■•ted  in 
pastorates  he  wasTalled  into  th^^^n^"  ^^^"j^^^^^^^^  -«-*"' 
tinued  m    t  for  four  and  a  u^u  .,-       Y  "   '*'79.  and  con- 

missionary  of  he  AmeHcan  BanHtrH^''T,'"^  '^'  ■^^^°"''  ^^"^^ 
North  Pacific  Coast  in  October'     88^*""l  ^"'u°"  ^^^'^'^  ^°^  '»'^ 

Convention  entered  nto  co-ope^adon  Brl?r  »"'  T'^*^  ^"'^  '"^^ 
the   most   influential   men    in    „i       :    ^^ther  Hunsaker  was  among 

mission  work  Tn    hose  earlv  £"'"1  '"'^   ""^'"^    ^'"•^^^d    ""^ 
general  missionary  in  laytnt  founder       '''"^'  '"""'^  ^'^  "°  ^'^^^ 
could  erect  the  larger  structnrlnfH"'- "P°"  ^^'^^  ^''  successors 
larger  structure  of  denominational  growth. 

Rev.   S.   E.   Stearns 

churches 'on  the'  Zth  p3c  To^'.'^J"^"  ^'^'^^^"^  -«-  "^  «- 

remembered  by  thrNo,thw  Jt.r^Bao  i^^A^'  "''''■  "^"-  '^  ^''"'^ 
meeting  in  June.  1891  .''""'^"'^'"  ^^pt.st  Association  at  its  annual 

ation^tSs  o?e''o/tr'raSiesfpl^;iee?s  U*^^^"^'  °i  ^^'-^  ^ssoci- 
missionary  from  1869  till  iS?!  oi  pf,l  V  c  '"^/"^^<^  ^*  colporter  and 
Baptist  Publication  Sociey  His  mfmnrl  ?''""'^'  ""*'5'"  ^^^  American 
h.story  of  the  older  churclts.  su^cl?  aTl'^aU.'bSriJdlS'coJn^;"'^' 

the  «-  mSi;:;;^?  ^-H^W^ton    Who  s^^^  Him  as 

aTRrp°J,^S;   r  A''   Ca-"th?nTsto?^at^:;! 
-  P.et  So^d^KaSTiJ^rr^-;  Sl^^  ^ Z 


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'I    rV 


he  turned,  in  .874.  to  the  PaloL,!.    ^'''"".'   '°   »   ''""   ^''"'a«'. 

.he  broad  Plains^'^l'lin^/'L"  /rdS/to^n  "''"'^  "°"*  "^^^ 
many   erecting   churches    he    hiin*    ^"<J<"ng  town  an. J  c.ty.  and  in 

Master's  service,  over  "hich   for  fi^"    '"'•""   1°'   ^'"""'^    '"    ^is 
patient  sway.  °'  "'*'"  >""  »>«  held   loving  and 

Lemuel  J.    Houjate 
J-  C.   Holgate,   who   was  the  fir  !      t'^        ■,^°"°*^'"8  *''*  hrother, 

became  one  of  the  cStuint  memr"'"?  u"^  J"'  "^'^"'^  ^^  He 
of  Seattle,  and  held  the  Xeol.^n  ^  "  P'''  ^'^''''  '^^'^'^^ 
The  church  and  cause  of  Christ  weJeTl  '^^•^'^\-.""^'^"tive  years, 
time  in  the  early  days  X^  Inl  ^^  "T  ^'^  *'"^»-  ^t  one 
church,  he   assumed   tli  debT  ii^T"*   '"^,'   ^'''"«^'''  "K**"*'   the 

collect  money.  paTd'thllls^V out  of'"is"owntr5  ''^  *'"''^J'^ 
was  an  enthusiastic  worker  in  Iv^th  a  ?  f  "^"  "^'^''  earnings.  He 
author  has  often  seen  hil  1  Association  and  Convention.    The 

personal  taskor  bu  den  ^artThf  £rne%"""'  ^'^  ^""^^  ^'S-'' 
He  hardlv  ever  failed  "obrnl  in  'T  *''"''  "'^"^  shrank, 

at  great  'personal  at  ficeaL",.'  '"^''  "  '''''''''  '^°^«^  °ft«" 
its  accomplishment  Such  was  hfJr'  T'^'f^  ^''"'  "'^crs  over 
two  years  of  his  hfe  were  eYv^^^t'l^  *°[  "^?  ^^'^*"-  T^^e  last 
last  effort  of  his  life  ZLll^-  '^'  ''^"'''^  =**  K*^"*'  ""^  the 
church,  to  accomp  Ish  wh  ch  he  "^  °  '"''V^'  '^^*  'l'^"*  «*  the 
departed  this  lifrictb^r  t  ^U  mT''''''"'^ ,?'  r""""'"  "^^ 
the  Mas.er.    His  works  do  follow  him  "'  "  ''^'  "^  "'■^'"  ^°'- 

Mrs.  a.  J.  Hanford 

Fir.stX;^t^ch"u"h°;'f  sSttir^nii:;"?'"^"!.'"^'"''"^  °^  ^^^ 

the  mother  of  that  highlv  flvo  .H  !u  u'  tt  '"'«^'"  ^'"  '''^  ^^^''^^ 
school  were  organize^d  In  her  house'  She  '  ''"''^'  '"''  ^""^>y- 
first  woman's  s^iety  of  the  chnrrh    M       t   V'   ^"'"'^tary   of   the 

She    organized    its  Vs     mLio^'^and  NV''^*^'"^  ^^^^^ 
ministers,  were  alwavs  Lwm-  ?■     J^'    P^^'"""-    or    visiting 

to  entertain  any  re'whobveS  H^^t'  '".  \''  '"'"''•  ^^'  ''^"^^ted 
the  author  shared  her  hosortlffh,  A°'f  ^"u"'  ^^"''-  O**"  ^as 
own  house  for  the  ch'rchX  'h^'e^rulelrCh^^^  T  ''  '  '"  5" 
the  promising  sons  the  Lord  had  given  her  She  ,  ,'  "  '"'^r  '  ^  ^•"• 
them  men  of  honor  and  usefulnesf  I^'^.I^^^oST  tch  ^i::?^  ^1:: 


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be  answered  But  few  family  names  in  the  now  great  city  are  per- 
petuated and  as  o  ten  heard  uttered  as  the  name^.f  Hanford.  and 
few  are  more  highly  esteemetl. 

i^eattle,  and  how  the  people  were  saved  from  massacre  can  never 

^IneTf!""-     Y  "'.'"  *''  '''''''  '"'  "^"'»'-  -'«»'  tears  oJtha't 
fuln«s  flowmg  from  her  eyes,  she  said:  "Brother  Baker,  the  Lor.l 
spared  us  and  our  children  in  answer  ,0  our  prayers."     I  could  on 
repiy.  "  Vou  are  nght.     (iod  only  can  give  such  deliverances    and 

I  do  tZTh" r.V  ' ''''T'^r  >"  ^'^^"  ''^'^  ■"  "'y  — "-'  will 

I  do  that  the  Fa  her  may  be  glorifietl  in  the  Son.'"  Her  faith  was 
largely  wrought  into  the  church,  and  frequently  came  to  the  rescue 
.n  times  of  emergency.     She  was  modest  and  retiring.     She  never 

rhn'rrh  i  ^  "nconscous  mfluence  s  an  undercurrent  still  in  the 
church  she  delighted  to  serve. 

and  fnliV'u  '"'''  ""  .'^'  ''°''  °'  ""*  '"'^^o^y-  "'«"gh  from  age 
and  infirmity  her  personal  activities  have  ceased.  She  is  still  held  in 
high  esteem  by  the  First  Baptist  Church  and  large  numbers  ot 
Christians  and  friends  outside  of  her  own  church  home. 

Mrs.  Eliz.xbeth  Houhate 
dauglle^S'EVolgat:""  ^"'""  ''  '^"-  ■'■  ^^  "^"^''^"-  ^'^ 

cTnSenr;^e.S  e?rof  ^h^It'c^hS  ^"R^'^^&lrh^'''^^^^^^^^ 

'J^Z  ^"i.."°l«»'\''^en^SrjLe?'wa?a1«chS7nTh  Su^df/ 
An**°i  "^  »*.•""  •='?"'■*=''•  '•'e  fi"t  Baptist  Sunday-schoo  west  of  fh. 
Alleghany   Mountains.     It  was  organized   by  Rev  ^\Ir    Psig«,    of   Vew 

Iho^ii^^L^A^u^"^?"'  "i  '■*«,'''  >°""K  «'■■'*  of  the  Pit  burRh  church 
For,i^  M- '"*  *  c*  ^'''^  ''"/•    ''°"<^"««1   f""ds   for   the   American   BaotTs 

were'  .^i."  ^Y.^*  ^"'^  ^"^  "^"^°'''  ^  ^  ""^and  an"  son.  t  h'"'^^^/ 
Seattle  M?,  *  H  f°"/t""«=«t  "'«'V''ers  of  the  First  BapT  st  Chu?ch  of 
wWh  th.  I  Holgate  gave  the  lot  on  which  was  erected  the  building 
ffity  years  "  ''""^'  ""''^  '-"P^ovements  and  rebuilding  for  ove? 
Judge  C.  H.  Hanford 

Hon.  C.  H.  Hanford.  of  Seattle,  who  was  nominated  by  Presi- 
dent Harrison  and  confirmed  by  the  Senate  for  United  States  Judge 
for  Wa-^hington  was  converted  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  baptized 
by  Rev.  D.  B.  Cheney.  D.  D.,  into  the  fellowship  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  San  Francisco,  in  May.  1863.  He  became  one  of  the  con- 
stituent members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Seattle,  organized 
December  i.  1869.  with  his  mother  and  grandmother.  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
nolgate. 


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45-'       BAITIS-r    HISTORY    OK    THE    XORTH    PACIFIC    COAST 

Rev.   J.   A.   WiHTH 

Amen«n  i^ecord  Sbi;was'o„"boIr/'.  ^'^-^'-^*^'  His  firs 
'"  Elliot  Bay,  when,  by  her  dmelv  arr  ..  ?'  '"^n-of-war  Decatu 
general   massacre   b^  IrTs   S  hll   u  '^'"'^  ^"""'^  ^'^"^  ' 

dispersing  them  into  the  fore^tf  ''"'   "P""    '^^   '"^^^ns 

charm:r:- h'ii^cir;  :it':'i.d7o:r?''".^  '^^^  -^-'-  -<i  •^ein, 

his  home  some  time  i'„  Z  TuL\  Vtlit  T'T''  "^  "^'^^  '' 
c.sco,  and  became  connected  wi^hth-T  the  ship  at  San  Fran- 

Dr.  H.  A.  Sawtelle,  then  pasl^or  of  .h ''r-'" '  l''^'^  ''^  '"^^  ^'^y- 
Baptist  Church  in  that  dty  etes  tL  /„^"-°"  ^'^''"''  °'  Second 
diary  in  a  letter  to  the  Sof  under  it  7"a^  ''"°''"''"  ^^^"^  '''^ 
hshed  in  the  Bapfist  BeaZu^Tr,^;^''  ^"^^*  ^r.  1863.  pub- 

of  tifs%:'lt^  Wirth.  assist^^^^^^  ,,^  ^^^^.^^ 

Bethel     and    offered    himself    forr.lK    '^""■«.to  withdraw   from  the 
Church.     Brother  Wirth  has  nnL  '?^'"''"ship    m    the    Second    Baotist 

church  now  extinct     He  has  prLchedTnF^ru''^^  °^  ^   «'"»"    Bapt  s 
He  desires  to  devote  himself  tn  ?f«H    /  "  English  as  well  as  in  German 

a^s^e^-fc"-^s^^i^«i^n-i^  lii^r.^ 
airrot:^fr°chei3^^^^^^^^^^^  "- "  r 

his  work  published  in  tt^tf-Cr  'j  J''  7T  ^*^^°""^^  ''^ 
h.s  honorable  service."     He   was  inSn  ^^  ^^^'"  ^^"S^'^^  '" 

Baptist  Church  in  Seattle  TanuarvT  /£!  '■  ^^'^°'  "^  '^^  ^i^t 
Ore.,  where  he  had  been  a-^succefsful  nfJ  T'"^  ^^°'"  °^^^''"  ^itv, 
^.  His  career  from  tSis  Sriod  w  ll^hf  f  T  '^70-1874. 
First  Church  at  Seattle  and  ,^411^  i°""*^  connected  with  the 
returning  from  that  1e,d  to  S  Lte  hiAT^'V^"'  ''^^''-  ^oon  after 
called  to  her  reward.  After  the  death  ofT'^  '"?  'u""^'"^'^  ^^'^^  -^« 
Haven,  Conn.    He  died  amonT  f?    T  °      i'  "^'^^  ^^  *«"t  'o  New 

of  January.  1891    fotwing  his%eIov"eH  '"  *'''*"*^  °"  ^"^^  ^"^  '^^X 
in  four  and  a  half  months  companion  to  the  uppe-  fold 

^y^rl'liTZir^^^^^^^  r^  -k  of  Rev.  J 

its  annual  session  in   189!       ^°''^'^^''''''    baptist    Association    at 

of/;t^in?e!ir:"al?^adttte'''of''^B^a/t-  ^  ^■■^•*''.  ^  ~  the  loss 
and  an  earnest  pion«r  of  our  Assoc,a?fon  'h''/'- ''^l"'  ^  8^"'«»  friend 
the  pastor  of  the  only  self-suooortini  ..;  H^vmg  been  for  nine  years 
Sound,  he  fostered  and  bm"  t^^^'X*  "«noth"/'''  .°^°"'".  ^^^'^   o"    ^Se 

fn^wrn^'^wfti  JS^e^P  £  ''^^«"-e^^^^^^ 

attention.    Por  three  ^.^^r^^^^^^ ^^^^}^^ 


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fhaped°rhe^5ifrsi"S'Z  cfe^  ?^->-   ai  .ointment    an.l 

Ladnner.  WhitfRiver.  and  Seattle  '  ^"»'"*'«'»"'  Whatcom. 

Sem"lr!"lSSS^.'^"'  ^'''"""^  ^'  Centralia  in  the  organization  of  Grace 

labored    frth"ree°^ea'rs  'bSni^:    ^•fJ'"°    ''    ^^''«"-k.    Alaska,    he 

island   who  couiruS'taJ^o""  ^o^T'T^utterf'^'H**"^''".  "".   '\t' 
Russian  language  without  a  teacher    gathered  a  V  r^    '".^^t"?^   the 

left  with  many  regrets  onlv  hei-aVA/  tifl^      ^ji     J'         school,  which  he 

"pXI\  .he'teSer":^'irU^;'Ut  u7"%5r's  ^''l^  vP,'    -^■^'^^• 

^i^Ai^-Lfi^ti^  Missiof So?.^f  ^rar  /nd 

with  her'husband  XTa'rdSLd'dang°erY  of  a'  irfe"amoL^«*=  '°  ''''"' 
She  survived  her  husband's  rMi.rn  if!    ?u  among  savages. 

revised  his  will,  settled  his  affairs    servrH.n^h"  I  y*^'-     ^^"^  ''"^''^nd 
Un  versity  of  Seatt  e  tn  whirh  i» '    n  ^1°"  ^^^  ^^^^  committee  for  the 

East,  to  L  suddent%a°r7rt\irSp^e^X'"'  ''^  "'"^^'  ''''  ^^^"' 


Rev.  B.  N.  L.  Davis 
the    author    met    this 
Skagit    County, 


,jyif      »°''.,"««»««d  •  thufch  in  March  of  the  samevear     He 

s,bb.,h'„,.^:'„r,r„:,  \  LteTth"  pYa^rd  s:-  °"  "■" 

doubt  if  he   would   be  able  tn   r^!rh   w  '  •  "^  "^^^  '"""^ 

Sister  Gache<r«H.   "H         ,?        ^  '"^   appointment.     But   good 
he  water  is  h.?h2r  .1,        !"  '  T""     ""  '^'''^^^  sometimes  when 

ing  with  high- top  gum  boots,  a  coat  and  a  bundle  under  his  arm 
and  is  th^  Bro  her  nJ  '     I"'  '^^*  \  ^^at  they  call  me  sometimes: 

to  ";  knees    Indmv'?„"'''.T^''  ''  '""^  ^^y'  ^^e  water  was  up 

my  Knees,  and  my  long  stick  is  to  protect  me  from  the  nitJ- 

(Holes  washed  out  by  the  tides.)     "You  must  have    o  stirt  earlV 

they  tell  me  you  have  to  walk  eleven  mi!e«  "    "  Yel "  he  rlli.f  "t' 

and  .tart  out.      Asking  ,f  he  had  lost  his  lantern,  he  replied:  " Oh 


^•-«nL^*siyK' 


454       BAP„.T    HiSrORV   OF   THE   M.XH    PAaOC    COAST 

Oomg  into  a  room   by  hiiiKelf    h. 
distributed  on  his   feet    etc    Tnt  ?"'"  "*"'   ^^'"'   '"«   bundle 

We  went  into  the  hi  w  .^r^a  .!od""c  '  ""^  "'^  '  ^'^^^--^ 
and  I  am  sure  I  ought  to  have  IT  ^'^'^Sregation  had  gathered, 
consecration,  having  such  a  livL  .  "['P'^^  ^°^  ^  ''^"^°^  on 
was  the  spirit  of  the  early  „^2v  of?  '  p  ''>^^°'-^  '"^-  Such 
the  North  Pacific  Coast  in  ^h^se  earjv  L  i?'^'"'  ''^therhood  on 
valuable  lessons  from  them  as  I  djd^n  th  "^  "'^'"'''  ^  "f^^"  *0"1< 
salary,  as  this  man  did,  yet  hey  oft"  tnTh'-.-^':'"'^'^'"^  ^^'^°^' 
among  our  most   liberal  givers      TM  *u^  distinction  of  being 

giving  the  first  $,oo  that  was\i Jin  ."'!;:  ''"''  '^'  reputation  of 
Convention  in  the  Puget  Sound  ?-?  ?  ^^e  general  work  of  the 
nieans;  but  this  first  S  was  L'  "h"7.  ^''''  ^"'^  ^^^^  >^i"' 
homestead.  Brother  Davis  was  a  na^ivt  %  t-'"''"'"""'^  '"'''^  °"  his 
h.s  reward  in  xSgi,  at  lie  age  of  xl'  ^"""'='^^'  ^"^  P^^^^^  to 
appreciative  resolution  was  devoted  tn?^""  ^'"'-  '^^^  following 
ern  Baptist  Association  a?  tra1,lrm:e^;^i„^^,^,^^^'-''-- 
aid   for  f""'"'  «'vihg  lib'eraly  to  the  early  mi,""    ^^"'""^ration  save  the 

Dea.  a.  W.  Kinney 

came  t^O^eg^n  SKs^reml  i '"sio^H--^  ^?^^^'  '"  '«^3.  He 
Mmnville,  where  he  established  !.  Ir"  u"-'  '^*''^''  ^"tJ^fl  at  Mc- 
A.  VV.  became  proficTent  Hf/^rj  ."^  ''""""'''•  '"  ^^-^'ch  his  son 
the  Baptist  church  in  McMi^r^^ilfe  X  "r  ''"''^"'  '"^""'«-  of 
age  of  sixteen.  He  was  mlrS  /  a.  I".^  ^^"  converted  at  the 
complished  daughter  of  a  nroT      ?  f^"'  ^'^^'"'^  ^^'^^by.  the  iC 

;%.  They  rem^ai^dt  MESeSV/o^^  ^''"I  ^"  '^"^" 
to   Salem   and   established   the    Salem    F        ^  '  "^l""  "'^>'  ''^"'oved 

took  a  leading  position  in  the  wheat  TnHflK  ^'"^-  ^^'"'^'^  ^^o" 
Pacific  Coast.  After  his  father  d.edh.  k""''  ^"""'"  °^  ^''^  North 
;-i|^and  was  on  the  highwa^  to^'^^^a^t^  -en  ^e^tdrja^iJ; 

to  I-Xt":herhrrafslS;;  f  r ^  ?°-  ^X  the  cargo 
plant  and  product  seemed  perfect  and^ar."'' /u""  "'  ^^'^-  "''^ 
withm  his  reach.     He  was  g  vine  ?dti  ?/  "^'f^  ''''  apparently 

giving  with   scrupulous:-  exactness  one- 


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JouLt  "with  7  '°  '^'  ^°'^'  '''^P'"^  ^  •'  Benevolent  Bank  Ac- 
she^t  earh  r*"""'"'  accountant   with   settlement  and  balance 

on'of  th/T  V""'  '1 '"  departments  of  his  business.  He  was 
h1  W.n  ^"u  '^""^"butors    both    to   missions    and   educatbn 

He  l^came  a  member  of  the  Mission  Board  in  ,877,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Convention,  which  he  held  until  his  death.  He  was  Ifso  one 
noter's  'T"  °'  .^-^^'"-'"^  College,  and  one  of  it?  h^S  pro! 

wa"  ■  to"be  Tall  u/re^'f '"'  *°''^  ^'^""'-     "'^  P^^^^^   -« 
ways  10  De  at  all  its  regular  appointments.     He  left  his  business 

nleeti  rotL^thurr^  TU  ther*^  'l  "'^^  ^^^  — - 
ieavin/  his  ^usinesTaU^el^oufof'S  'leTlTLt't^^l 

hZty.T"'Tr  ","""  '^'^  --P'icated  or  important  itTvL     Be! 
hind  the  smile  he  always  carriea  ^^hen  he  came  into  the  house  nf 
he  Lord  we  could  sometimes  trace  the  lines  of  heavv  and  compli 
cated  business  transactions;  yet  they  soon  gave  way  to  the  luster 
o    love  and  mterest  for  the  Saviour  and  his  church  ^  He  loved  the 

e:;  s'-pSs  f^'jeTs '-' '-  --  -  ^ '" ' "-  ^'^- 
Of  i^:i^;nSir;^rSv- j^  ;:t^  jtc^jz 

:ZiTZT%:T''t^  '"'^'''y'  -^^  upon" his°he?r['a?: 

sL::tdX-^orThi^ 

mc  med  so  to  arrange  his  business  aJ  to  devote  a  part  of  5  s  time 
to  this  specific  work.    He  had  large  plans  which  he  hoped  to^  aWe 

In  memoriain  his  pastor  writes: 

honored,  and  remembered  as  is  often  fou„H  Tn^'^^  ''"J'*'^  i^*.".  ''^'°^«''- 
was  taken  at  a  time  when  life  .rfhr  I.c?  u  "  ?  ,*'"?l^  individual.  He 
perity  seemed  almost  necessary  to  onrTi  '  ■''°P^^"'-  ."'!  "'^e  ""^  P'o^- 
Neither  had  a  better  or  r^ore-^ihPr,TJ,'^'i'°"5''y  """^  educational  work, 
plans  for  the  future  werrmore  Jelr^!!"*  *"''  /"PP^^".  or  one  whose 
spare  him  is  the  questToTcSgTom  ete?y  dirSn-     ""^  '^^""^  "'^ 

woJ2^^Xt,e"ofThe^^rS°S^^^^^^^ 

£r.rs-jrrL^^^^ 

worthy  of  this  historical  prominence.  ' 


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.APT.ST  „,sr„,v  0.  XHE  .VO.TH  P.c.r.c  co«r 


Rev.  J.  WicHSER 

To  look  upon  him,  you  would  S^t  h  *  ^'"'  ^'*"'  '"  hear^ 
by  a  finished  work,  he  had  risen  to  a  man™  ;T'"P'='^"'=  "^""^'^d 
ability.  His  affianced  by  maH  whom  hT  h  f  ''''"«^'''  ^°"'-»««.  and 
the  continent  to  marry  him    '  She  wa.  »       "'^"  "'•'*'  '*""=  »"<>« 

valuable  helper  in  his  work  If  he  preachedT'"  °^  "'''"*y'  ^"^  a 
prayed,  visited  in  your  familv    Z^l  '  ^'^  ^"^P"sed  you.    If  he 

the  press,  or  defended  dSiSo„',  7^°'*'  ^™'«  »"  ^^icle  for 
B.ble  warranted,  he  surprised  "^I^  - ''^'  -'  ^"  "'"''"'^  *''" 
borne  to  accomplish  desired  ends  in  rJZ^'  '^"'"^""^  ^^'^  to  be 
Pnse  you  again  by  his  courage  ,  und  rt»t  ^'^  ^'  ^""^  sur- 
come,  and  results  reached     If  we  ^r^  '''  ^"  ^°''*'^"de  to  over- 

'n  the  upper  fold,  we  may  be  stTl?  T  '**™'"'^  *°  ''""^  «^«h  other 
the  high  elevatio.  of  whkh  the  ifS  ToX'^^'k'"'  '"'^''^  ^°  «" 
Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce   D   D        ^^^^^l  counted  him  worthy. 

up  in  Salem,  Ore.,  by'Rev   G   C   rl     Ji''"' ^^  *  ^*'"  *'»  P'cked 
him  to  McMimivile,  where  he  w.?*^'^''  °-  ^■'  *^«n  home  wiS 
Minnville  College,  wh^e  the  1^'  "°"^^««=d  and  educated  in  Mc 
at  Damascas,  ofe    rhSe  ^e  was  o;daTn';H''''^'2^"*-     "^  ^^^  P^^o-- 
then  pastor  at  Portland,  and  Rev  t  A    W-'fif^  '^^  °°^*°^  P'«^'«. 
C.  y     He  became  pastor  at  Oj^steVviile    V^  r  '  -^"T  **  O"-^?"" 
still  lives  in  blessed  memory.    He  made  ;hi^;       '  ""  J^^'  ^''"^  ^e 
across  the  country  with  hiTwifc  on  foot   hll    ""'^u'™""  Oy'^'^'-ville 
the  uninhabited  forests,  a  distance  of  nl'         '"^  '^'^  ^^^  through 
•niles,  to  Puyallup  in  1878   wSeh^    "early  one  hundred  and  fifty 
churchy   with   six  memlir;."anTbuiIt TTe'e?'  'u'  "^"'^  -*^-' 
finished  another  at  White  R  ver     The  l^o  1    f  u"^'^°"''-     "^   ^'^^ 
's  a  marvel.     Of  their  workTshouM  t       ?  f"  T'^  ^'  P»y«""P 
constant  companion.     They  establish.5  '  J°'  ''''  ^'*<^  ^>«  ^is 

meetings,  and  Sunday-schoJls  over  an  trr^''"^^   '*^*'°"*'   P'^y^r 
thirty   miles,   traveling   mos  y   on    foot      T  'T^^^-^  *'"'"  ««^«=n  *<> 
which  was  thought  an  impos  fbilhy  bv  Lnl"  .^''^'''^^  ^'  ^"^^""P- 
basket  and  knapsack  with  them   h^^whirh?/'  '''^^  *^^"'«d  a  church 
and  vegetables,  bringine  them  j;.«         ,      ^^^^  gathered  butter,  eggs 
over  to  the  church^bulllg      OnT^T*  •""'  '"™'"^  ^^eir  pr'oce?d ' 
effort,  the  Board  of  the  Sona^  aS  Eduf  .''''fc"^*^''  "''''  ^J'"^ 
aid  from  the  American  Baptist  HSneM;«iQ°"*'  ^°"''y  °»'»a'n^<l 
$100  for  the  salary,  and  $125  to  a^In^i   '  k"  S''"'^  ^""^  '^'''  ^'"•k- 
was  carried  to  completion   and   ttflnnH^'''"f  *"*"'T'"^^' *hich 

-en^o^urrn^t.?  IlSrre^rpoS  Th  ^^^'  t^  '^  '^'  ^ 
or.ani.ed  the  First  Baptist  Churrn'rt  ZrSJSl^'Zu  tl^ 


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first  Baptist  meeting-house  in  the  city  and  in  Whatcom  County  he 
also  opened  several  preaching  points  in  the  country,  some  of  which 
afterward  grew  into  churches.  Finally,  his  health  broken,  he  removed 
^southern  Oregon  v^here  he  hoped  to  recover  his  wonted  strength, 
but  the  dear  Lord  had  need  of  him,  and  called  him  up  higher.  The 
.Northwestern  Baptist  Association  pays  this  high  tribute  of  love  and 
respect  to  his  memory: 

=.nH  ^!Ji.  I-  ^^'•^'^S"'  »h^  f'^st  pastor  of  Whatcom  Church  who  secured 

Si^couS^him""'  ^''""  '°  ''  ^°'^-  "--  suffered  rSh^diffi^cuh";?; 
Mrs.  J,  \V.  Johnson  writes  of  him  in  the  Pacific  Baptist: 

I  have  known  him  since  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  aee  After 
^L-n'"'"*'°"V'  ^■'''  .^o"derful  to  see  the  perseverance  he  fhowed  in 

She  also  speaks  in  high  esteem  of  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Chandler 
for  their  interest  m  and  kindness  to  Brother  Wichser,  also  of  the 
high  esteem  in  which  his  wife  was  held  as  a  helper  in  his  works. 

Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce,  D.  D. 

BY    J.    C.    BAKER 

Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  having  been  born  in 
Montpel.er  in  1841.  Of  his  parentage  and  early  life  very  little  is 
known  to  the  writer,  nor  does  anything  appear  in  his  biographical 
sketches  of  himself  until  his  student  life  in  Fairfield,  Vt.,  where  he 
graduated  from  the  New  Hampton  Institute  in  August,  i86<;  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four  years.  His  first  three  months  of  service  after 
graduation  were  spent  in  canvassing  for  the  "  Life  of  Lincoln,"  and 

\  i-'T"^'.  ^'"■^^  ''""'''■^*^  """^^'^  °"  ^^^"d,  his  money  all  gone 
and  the  book  not  yet  out  of  press."  Somewhat  despondent,  he  walked 
wenty-five  miles  to  Derby.  Vt.  and  "timidly  rapped  at  the  door  of 
the  pastor  Rev  J  G.  Lorimer,  who  was  a  graduate  from  the  same 
school  as  himself."  He  was  greeted  with:  "Oh,  I  know  the  Lord 
sent  you  here  to  take  charge  of  our  academy,  whose  principal  has  just 
resigned  on  account  of  sickness." 

Entering  upon  this  work,  two  years  of  his  eventful  life  were 
spent  a?  principal  of  this  school.    From  this  school  he  entered  \ew- 


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ton  Theological  Seminary  took  ,u.  f  i, 
i870  was  appointed  by  tt  Ame  ^^^"Lr'ru"'  ^'"''y-  ^^  in  July, 
g  take  charge  of  the  church  and  s^hoo?I?'r"°'"'=  ^^^'«'°"  Society 
He  was  married  at  New  London  V  u  '',^*'"a'nie  City,  VVyo  T 
at  once  for  his  western  home  i;^'  "k  '  °"  "'"'^  7.  1870,  and  sUrted 
August  .8.  where  he  found  a  ol  no  two""''  ""•''"  ^^■"^'  -•"'••ving 
thousand  population,  at  an  elevatln  /  ^'^^^  «'"°«th  with  three 
feet,  a  church  with  six  reskknfr  u  ''"'"  '''°"^«"'l  '*«  hundred 
church  neighbor  at  Denver  ot'hud'ed'and"''  '''  r^'^^  ^"p'^t 

A  budding  had  been  erected   fn,     k      .'""^  ""^^'  ^^ay. 
costing  $5,000.   less  than   onSifrd  of     ^t  '"'^  ''^^^^  P  eposes 
found  "a  quiet  town  of  Xew  Entj^^^^  ''^^   ''^^"  P^id-     He 

before  the  Vigilance  Committee  ha/n        "^f '^'  *''°"&h  but  a  vear 
"len  in  a  single  ni^hf  "     ru  P"'"^^''  ^he  town  by  han^in.,  « 

announced  thafthef iould^^dSclr^I^'lr  ''  "'^  ^'st  !  f  fet 
weeks,   which  he  succeeded  t    ^  °"''  °^  ««"hip  in  two 

^n.mute-;ontheTueS'yt,"ow„T^,^^^^^^   ^'"?   "^^   "  ^^^om' ^ 
in  Wyoming,  and  registered  twiu    .  i  f  "^^^  ^'^'^  '^"'  high  school 

;ir-- -.  the  -^rrr;-r  ri;;:^:- -  £ 

.athe^e^'^^SriVtreSil"^'"^  l^^  «-  --•-  which 
'"  four  years  to  over  one  thousanH  ^  '"  ^^^""^^^8'  which  grew 
Sunday-school  was  organized  onX  ^''l  o""^*"^^  "olumes."  A 
school  library  of  two^undreS  yorum!r.^  ^""'^^'  «"^  ^  Sunday- 
Saxton's  Riyer,  Vt.,  followed  '  '^""^'"'^  ''^  ^''^  school   at 

•^n  organ   fund  nf  «or^ 
from  New  York.    A  belltat  Z'eZT^  \"'  ''^""^"''^  ^  fi-  organ 
coming  from  a  Chicago  firm  w"  'h^ '^e  '''r'  '"'^  "^''"^^h,  and  one 

SaraJh-mSr    ^^^   '^  ""^    ^^fo^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
.ivinl'^Snr^^^  a  Thanks- 

p-rbrpX"-- r/f  ^^^^^^^^  ^oeiiTi  ^t^-:- 
:z: ."''  '^i^*''^"^'  'eddi'"'f:n.rr:  V'^'  -pp'--tin;  tt 

up  to  $250.    Brother  Pierce  thonJhf  7v        ^•'   "'"rying  the  amount 
begun    housekeeping   on   $36   S   o^  ."'"'Tu^'  ''^  ^'^^^  ^^^^  i" 
^vhich  he  had  giyen  his  note  fTninety  [^^"""^-^^"^    f^^iture,    for 

month VoTd  to^rorCredlyTn fh'"''.  ^""^  ^^"^  "im  at  the  eight 

"■■ssionary  „(  the  Amen"  anB.r'/t*^''""""'  F'^-an   e„;^ 

-   «!tnin  two  weeks  the 


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contract  was  let  for  a  $6,000  church  edifice.  During  his  pastorate  at 
rA^:  "T^'^  ^""^  preached  in  nearly  all  the  towns  on  the  rail- 
road between  Laramie  and  Ugden,  a  distance  of  five  hundred  miles 
holding  services  in  any  place  he  could  find-on  the  street,  in  saloons' 
-wherever  he  could  gather  the  people,  and  he  knew  most  of  tlie 
railroad  men  on  the  route. 

of  Portland,  Ore.,  to  become  its  pastor,  which  he  accepted  Re- 
signing h,s  pastorate  at  Laramie,  he  secured  for  the  church,  through 
Dr.  A  Hovey  a  pastor.  Rev.  H.  VV.  Thule.  who  was  on  the  ground, 
appointed  by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  preaching  his  first  sen„o„  as 
pastor  in  the  evening  following  his  own  farewell  sermon  in  the 
morning,  the  first  Sunday  in  July. 

He  arrived  in  Portland  and  began  his  work  in  the  praver  mcet- 
.ng  Ju  y  22,  1874,  and  preached  his  first  sermon  as  pastor  ..li  Suiulay 

I^Sh"/'  ""'  ''"'"  '^'  ^''''  ^^P"*^  ^h^^^^h  numbered  one 
hundred  and  sixteen  registered  members,  with  onlv  seventy-five  resi- 
dent members,  and  was  the  only  Baptist  church' in  the  citv.  The 
church  had  conducted  a  mission  in  East  Portland,  but  at  this  vme  it 
hlntiTr'"";,  ^''^\'^'''^  «f  his  first  year's  work  he  reports  fiftv-six 
baptisms  and  eighty-five  added  to  the  church,  and  mission  revived 
and  another  started,  with  a  Chinese  mission  founded,  whid,  became 
one  of  the  most  successful  Chinese  missions  ever  established  on  the 
Pacific  Coast     In  April.  1876,  his  health  failed,  and  he  was  obliged 

iim,?U  y"V?"T^  "''  '""'^"■-  ^^t""-"*"?  October  ,.  and  fin,l^ng 
hmself  unable  to  continue  his  pastorate,  he  resigned  and  left  the 

wL'  •,    "^'^ff»"  ^ork  in   Portland  with  one  hundred  and 

iTTA"'T^r-  ^'V^'''  ^''^  '"°  ''""^'•^d  ^"d  sixteen,  of  whom 
ne  had  baptized  one  hundred. 

His  first  visit  to  Puget  Sound  was  in  August.  1874.  where  he  was 
sent  by  the  Portland  church  to  attend  a  council  at  Olvmpia.  called  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  for  ordination  Hon.  R.  S.  Greene  who  was 
!ltll  Z'Ty!^'l  ^"'i'"  ^^J  ^^'^^J^ing^O"  Territory.  He  made  a  second 
J    1    V^u  "^  '",  ^^^  '"""""  °^  "875  upon  invitation  of  Rev. 

L \^y  •  P^'l"'  °l^^^  ^*"*  ^^""'^^  ^t  Seattle,  to  aid  in  raiding 
the  debt  upon  their  house  of  worship,  and  to  attend  tiie  animal 
gathering  of  the  Puget  Sound  Association  being  held  with  the  First 

..Ztf^  ?T  I'^'^'J^^'-  ^"  ^P'"-  '^3.  he  was  called  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Seattle.  Meantime  he  had 
spent  several  months  in  California,  some  time  in  Utah,  went  back  to 

untilMrcr*"^^  1  ^''^T  '"u  ^''°^''  '^77.  where  he  remained 
until  March.  1881,  leaving  the  church  in  the  midst  of  a  revival  after 
baptizing  thirty-nine  converts.  On  his  way  to  Walla  Walla,  where 
he  had  been  appointed  as  missionary,  he  stopped  at  Boise  Citv    where 

nl.^l?  t  \T  r  ^^^^/^^^.  ^^^"'"^-  ^'°PP'"S  'i^'-^  bv  request  of 
offi,  als  of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  he  held  meetiMj-s  for  three 
weeks,  paid  a  debt  of  $700  on   the  church   property,   painted   the 


^}f^^:::^^  '^-  -  -ent,  and  o,„e<,  .. 

City.   .C:Z  tZ  "^S  V"'''  ^^"^  "«  ^'"PPed  at  Baker 
encouraged  to  take  on  a  new  and  ,^  '"''^'   ""^   »he   church    was 
tendJeton  over  Sabbath  and  preachT^'"?'"  ^'^'-     ^'  stopped  a 
He  arrived  at  WaJIa  Walla  the'^  as,  of  v  °  'i"  ""  "'  'harpoint 
Characteristically  he  arranged  for  J       '"'''  ""  »  Monday  mominj 
niade  forty  visits  that  week    invi  J  """^"^^  ""  ^uesdaj  evem'nf 
service  on  Sabbath.     He  fo^nTh       'V'y^y  to  the  new  churd,' 
eleven  in  the  congregation      H       ""'^^^  ''"   ^^b^^ath  morninrwith 
people  ...aside  of^haff  a  do«n   Ba^t'  ?^  ""''  "P'^^'^'^e  U,af  "he 
and  ,t  took  a  whole  year  to  w?n  fU^     \'  "'"'^  "°'  ^  ^'^aw  for  us 
and  amid  many  discouragements    h7J""°'\    ^^^^'^  "'"<=h  wa°  int 

tl'e  Market  Stree!  ct?  In'thff'"'^''  °"^  °^  -hicrh«  ,  oJn 
Duwamish  Mission,  and  organ t<l  a"""^  °1  'l'^  he  organizeTthe 
Houghton,   now   KirH,„^     u      f       ^   church   there      In    .naX  lu 

rh..r^K  J     •        "   *''e   .,ummer  of   iJWS    kl   •  '     "e  resigned 

church  during  his  five  and  one  half      '   ^""."^   ""'^ed   into   the 

leaving  an  enrolled  membershin  of  /«,«  I    «^Penence,    twenty-three 

In  the  fall  of  1888  he  Pn  -  J  °  ^^"^red  and  thirty 
and  Mental  ScienceTtJe  Untet7°"  *^  professorsh^^^of  Moral 
had  practically  filled  for  tw^  ye'f ^k  °/  ^^^^^ington,  a  pos  tifn  he 
'1^0  years  he  preached  a  variou  nh  '^  ^"""^  his  service  of 
Kent,  where  he  organized  a  chnr^  ^  ,  °"  Sabbaths,  notablv  at 
at  Ballard,  where.  litrRev  E  ?Wh'  7"*l^  ^  house  of  worship 

caTed"'"'^  ''''■■  ''  Kirklandwhe^e  a^ousf  '''"^^^'  ^''"^'^  -- 
cated  m  1890 :  at  North  Seattle Ther.  h'    'T  "'^^^"^  ^'l  ^edi- 
for  five  months  pending  the  ere^t.V^n     .        1"^^''^^  ^he  new  church 
of  .ts  pastor-elect.  ReJ   Thonns   p,..    "'    f"^"'^  ^"^  »'^«  "^^-^  "^ 
haven   as  pastor   in    1890  and    ,80,    '^"u""     1^^  fi"*!  him  at  Fa," 
Again  at  Snohomish  and  Everett  with  T'"   ^'   ^"''*   ^  P^^onage 
^''ape.'  car,  aiding  in  oreanilint        u      ^  "'''^  '^'"^ed  Wheeler  am 
"'^  pastor  at  bofh  plaTe? "n  "f^^  ^'^"^'^  ^^  -ch  point,  anrtom 

■ivieantmie   he    u^a    k„       . 
"■-Linpon  „.i,h  r^,?,  ;»»"■'  V  .he  S,a,e   u„iv„.„y  „, 


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private  mstitution  with  Baptist  expectations,  •-his  work  lie  and 
his  devoted  competent  wife  carried  for  three  years  with  marke.l 
success,  when  the  environments  that  surroundcu  their  no  considered 
He  says:  For  three  years  this  was  the  happiest  home  my  wife  ever 
enjoyed,  and  well  did  she  fill  her  place,"  From  this  service  he  entered 
Vashon  College,  where  he  filled  a  chair. 

While  enjoying  a  much-needed  rest  in  his  cottage  at  Lhautaun„,i. 
he  was  called  to  the  pastoral.-  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Berkeley 
Here  he  found  a  debt  on  the  church  property  of  $»  40.",' 
on  which  had  been  duplica'.cd  the  principal  in  interest  paid'  and" 
due  The  buildmg  was  unfavorably  located.  Seizing  a  liberal  otlVr 
of  the  mortgagee  and  his  wife,  he  had  it  removed  to  a  more  fa- 
vorable location,  paid  the  debt,  made  improvements  costing  over 
$5,000,  raised  the  membership  from  forty-one  to  seventy-one  in 
two  years. 

At  about  the  close  of  this  work  the  great  sorrow  of  his  life 
came  upon  him  in  the  loss  of  his  devoted  wife.  She  who  had  shared 
his  joy  in  success,  and  cheered  and  stimulated  him  to  nobler  deeds 
w_hen  failures  and  disappointments  overtook  him,  gave  him  the 
cheerful  appreciative  word  and  caress  when  others  criticized,  found 
tault,  and  broke  friendship  with  him;  the  consecrated  wife  whoshare.l 
his  work,  mdeerl  made  his  remarkable  career  possible.  She  was  not 
tor  God  took  her,  and  the  strong  man,  bowed  under  his  grief,  was 
broken.  While  he  sought  and  obtained  comfort  from  tlie  Din  ine  yet 
the  tension  of  his  life  gave  way.  and  recovery  from  the  blow'  did 
not  seem  to  be  the  will  of  the  dear  Saviour,  whom  he  loved  and 
served  with  such  breadth  of  planning,  such  devotion  of  heart,  and 
intensity  of  purpose  and  life.  His  home  was  broken  up.  his  children 
scattered  Among  the  wide  circle  of  his  acquaintances  few  homes 
were  at  his  service,  though  his  own  home  had  always  been  shared 
with  the  needy  and  afflicted,  as  well  as  most  generously  open  to  the 
ministry  of  Christ  Jesus.  And  yet  God  did  not  leave  nor  forsake  him 
in  the  far-away  horn,  of  his  early  manhood  a  ladv  friend  of  his 
stiident  days  whom  God  had  blest  with  abundance  and  a  Christlike 
spirit,  freely,  gladly,  g.ive  rest  and  home  for  the  wearv  servant  of 
God,  until  God  took  him. 

Few  men  have  expressed  and  impressed  their  personalin-  in 
Wyoming  and  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast  as  has  Rev.  D.  J.  Pierce 
p.  D.  He  was  at  once  the  student,  teacher,  preacher,  pastor  mis 
sionary,  profes.sor,  pioneer,  and  man-of-all-work.  He  took  upon  him- 
self the  care  of  all  the  churches.  With  him  there  was  always 
more  to  follow.  He  never  left  a  church  with  less  than  he  found 
when  coming.  He  never  left  an  Association  or  Convention  without 
suggesting  some  great  forward  movement,  often  mapping  it  out  and 
outlining  details.  He  lived  largely  in  the  future.  If  he  had  a  fault 
It  would  be  found  in  this  characteristic  of  the  man.  He  could  not 
2uide  the  tOT?  of  growth  to  maturity.    He  could  not  settle  down  to 


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the  working  out  of  a  single  nl.«      u 
•-S  of  .0-day.     He  VuX^i*;-   SwT'"  '"'  ^'°"  "^  '»>«  «»-'- 
came   from   h.s   fr„i,fu,   brain   hL  7"""^"«  "«*  and  still  greater 
could  follow  him  for  a  ser'I,  o    Lr/"'5'"f  '°""'-     ^^  ^hurcl 
gestions  were  stimulatinr^j  ll       ,  u^"**  ^«  """y  o'  hi.  sur 
c"sful.    Many  other,  wlr^troS  t^''  ?""»  P"""^"'  and  s^f- 
'"   other  lives.     Many   of^^  Sr«      *"''  "'  *^'"«  *o'''«l  out 
Rrowmg.ntheparemtreeofLoi.ioT^T^'^*'^^   '"'^  •"<«   «'■'= 
^ver  grew  out  of  the  »vmpathy "fTs  co^.ii'^'  'V^^^'    ^'  *"  ''^«'  he 
plans  for  the  future  erowVh  =„  i  *=o-laborers  by  his  overflow  of 

'oved.  and  the  K^g  h^s^rved "  ^rhr:'^  1  ^"^  HenominallTb^.' 
rapid  extension  of  Christ's  kingdom  n  ,.  ^"'  ^*""'  throbbing  for  the 
to  promote  it.  will  be  recoSr,''"?  "'^  *°^''  he  himself  wrought 
years  go  by.  recognued  as  of  more  and  more  value  as  The 

-.  X'lS  ^ft  S.r  p^^^^^J";^:'^  ^^-ork  Will  have  an 
have  been  wrought  out.         P"'P°"*  of  grace  for  a  lost  world  shall 

^»^-  Roger  S.  Greene 

^"«  ^^^^'^^^^t^T"^^'  '^^'^-  ^^  held  a  lead- 
t'on  as  federal  judge  L^veth.H"""""^''*'""'  ^^'^"^-  His  posi- 
his  ability  to  handleThe.V  Wa  '  o  °'"'"'''°"  «'*^at  confidencf  „ 
;n  handing  them  to  h  n  ^^„' ,  ^^ST"''  ^""^  '""^^  ^«^«  "ot"low 
treated  them  with  the  ^iace  of  .  ^  t  ^'■"'  Christian  heart  he 
unto  the  Lord.  *^    "  °^  ^  J"'^«*'  »>"»  without  fee.  doing  it  as 

.nter«t  r„dtr.  A^  aTb£  exegerh^T.  "^'-«'  ^  ^^^ 
perhaps  none  on  the  Upper  Coas  H^  '  ''^^  ^'*  superiors,  and 
While  his  interpretatioSr^ouldlt^Lrvs'  L.^'"^'"*  ^''"^  ^'»^"'- 
higher  l.fe  could  the  people  keeonJi^i  ^- '""P''^^'  "o*-  *"  the 
greatly  the  losers  on  the  Uppe^S  '',!'\^""'  ^^^^  ^^  should  be 
•nfluence  in  religion  and  dvk  rS^^l  °"'^  *'  ^  ^''^'  ol  hi! 
with  him.  and  opened  his  court  S  m'"!?^  "^  '°°''  ^is  Bible 
was  liberal  to  a  fault    and  ^ml.  ^T^  ^"^  ^nd  prayer      He 

work  in  those  early  dVs       ""°"«^  °"^  '"^^^  Promoters  of"^  mission 

Rev.  Josiah   Harris   Teale 

near'Ssh-L^r.  S^  ^^^'^  -^  "o™  January  :6.  .846.  on  a  farm 

Fatherless  at  the  air^  #%*  *     1 
worked   his   way  through   coleee  a? n"^  '°T'"^  *'   ^•''»««n.   he 
graduated  with  the  degr«  of  a^b  'n  fh?'?"   ^r^''^'   »"d  ^as 

H.s  pastorates  upon  the  Pacific  Pnl  !    ^"  °^  '^74- 
'875-1877:  at  Victoria.  I    C     ity^l^l    n''  "'  ^=*"'*  ^^"^'  ^al.. 
'884:  and  Portland  (Calvary  ■ci;uSf?,;e°7CrS?'  """'  ''''' 


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PERSONAL   SKETCHES  463 

From  1884-1886  he  was  missionary  pastor  under  tiie  Home 
Mission  Society  at  Medical  Lake  and  Cheney,  and  for  three  years, 
ending  1889,  he  was  general  missionary  for  east  Washington  and 
North  Idaho  under  the  Mission  Board  of  that  district,  with  head- 
quarters at  SpokfUie. 

For  five  years,  ending  1898,  he  was  connected  with  the  editorial 
and  business  management  of  the  Pacific  Baptist,  from  which  work 
he  went  to  service  in  the  Anti-saloon  League  of  New  York,  where 
he  is  still  in  service  as  treasurer  when  this  history  ceases  in  1900. 

Rev.   \V altar   Barss 

First  pastor  of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church,  Victoria,  B.  C. 
Appreciation  of  the  Northwestern  Baptist  Association  passed  at  its 
annual  session  in  1891: 

Resolved,  That  in  the  early  death  of  Rev.  VVaitar  Barss  at  Geneva, 
N.  Y.,  formerly  first  pastor  of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church,  Victoria,  B.  C. 
our  Association  mourns  deeply  the  premature  loss  of  one  so  well  fitted 
to  lead  the  people  of  God  to  success.  A  highly  esteemed  brother  and 
beloved  fellow-worker  in  the  Lord,  who  for  three  years  held  the  frontier 
post  of  our  Association  and  left  a  precious  memory  enduring  as  the  rock 
on  which  he  built  the  church.  (Referring  to  the  solid  rock  on  which  the 
Calvary  house  of  worship  is  built.  .Author.)  Canvassing  his  own 
Eastern  home  for  aid,  and  bringing  with  him  a  fund  of  $700  with  which 
to  begin  his  building,  lie  reared  an  enduring  monument,  reminding  us  of 
his  systematic  effort,  his  untiring  energy,  and  his  patient  toil.  Beginning 
with  a  bare  lot,  he  left  a  fine  house  of  worship,  and  a  strong,  self- 
supporting  church. 

Brother  Barss  was  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  educated  at 
Rochester,  where  he  graduated  from  the  theological  seminary  in 
1880.  He  was  one  among  several  young  men  from  that  school  who 
were  persuaded  by  the  author,  who  was  Superintendent  of  Missions 
for  the  North  Pacific  Coast  at  that  time,  to  take  up  work  in  the 
far  Northwest.  To  persuade  these  men  that  the  call  was  from  the 
Lord  was  no  easy  matter.  The  more  inviting  and  lucrative  fields 
in  the  East  were  in  competition  and  could  press  many  advantages 
in  regard  to  work  in  the  older  States  and  larger  churches.  But 
when  they  recognized  the  call  of  the  Lord  they  came  with  no 
lingering  regret,  and  with  their  whole  heart  entered  upon  the  work, 
and  they  were  greatly  prospered  as  in  this  case.  Brother  Barss 
was  a  strong  man.  He  was  not  a  "  rusher,"  but  a  builder.  His 
teaching  and  life  in  Christ  Jesus  was  a  mold  in  which  the  Calvary 
Church's  life  and  character  were  run.  And  it  came  out  one  of  the 
strongest  and  most  influential  of  the  Baptist  churches  in  the  North- 
west. We  regarded  it  as  a  great  denominational  loss  when  he  left 
the  coast.  But  his  work  goes  on.  and  ever  in  the  history  of  that 
noble  church  Rev.  Waltar  Barss,  their  first  pastor,  must  have  a 
prominent,  a  conspicuous  setting. 


Was  .  1      ,•  ^^''-  ^-  ''^-  '^^■^'-Laffertv 

-er^  ^^tZ^irS'-^  in  a,,  ..  pastorates 
Paa«5c  Coast.     (NoiZ^rilnJ^^^'-^-^y  ^^"'°n  on  Sl\ 
He  was  appointed  by  anTreoorteW^t     d^°'"^  Mission  Soci^ 
whose  territory  as  di.trtf     reported  to  Rev.   C.   F.   Toinn     n 

Elector  Tola.;;  Sys' o'h  m"  "  S7  *^°^^"^  ^''^  NorthtcTfic  C, 
Brother  MacLafiferty  took  up  ^hV'^rl"  °'  7  '"'  ^^-^S 
1880,  when  not  a  tithe  of  th^  o.,  \  '^^  °"  t^^e  Upper  Coa.. 
foreign  n^issions.  He  t2  atoX'^  "^  "^'''"^  -«-'^^^^^^^ 
Bapt,st  Convention  in  S,  Treprtenl^'^-  ^'^  ^'^""^  P"' 
fieJd.  H.s  service  was  gratuitous  K  t  ^'^'^  '"'^^'ons  on 
"ig  expenses.     He   haH   hJc   c     '     °*^'°''  Tolman  payin?  his  frl, 

tral  Association  Tnoretonnuml'"^'""'"   '"   ^^^VlU'c 
•"embers.     In   four  yeaS  he  H.    ^^^  r*=  '''°"^«"d  and  eighty 
churches    on    the    wh'o  e   field    a"  S  ""'^"'^^^  ^^  «"'  o^, 
missions.  "^'^    ^s    regular    contributors    to    forei 

which"  ata?o;;e^by^tcenl!t^^  ?"'^  '"-'•°-  ^o^owir 
d.scuss,on,  by  a  vote  of  tSv  i^  t  1^''°"  ^^'''  '°"&  ^"d  hea 
were  published  by  the  vJZ  -^  *°  twenty-two.  These  ArH.i 
especially  on  the^oast  where"  tt'*°"'  '"'  ^^^  ^  wide  c  Jculat,^ 
mission  asset.  They  are  ^ufof ^rf  Z'"'  "  '"°^*  valuable  Ki" 
,  worthy  of  permane^nt  pC  a  'tHs  12'  '"',  "^  --^^-^  ^'^em 
They  were  presented  as  foli;ws:  °''''^'   ^"^"'"d    will    shov 

Inasmuch  as  we  ie^l  tu 

as  A'Si£*rF4A  "-•  -  -omt'n-rthr^:;^^-"  °^  - 

Lafferty^f  a:„°,f  guh.  wntten  by  our°b^,rj  £th\1.°''r"s  ^lll'^ 
.    J.   We  believe  thaf  "ti,_         •.  .  •  "•  o.  iviat. 

cording  to  the  measure  of  u-     Paramount  duty  of  ever,  ru  ■    ■ 
Christ,  or  makf.  fi,,»  ?^  °,'   ^is   opportunitv    tn   ^-      M  -^  Christian,  ac- 
4.   We  believe  th.."'JJr''^«^  PO^'ble  to  every  hu.^  *^'  knowledge   of 

tion,"  would  e  -er  Hholfv  f  "T-  P^^^^^^d  by  the  tr«»  ••  °f  ''^^  ""«d  him 

'■ "« ''•-  'A!'SJ^  rf  s'j-£  K  err.""*- 

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PERSONAL   SKETCHES 


4^55 


church  in  which  no  contributions  are  made  to  the  work  of  Christ  in 
torcgn  lands  ought  to  be  challettged,  and  such  omission  explained 

Bap^s.^hu;^S'Xt^;n.^';:„:=T;  ^ri  TiSZs^'^z 

S^^^^L:L'Z^  ^^  •"*^^^°"^''  '-''^  -  --  nothing- i^^^ra^- 
A  ^^'  )^^.  teheve  that  missions  have  already  accomplished  enouBli  to 
memTthe 'h'^f'  "''\"r  '^°i'"  '^at  remains  to  be  done;  that  the  m  „u? 
ments  they  have  erected,  and   the   trophies   they  have  won    furnish    -m 

exertTon'i:!°the''t"rf  H*^"  ""^  'f^'  *^"'^°"''^«^  °"'-  '^°P^-  and  stimula  e  ou 
exer  ion  in  the  grand  work  of  carrymg  the  gospel  to  all  nations, 

of  on;  rhnr.h»  ''^.J  ^'  With  an  upward  movement  in  the  contributions 
oLrTtinn^  f  "•  ^^"^ ■  """^  ^^'  •^"'^  ^"'  ^^'  ^^'^  an  advance  in  the 
9Perat  9ns  of  our  missionary  societies  as  shall  speedily  plant  Christ  an 
mstitufons  in  all  the  earth,  and  make  Christian  hopes  and  C  r  t  an 
homes  the  heritage  of  all  the  children  of  men  '-nristian 

,„,■  "■  /^f,  believe  that  the  church  of  Christ  may,  and  of  right  should 

Present  centurv°":S'f'iH'r'"'^',l""''''"  °^  '^'  •"°'-'<l  ^^  '^^  cfose  of  the 
present  century,  and  that  such   a  consummation   has  a   legitimate  basis 

m  the  missionary  achievements  of  the  last  fifty  years  though  thesl 
inspiring  as  they  are,  represent  but  a  fractional  part  of  the  power  which 
the  church  might  have  exerted.  puwtr  wnicn 

to  adont^^snmf  nl^^n'f^*  "'  ''  ^^^  imperative  duty  of  each  of  our  churches 

•'  regSs  beyond!''  '"""""^  contributions  to  send  the  gospel  to  the 

13.  We  believe  that  in  advocating  the  cause  of  foreign  missions  we 

own"land'K'rh'  ''■°'^°""^  '^'  ^°'^  '^^\  "«  ''  °"^  °^"  K Tn  oT,r 
thT.l.  i,  i!-*!^^  ^"^  '^  ^  necessary  complement  to  the  other,  and  that 
the  church  which  adopts  the  selfish  theory  of  confining  h^r  benevo  en 
Zf?'^^T  '°  •'^  °^"  individual  wants  must  suffer  diminution  of  her  own 
gifts  and  graces,  and  a  gradual  drying-up  of  her  energies, 
hpf^rt  ,^  K*''^''^  .*i'^*  po^J^calls  us  to-day.  more  loudly  than  ever 
before,  to  make  sacrifices  for  Christ,  and  to  pray  more  fervently  for  the 
prevalence  of  h.s   kingdom,  that   the  cross   of  Christ   mav   be   the  one 

Rev.  D.  D.  Proper 
Rev.  D.  D.  Proper  was  appointed  bv  the  Home  Mission  Society 
to  serve  as  general  missionary  of  the  Northwest  Convention,  in- 
c  udmg  western  Washington  and  British  Columbia,  and  Eastern 
Washington  and  Northern  Idaho  Convention.  He  began  his  work  in 
March,  1891,  following  Rev.  J.  Sunderland,  D.  D.  He  served  in  this 
capacity  for  nearly  five  years,  when  the  growth  of  the  work  re- 
quired a  missionary  for  each  Convention  field,  and  his  labors  were 
afterward  confined  to  the  Northwest  Convention,  which  he  served 
until  July,  1897,  when  he  resigned  and  was  transferred  east  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  occupying  the  position  of  general  missionary  for 
Colorado.  Brother  Proper  came  to  the  field  during  the  great  finan- 
cial depression  incident  to  the  bursting  of  the  "boom"  on  the 
North  Coast  and  the  wider  and  more  general  financial  depression 
over  the  whole  counfy  which  so  scriouslv  aflfected  the  work  of  the 
Home  Mission  Society.  It  required  a  man  of  great  faith  and  cour- 
age to  undertake  so  great  a  work  under  such  conditions.     He  came 

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466     B.PTXSX  Hxsxoav  op  thh  xohth  P.cznc  coast 

diversity  of  gifts  for  such  work  ""'''     "'  ^'^  '''°''^  '^'^ 

itseif'L\rcord  wort^ror/SoHc:."  r^"  °*  ^"'^•^  ^''"-*- 
results  in  western  Wash  neton  anH  i '!"l"^;-    ^"'  '^'^  ^"'"'nar 
in   the  history  of  thetSsrL^TntiL^^ttvT"'^  ^" 
^urinjf  this  tin,,,  tt, u_       ,    .       .  -^''• 


seven  to  seventv-si^^  iv.A  '  """'*''  °/  churches  has  increa«pH  fr„™   t 

ate'beeT  di  bLd^  *'=':i^  heen  "dfo^ped'^f 
een   o^r^an'ife^t'ri^^'^  CThlll^lii;?' 

''-    .'"  Tlfe%"rrT'j^,?-   '  A.'^a  7oVnS 
s'*     ears  ago      Six^v  Lti:^  P\*'°"  "«^  i" 
nofhtr     c      ^  pastors  have  droooed  , 
nother.     Some  churches  have  had  four 


Wr^A  J  ^"^''cniy-six.  and 
«f  »!''"*'  forty-two  to  fiv, 
of  these  churches  have  I 

PiJhi'"'  "^^''^  s''^  other 
eight   new   churches    h.-. 
meeting-houses  have  ! 
ijunday-school  chapels 
was  holding  six  and  a    ,ai 
lacoma  Scandinavian 
work  who  were  paste      si 
of  the  work  for  one  cause 
hve  pastors  during  the  tin 
Jt  must  be  remember 


•?t|! 


work  of  the  whoi.      ,mber  o    chur  n      .n?      '^  *'  '^^'^  <=°^"  ' 

cannot  all  be  credited  to  the  ZZ.T^  ^         "^"'^^'^  °^  «"  ^inds,  a. 

this  is  true-that  fully  one-hll?    hi  "TT*"^-     ^'  '^^  ^^'"e  tir 

Convention  was  organLed  were  mtsion     h'"/'P°"'"^  ^'"^^  *' 

vision,  leaving  still  a  remarkabfe  Te^^rH  .      'u''"  ""^^'^  ^is  supe 

^  ,    In  British  Columbia,  which  was  /n  •       '^'  ^'"^'■^'  ""'^^'onar 

field   under  his  jurisdict  o^  he   ha'    117^""'  T'  °^  ^''^  ^'"-^ 

memory.    At  about  the  time  of  h.=  -^  ''^"'"''^   ^nd   cherishe 

Portant   trip   through  Ve'^railcorrf"'""  '^  ''^'^  "^^^^  -  '" 

direction  to  work  already  startL  ?      u^'     °P^"'"^  "P   ^nd   givin 

the  most  important  t^Te  op^ed    n  the'  T^'  '^'''  ^^  ^'^^^^''^ 

'"   the   Province   speak   in   hiS   co"  ^  /r°^*"'f     '^^^  ^'^'^'^^^ 

especially  o.^  this  cLing  efforf    UoT  h       T    °^   '''^    ^'''^'   ^n' 

nieetmg  he  attended  in  Victoria    Br    .,,     i''T'  ^"^  '"  ^^e  las 

with  a  beautifully  engraved  gold-head^H        '"■'"''""  P^^^*="ted  hin 

h-gh  respect  and  Chriftian  love      A  "^.1     "l"'  "  '°^'^  ^^  ^^ei, 

h's  administration,  and   resSutionf  o^f  h    T'^  ^''  "'™"&ht  under 

Associations  and  by  the  S  Ch  '.h     ?'l     '"'"•"^"^ations  by  the 

membership,  were  given  h7m  '^  ''^  ^""'^'  ^»'^^^  f'e  held  hi^ 

Rev.  Georg£  Robert  C.air.vs 
Th,    I        K  ^"'^''"''f''>»cl  Evangelist 

Who.  ™a  *Uto*,truV.,rr;r;  r-^  ""-^  -^^  -„ 

growth  on  the  Pacific  Coast  fn.h  ^''^development  of  Baptist 
especially  on  the  North  Padfic  Co^v\7^''"'  '"'^  "'"^^•«'  ^ 
the  work,  but  in  an  equally  effeSvwav  o"f/"'  °'^'^'"^'  '•^'^"■°»  '« 
e^en  pastors  or  other  official.^.     itisS^r''  '"'"'^^J'  ^han 

He  ,san  evaneehst  of  inteniational 


COAST 

chison,  Kan., 
:ord  shows  a 

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summarj-  of 
larks  an  era 


from  fortv- 
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xsides  three 
me  place  he 
Johnson,  of 
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dropped  out 
had  four  or 

cover  the 
kinds,  and 
same  time 

since  the 
his  super- 
lissionary. 

the  great 

cherished 
tie  an  im- 
id  giving: 
that  time 

brethren 
ork,    and 

the  last 
nted  him 

of  their 
ht  under 
!  by  the 
held  his 


Rev.  Geo.  Robert  Cairns 


he  men 
Baptist 
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PERSONAL   SKETCHES  467 

reputation,  a  thoroughly  conscientious  Baptist,  biblically  forceful 
in  his  teaching,  devoting  himself  largely  to  uieetings  in  his  own 
denomination  where  he  was  helpful  to  pastors,  and  wise  in  counsel 
where  the  pastoral  office  was  vacant.  With  a  passion  for  souls,  be- 
lieving that  God  had  called  him  to  lead  men  to  Jesus  Christ  to  be 
saved,  he  was  eminently  fitted  to  answer  a  call  to  a  "city  or  church  at  a 
crisis  period,  and  aid  in  leading  them  to  victory  over  Satan  and  a 
successful  issue  in  their  work.  Being  a  singer  of  note  too,  there  were 
no  conditions  in  which  he  did  not  seem  fitted  to  aid  God's  people. 

To  have  a  man  of  such  reputation  come  upon  our  field  when  it 
was  so  often  struggling  for  advancement,  and  churches  often  for  an 
existence,  was  in  itself  a  spiritual  uplift;  and  to  have  him  hold 
meetings  in  our  larger  cities  and  churches,  and  smaller  ones  as  well, 
was  marker'  not  only  by  the  large  ingatherings  of  the  churches! 
but  by  a  toning  up  of  denominational  character  and  standing  so  often 
needed  and  highly  appreciated  in  those  earlier  eventful  times.  There 
are  few  of  the  larger  cities  and  influential  churches  of  our  denomina- 
tion in  the  States  of  California,  Oregon,  Washington,  and  the 
Province  of  British  Columbia  but  have  joyful  Memories  of  his  visits 
and  the  outpouring  of  the  Spirit  and  strengthening  of  the  churches 
and  cause  which  all  our  people  were  endeavoring  to  promote. 

True,  there  were  other  evangelists  of  note,  like  Rev.  A.  P. 
Graves,  D.  D.,  Rev.  W.  R.  Brown,  and  others  who  performed  a 
like  service  and  won  our  love  and  appreciation.  But  "  George 
Robert,"  as  we  used  to  call  him,  came  oftener  and  remained  longer. 
He  was  but  a  boy  preacher  at  first.  Then,  when  his  saintly  father. 
Rev.  J.  Cairns,  moved  to  our  field,  his  boy  preacher  carne  to  us 
oftener,  and  we  loved  him  for  his  father's  sake  as  well,  and  finally 
ordained  him  July  26,  1898,  having  called  together  a  distinguished 
council  for  the  purpose  at  Snohomish,  where  his  father  was  pastor. 

To  give  historical  credit  and  setting  to  all  the  agencies  and 
persons  God  has  us<xl  to  establish  his  work  and  sp'ead  the  "good 
news"  on  this  Upper  Coast,  is  beyom'  the  limit  of  any  author:  but  so 
far  as  they  can  be  recognized,  it  is  the  historian's  joy  to  record  them, 
especially  as  in  this  case,  when  the  author's  persona!  knowledge 
covers  the  record. 

Rev.    Sterling   Hr... 
(Editorial    in    the    Baptist   Beacon,    May,    1883) 

AN    AFFECTING    SCENE 

The  scene  is  laid  in  a  sickroom.  An  aged  minister  with  whitened 
locks  and  furrowed  brow  and  emaciated  form  is  lying  upon  the  bed. 
Disease  is  preying  upon  the  vitals  of  that  once  stalwart  form;  the 
voice  which  for  so  many  years  and  in  so  many  places  had  given 
utterance  to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  is  now  too  feeble  for 
extended  conversation.  The  man  of  God  who.  though  not  eloquent, 
has  been  true  to  his  calling,  true  to  the  church,  true  to  the  ministry. 


468 


BAPTIST    HISTORV   OK   THE    NORTH    PACIFIC   COAST 


true  to  Christ  and  souls,  and  to  the  ex^#.nf  «f  u-      u-. 

world,  has  laid  down  his  a™    *"^  ."='"«'^'.  o^  his  ability  true  to  t 

Captain  for  relcasr  '"'^  "  '"*"'"8^  '^"^  "^^er  of  the  gre 

church.  andTe'tind  of  th::;arorSodV"'  '""'^^  ^■'^^'  "*= 
.Tianhood   and    active   ministerial    li^e     1      Tu  I"""  °^  ^'^oro, 
vigorous,  but  to  which  he  cl„„„  '^'"'''    '"'    ''"■"'    '*    »'' 

hand.     Unbidden  Tear    are  upon  hi    XVT'  '  "'■^°™"^  "^^'P'^ 
wall  to  pray  when  his  ete  f^n?  u"''^  ''^^  ^"''"^  ^'^  ^^ce  to  tf 

and  his  min'iring    LThird  LT°.H    f  •'''''"u"  ""^  '''''  ^^  ^is  son 
sands  of  miles  awa^     T^n  he  std      '"'°  '''  ^'°"P  ''""^'^  '»'°^ 

of  t'he'"somher;°Sta"el  Tnd""i^'  Ztt^f  ^"  ""^.^^P'-'  "ministry  in  on 
My  second  son  is  a  studen"  in  an  EastirnT"^^"^  }^'  gospel  to-daj 
also  preaching  to-day  as  suonlv  in  »?.»  •  lu°'°J*'"'  seminary,  and 
My  third  is  supplyi^jf'  he  pSwt  of  hi,  n?''^'*'°°l  "^  '^e  seminar 
absent  preaching  ,o  another  con»?La/fon'^^?''°L^'.u''°'""v  ^hile  he  i 
through  the  mind  of  the  man  of  G-fd  ih^"  ♦  ^^'hese  thoughts  pas 
are  tears  of  joy;  his  prayer  is  f,^n^^»  """■  *^°^  ^^''"h.  but  thei 
'Lord,  ,t  is  'enough!  Now  letes"  thou  thr"''  '""^  J"''  heart  says 
for  mme  eyes  have  seen   thy  1a!va,ion°     ^   '"'^"'   ''"P"'   '"   P'^^':* 

This'Iln'rc'rwIl^totrUraTa:'  Xh^""  '"  ^"^  "^^  ^'-' 
a  school  of  learning  or  even  fo^^l^"  r^'  "°  '"°"*=y  *°  ^0""^ 

his  name  in  the  wo  Id    he  cann  J  leL'  f  ^'^^^^"^'•PJ^  P^^Petuate 
sand  dollars  to  home  and  foreign  i"  ^  °'"  °"^  *'""<^''<=''  thou- 

institutions.  But  he  will  ZV!f.T'°''''T  ^^  ^""^  ^o  charitable 
noble  sons  of  inestfmSe  X  St  ^1  '  ^'^^^  '"  ^''"^  ^^'- 
by  men.  but  it  will  be  endeared  to  SlJ^  ""^^  ^^  '°°"  forgotten 
heavenly  Father  when  he  shaH  have  loin^d'tl '""*  remembered  by  the 
with  voice  of  angelic  sweetn«,  !I^  ^  •!  ^^'^  everlasting  choir,  and 
him  who  hath  S  h  ^so  "n„H  .''"u*^  '''""  ""^'^  '^'  P^»'«s  of 
into  the  ministS  TrX  the\r.l  and^r°''^,  ''''".''^  ""'"^  ^•'^- 
are  not  always  without  rewarirh..  T^«^%°^  ministerial  life 
visit,  nor  ceas'e  to  thank  Godtr  itXTeX"'"  "^^"^^  '°'^^'  *^'^ 

the  age  ofTnereS'st"udi'i%°'  '''""""^-  ^^^  ^^^  '^""verted  at 
began' his  mrnllt  y" '  ifn  ssoti  'in'TIJ"  William  Jewell  College; 
Oregon,  and  Idaho    but  most  of  hi.       l^'   ^'J'"''^**   '"   California. 

he  is  remembered  a  a  aTthfulfrind'aid  r'.H^""^  ?  °^^^°"'  "»''=••<= 
positions  he  occupied   whether  ill-  °^^^''  *^'''^^^-    I"  all  the 

agent,  or  SundaJ-L'hoo^w:^  heTar^n't"'  'h'^"*^^'  ^'"^ 
Jesus.  He  will  not  be  soon  for«,tten  fnr\  '''^^  "■"^^"^  ^°^ 
thirty  years  on  the  Pacific  rol^I^u"  *"'  P'"°"^'   ^^ork  of 

by  his  scholarlv  and  dr4ted  son  Rev  C  m"  UM,  "'"  *'!  P"^n.etuated 
men   on  the   Pacific   Coast    »"^'  ^     «'^"  "  '  °"'  °    *^^  ^'""^'"^ 

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REV.  C  H.  MATTOONS  ACCOUNT  OF 
HIS  HISTORICAL  WORK 


I  began  gathering  data  for  a  history  of  the  Baptists  on  the  North- 
west Coast  mainly  for  my  own  satisfaction,  with  little  regard  for 
system,  order,  or  continuity;  but.  after  1886,  I  had  a  more  definite 
purpose-to  preserve  at  least  an  outline  of  the  trials  and  difficulties 
met,  the  labors  performed,  and  the  results  wrought  out  by  our  earlv 
Baptist  pioneers.  "  j  } 

The  field  to  be  covered  by  this  work  was  old  Oregon,  embracing 
Oregon,  Washmgton,  Idaho,  and  also  British  Columbia;  and  I  wished 
to  consider  all  the  Baptist  agencies  operating  on  this  field  from  the 
hrst  humble  beginnings  in  the  log  cabin  of  David  T.  Lenox  on  May 
25,  1844,  to  December  31,  1900. 

To  carry  out  this  program,  I  listed  the  following  sources  from 
which  to  obtain  data: 

1.  Church  records,  which  I  should  examine  personally. 

2.  Full  files  of  all  minutes,  annuals,  reports,  and  kindred  papers 
from  the  entire  North  Pacific  Coast. 

j.  Extracts  and  clippings  with  reference  to  Baptists  or  Baptist 
work  from  all  available  newspapers,  whether  in  or  out  of  the  field. 

4.  Personal  remmiscences  of  brethren  contemporaneous  with  the 
events  detailed  in  the  history,  gathered  from  everv  portion  of  the 
f.eld,  and  from  every  line  of  Baptist  labor.  Of  course,  mv  own  rem- 
iniscences would  be  included. 

5.  Full,  or  nearly  full,  files  of  reports,  monthlies,  or  other  peri- 
odicals from  all  our  Eastern  national  societies,  especially  those  well 
filled  with  statistics  and  correspondence. 

6.  Files  of  pioneer  reports,  and  quite  a  large  number  of  miscel- 
laneous bound  volumes  and  pamphlets,  both  religious  and  secular 
treating  of  early  times  on  this  Northwest  Coast. 

To  procure  all  these  data  required  time,  labor,  and  expense.  ,\bout 
twenty-five  Baptist  brethren,  accordingly,  subscribed  $t,ooo  or  more 
to  cover  my  expenses  for  about  two  vears.  while  I  visited  the  entire 
field  and  afterward  prepared  the  data  for  publication. 

When  I  began  my  labors,  I  supposed  that  I  could  condense  the 
most  important  data  into  a  single  large  volume,  and  so  represented  it 
to  the  brethren :  before  I  finished,  however.  I  found  that  T  had  enough 
matter  to  fill  several  volumes  of  the  ordinary  size.  The  problem  which 
then  confronted  me  was  how  to  arrange  mv  material  in  the  form 
most  desirable  to  satisfy  my  readers:  and  mv  final  conclusion  was  to 
give  a  separate  volume  to  the  work  in  each  .State,  or  in  each  Convention 

471 


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field,  each  volume  perhaps  with  its  own  editor,  and  all  under  sonic 
general  title,  so  as  to  make  a  series  of  companion  volumes,  each  a 
part  of  the  complete  history  of  Baptist  labors  on  the  North  Pacific 
Coast. 

Ill  health  and  advancing  age,  with  its  many  infirmities,  made  it  im- 
possible to  carry  out  my  purpose ;  and  hence,  after  careful  consider- 
ation and  advising  with  friends  and  subscribers,  it  was  thought  wiser 
to  divide  the  material  pertaining  to  different  localities  among  thor- 
oughly competent  and  well-posted  brethren,  in  whom  we  had  con- 
fidence, and  to  let  them,  with  the  aid  of  the  data,  write  up  the  history, 
each  of  his  own  field,  reserving  for  myself  the  field  of  Oregon  as  it 
now  is.  Accordin;jly,  after  some  preliminary  correspondence  to  ar- 
range terms  and  settle  details,  I  turned  over  the  portion  of  the  ma- 
terial covering  western  Washington,  British  Columbia,  and  Alaska, 
to  Rev.  J.  C.  Baker,  Rev.  S.  W.  Beaven,  and  Rev.  J.  Cairns;  the 
portion  covering  eastern  Washington  and  northern  Idaho  to  Revs. 
J.  H,  Beaven  and  A.  M.  Allyn ;  the  portion  covering  the  Idaho  State 
Convention,  after  some  necessary  revision,  will  be  sent  to  Revs. 
L.  W.  Gowan  and  W.  H.  Bowler. 

I  have  full  confidence  in  the  several  brethren  undertaking  this  work, 
that  they  will  deal  justly  and  generously  with  me,  and  also  that  they 
will  bring  out  volumes  of  which  they  themselves,  their  several  Con- 
ventions, and  the  Baptists  of  the  entire  North  Pacific  Coast  will  have 
occasion  to  be  proud,  and  that  all  who  read  these  volumes  will  unite 
in  the  unanimous  commendation,  "  Well  done !  " 

All  of  us  who  are  engaged  in  the  work  hope  and  pray  that  these 
records  of  the  trials  and  difficulties  encountered,  the  labors  endured, 
and  the  victories  won  in  these  early  struggles  of  the  pioneers,  when 
scattered  and  few,  to  plant  the  banner  of  the  cross  on  this  Northwest 
Coast,  may  serve  as  an  encouragement  and  a  stimulus  to  the  brethren 
of  these  later  days,  that  they  also  may  put  forth  all  their  talents  and 
energies  to  win  glorious  trophies  of  redemption  through  our  Lord 
and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ. 


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